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Dear Becky:
After careful consideration and after listening to the voice of the membership on both sides of the issue regarding the importance of ACF Culinary Team USA, the ACF Board of Directors has determined that we will mov…
The team needs to also get corporate sponsors to help defray the costs and this too is impacted by the economic times...many companies are trimming their costs back...I talked with Randy Torres this evening and they will also be fielding a National…
At the Myrtle Beach competition last week I talked about it with some of the judges. They said it costs $1 million to send a team, and that a lot of money goes for for practice competitions, hotels. They said a lot of expense could be trimmed if the…
I would think it is economics..we are in lean times, it is expensive to run teams and many chefs are struggling with the economy....perhaps being more self sufficient is a prudent attitude to have....if you are not sure, just call Michael Ty...I hav…
I just heard that the ACF is going to have a National Team but no regional teams, You make National or not at all. I heard this at a ACF meeting so I don't think its been announced yet, so once again it may be just a rumor...
Its about time that the "Love Fest" ended! I think that other Chefs in the ACF may have been too nice not to admit it, but its getting a little old watching the ACF run out the same old faces everytime there is a competition.... "Love Fest" Its time…
also i remember a conversation with chef ty last year (Might have been at the SE Regional in Charlotte) and one of his goals was to make the National Team self suffucient, and not relying on funds from the general membership....
I can somewhat agree with the national decision. They are trying to focus on membership and funding the team only supports a small portion of the membership. But, as a competitor i feel that the USA needs to continue to have a team in international…
I have to agree about the politics, but it certainly affects the BRAND. Though I don't think we need to think about the brand, but the fact that we are professional chefs. Every other country has representation and we have for many years, I think we…
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Dear Becky:
I have stated many times while campaigning for the office of ACF national president and during the five months of this administration that sometimes we need to break with tradition and go back and reorganize our thoughts and…