March 2024 Monthly Meeting

March 2024 Monthly Meeting

ACF Members and Guests, please join our chapter with your team on Tuesday, March 19th, 2024 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm at Mission Hills Country Club | Board Meeting @5:30pm. ️ Don’t miss out on this opportunity to gather with fellow KC Chefs, students, and friends!

February 2024 Monthly Meeting

February 2024 Monthly Meeting

ACF Members and Guests, please join our chapter with your team on Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm at JCCC Culinary Theater | Board Meeting @5:30pm. ️ EDUCATIONAL: Smithfield Pork (vendor and sponsor) MENUCold buffet: Anti Pasto platter for each table...

GKCCA 51st Anniversary & 47th Annual Awards Banquet

GKCCA 51st Anniversary & 47th Annual Awards Banquet

ACF Members and Guests, please join our chapter with your team on Sunday, JANUARY 28, 2024 from 6pm – 9pm | CASH BAR 6PM | DINNER & AWARDS 7PM-9PM at Blue Hills Country Club, 777 W Burning Tree Dr, Kansas City, MO 64145. TO PURCHASE...

November 2023 Monthly Meeting

November 2023 Monthly Meeting

CALLING ALL KC CHEFS, STUDENTS AND FRIENDS! Join us for our End of the Year Chef Get-Together on November 14, 2023 at Sysco Kansas City, 1915 East Kansas City Rd., Olathe, KS 66061. There will be a Dinner Buffet and Educational Presentation. Board Meeting starts at...

October 2023 Monthly Meeting

October 2023 Monthly Meeting

🌟 Join us for our monthly get-together on Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 at Blue Hill Country Club! 🍽️ Don’t miss out on this opportunity to gather with fellow KC Chefs, students, and friends! 🎉 Our talented Chef Hosts for the night will be...

GKCCA 50th Anniversary Celebration

GKCCA 50th Anniversary Celebration

ACF Members and Guests, please join our chapter with your team on... WHEN: Sunday, February 26, 2023 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm, Cash Bar at 6:00 - 7:00pm, Dinner and Awards 7:00pm - 9:00pm WHERE: Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza, 4445 Main St., KC, MO 64111 Tickets...

November 2022 Monthly Meeting

November 2022 Monthly Meeting

November’s monthly meeting is on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at Guadalupe Center, 1015 Avenida Cesar E Chavez, Kansas City, MO 64108. Board meeting starts at 5pm and dinner begins at 6:30pm. Register here: https://acf.kcchefs.org/event/november-2022-monthly-meeting/ If...

Hospitality Day at the K

Hospitality Day at the K

The Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association is hosting Hospitality Day at the K. This is a ticketed tailgating event at Kauffman Stadium on July 11th. We will have our Smoke’NFast smoked meats food truck there. This is a great networking event with other chefs and...

Kansas City Grilled Cheese and Mac Fest 2021

Kansas City Grilled Cheese and Mac Fest 2021

Are you ready to compete in the highly anticipated Kansas City Grilled Cheese and Mac Fest!?! The cheesiest event of the year is on October 16th 2021 at the beautiful Berkley Riverfront: https://spark.adobe.com/page/6XU4ox5gZCPiy/ and is a good event overview, which...

Great Santa Run 2020

Great Santa Run 2020

The race will benefit Operation Breakthrough. We ask participants to please bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate to Operation Breakthrough. If anyone else would like to contribute to this effort and purchase some news toys for this event please contact Chef Jesse Vega...

Corto Olive Oil Virtual Tasting

Corto Olive Oil Virtual Tasting

Join us for our November 17, 2020 ACF KC Greater Kansas City Chef’s Association Zoom Meeting. We’ve partnered with Corto Olive Oil to host an Educational Virtual Meeting. During the meeting Lisa Pollack, an Olive Oil Educational Specialist from Corto Olive Oil, will...

Hospitality Day at JCCC

Hospitality Day at JCCC

Johnson County Community College’s Hospitality Management Program will be sponsoring “hospitality Day – Open House” on Friday March 27 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Learn more at jccc.edu/HospitalityDay

Great Santa Run 2019

Great Santa Run 2019

The race will benefit Operation Breakthrough. We ask participants to please bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate to Operation Breakthrough. This is also the only race we have all year that offers a hot breakfast and an indoor venue for the after race activities and...

1st Annual GKCCA Charity Golf Tourney

1st Annual GKCCA Charity Golf Tourney

How exciting! Our first annual charity golf tournament hosted by Chefs, Played by Chefs and benefitting Chefs. Whether you’re “in it to win it” or just want to have a great time with your comrades and vendors and friends. This is YOUR tournament!!! Come and play at...

2019 Harvest Dinner

2019 Harvest Dinner

Savor three courses prepared by Chef Brandon Winn, a graduate of JCCC’s Culinary Arts program and Executive Chef at Webster House. Chef Winn will design the meal using harvest-ready produce from JCCC’s Open Petal Farm and other nearby producers. Capitol Federal...

2019 Central Region Chapter of the Year!

2019 Central Region Chapter of the Year!

Congratulations goes out to all of you as our chapter was given a Chapter Achievement Award and an award for 2019 Central Region Chapter of the Year! The Chapter Achievement Award honors those that strive for the highest level of excellence in all areas of chapter...

Skills USA Kansas 2019 – Needs Some Judging Help

Skills USA Kansas 2019 – Needs Some Judging Help

Commercial Baking: • NEED A CHAIR, this position still remains open. • Need JUDGES, at least 5 judges • April 24th & 25th beginning at 7:00 am Restaurant Services: • Need some judges, at least 3 judges • April 25th beginning at 7:00 am Culinary Arts: • Not sure...

Chef Member Judges Needed

Chef Member Judges Needed

Northland Career Center needs help Chef Member judging next week for the NOCTI/ACF Technical Skills Assessment (TSA) on April 10th from 7:00am-3:00pm, may be able to do only 1/2 of the am or pm shift. Call Brandi Moritz for more information: 816.858.5505

Charcuterie Seminar

Charcuterie Seminar

Join Chef Brian Polcyn on September 8-9, 2019 for a Charcuterie & Whole-Hog Butchery Course at Oasis Hotel & Convention Center in Springfield, MO. Get tickets: http://www.acfspringfieldbranson.com Course highlights: • Sausage, pate, and terrine making•...

Advanced Pastry Demonstration

Advanced Pastry Demonstration

ADVANCED PASTRY DEMONSTRATIONMarch 19, 2019 from 2pm - 4pm at JCCC Discover cutting edge techniques and the world's finest pastry ingredients with Certified Executive Pastry Chef Casey Shiller! This demonstration has been accredited for 2 Continuing Education Hours by...

Ben E. Keith ACF Culinary Salon 2019

Ben E. Keith ACF Culinary Salon 2019

You are invited to compete in Ben E. Keith Foodservice ACF Culinary Salon competition to be held during the Ben E. Keith Foodservice Trade Show in Oklahoma City, OK on April 23, 2019. Your entry includes complimentary admission to the show. You must be 18 years of age...

Farm Tour 2019 – Miami County

Farm Tour 2019 – Miami County

A FREE, self-guided tour where each stop is a working farm. For a map go to: www.micofarmtour.com or call 913-294-4045. Maps will also be available at each stop. Find out more here: ...

Taste of Elegance Winners 2019

Taste of Elegance Winners 2019

The winners of the Taste of Elegance held on February 26, 2019: Justin Woo - Guadalupe CentersTodd Walline - Blue Hills Country ClubCharles d'Ablaing - Brookside Poultry Company People's Choice: Brian Hove - Kozak's Laketown Grill

ACF Youth Fundraiser – Team 2020

ACF Youth Fundraiser – Team 2020

ACF Youth Fundraiser Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 6:00pm at Lake Quivira Country Club, 100 Crescent Boulevard, Lake Quivira, KS 66217 All proceeds go to benefitting the Youth Team USA. The menu is being prepared by the team in Germany for the competition. They will be...

Hospitality Days at JCCC – FREE EVENT

Hospitality Days at JCCC – FREE EVENT

JCCC’s Hospitality Management Program’s first “Hospitality Days – Open House” is scheduled for Monday, January 14, 2019 from 3pm–6pm! Enjoy light refreshments and learn from our renowned chefs and professors in our world-class Wylie Hospitality and Culinary Academy....

Chef’s Table KC

Chef’s Table KC

Chef's Table KC September 10, 2018 6:30pm - 8:30pm Stock Hill, South Country Club Plaza, 4800 Main St., KCMO 64112 Join us at Stock Hill, a reimagined classic Kansas City Steakhouse for a new generation, featuring Chef Kelly Conwell. You are cordially invited to an...

Supper Club 2018

Supper Club 2018

Supper Club 2018 September 14, 2018 @ 6:30pm The American Restaurant A Spectacular Evening Starring Food, Wine, and Jazz...Supporting Students in the Culinary and Musical Arts. Five course dinner and wine pairings featuring Kansas City legends preceded by a wine...

Midwest Pork Summit

Midwest Pork Summit

The three-day event will provide a comprehensive farm-to-fork pork education taught by food industry thought leaders, pork producers, pork experts, and well-known chefs from across the country. The event will also give attendees an opportunity to network with their peers and interact with trade media.

New Zealand Dinner with Visiting Chef Graham Brown

New Zealand Dinner with Visiting Chef Graham Brown

New Zealand Dinner with Visiting Chef Graham Brown Friday, April 20, 2018 from 7- 9 pm We would like to invite you to help us welcome international Visiting Chef Graham Brown to campus. As the Executive Chef of Cervena of New Zealand, Chef Brown travels the world...

Tasty Expo 2018

Tasty Expo 2018

Tasty Expo is a unique food show experience that will be held in Kansas City, May 18-20th 2018 at the Overland Park Convention Center, 6000-60001 College Blvd., Leawood, KS 66211. Cost is $15. This is a hybrid trade show and consumer tasting show.

Taste of Elegance 2018

Taste of Elegance 2018

The Missouri Pork Producers Association will be holding the Kansas City “Taste of Elegance” competition on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at the Harrah’s North Kansas City, located at One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Missouri 64116. This competition is structured to...

Cooks Needed for Senior Citizens Christmas Day Dinner

Cooks Needed for Senior Citizens Christmas Day Dinner

December 25, 2017 from 5am to 12pm Need Christmas Day HELP cooking and managing service for 250 +/- on Christmas Day! Looking for someone, a team, a group to take this project on and run with it, it could be a great experience for a couple apprentices too. Breakfast...

8th Annual Great Santa Run 5K

8th Annual Great Santa Run 5K

Donations are needed for this year’s Santa Run 5K. As always, the donations are tax deductible. The money raised and toys donated will stay in Kansas City to help Operation Breakthrough. The ACF Greater Kansas City Chefs Association will provide a post-run...

Everything but the Fundraiser

Everything but the Fundraiser

SkillsUSA Broadmoor Chapter will be hosting the 9th Annual Pie, Pastry and Sides Sale for the upcoming Holidays. Order Deadline: November 20th at 5pm. Pick Up: November 21, 2pm-6pm November 22, 8am-12pm Pick Up At Location 8200 W. 71st St., Overland Park, KS 66204...

Wild About Yeast

Wild About Yeast

American Culinary Federation Central Missouri and MU University Club host Wild About Yeast two-day event Columbia, Mo., October 27, 2017—American Culinary Federation Central Missouri Chapter and Chef Daniel Pliska CEC, AAC of the MU University Club will host Wild...

Guest Chef Robert Guillou-The Flavors of Provencal, France

Guest Chef Robert Guillou-The Flavors of Provencal, France

A Dinner for Friends with Taste by Guest Chef Robert Guillou   When: Friday, October 20th, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Where: Regnier Dining Room inside the Wylie Hospitality and Culinary Academy We are pleased to welcome French-born, JCCC Guest Chef, Robert Guillou to campus...

The KC Originals/James Beard Guest Chef Lecture Series

The KC Originals/James Beard Guest Chef Lecture Series

Broadmoor Technical Center has partnered with the James Beard Foundation in continuing the “KC Originals/James Beard Chef Lecture Series.” Each year they solicit some of the nation’s top chefs, inviting them to participate in their lecture/mentoring program. Meet and...

Sneak Peek of KC’s New Food Hall

Sneak Peek of KC’s New Food Hall

The Lenexa Public Market Wednesday, September 30, 6 – 8 p.m. Imagine a place to grab a meal with a friend, buy artisan products, pick up a gift, attend a special tasting event or relax with a cool beverage. The Lenexa Public Market will be the only fully indoor public...

Supper Club 2017

Supper Club 2017

Date: September 29, 2017 at 6:30pm Location: The American Restaurant, 200 E 25th St. #400, Kansas City, MO 64108 TICKETS: http://supperclub2017.bpt.me/ In an unprecedented partnership, Les Dames d’Escoffier and the Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors working together to...

Supper Club 2017

Supper Club 2017

Dear Food Friends – We’re having some fun and finding more friends for students whose dreams include the culinary and jazz professions and you are invited!!!! Les Dames d’Escoffier, a NFP organization which champions women in the food industry, has committed to...

Tasting Judges Needed!

Tasting Judges Needed!

We need 3 ACF members, preferably certified, to act as tasting judges at Broadmoor on November 30, 2016.  The event is from 8am until 12pm, but we only need the judges for the tasting portion approximately 10am until 12pm. If interested in judging please contact Chef...

7th Annual Great Santa Run 5K

7th Annual Great Santa Run 5K

Donations are needed for this year's Santa Run 5K. As always, the donations are tax deductible. The money raised and toys donated will stay in Kansas City to help Operation Breakthrough. The ACF Greater Kansas City Chefs Association will provide a post-run...

VitaCraft Outlet Sale

VitaCraft Outlet Sale

This Friday, September 30th through October 3rd, 2016 from 8am to 6pm - Overstocks, Samples and Discontinued items will be available as well as Factory seconds from production! FRIDAY, Saturday, Sunday, Monday 8am-6pm

Hell’s Kitchen

Hell’s Kitchen

HELL’S KITCHEN is looking for the next batch of talented, passionate and skilled chefs to work with Chef Ramsay in the hottest kitchen on earth. The bar is being raised and the series is looking for chefs and accomplished line cooks with several years of experience in...

Guy’s Grocery Games

Guy’s Grocery Games

Food Network is holding a nationwide search looking for professional cooks and highly skilled chefs from all backgrounds for “Guy’s Grocery Games.” This fast-paced cooking show puts their skills to the test in the ultimate supermarket showdown, with the chance to win...

Dairy Academy for Foodservice Excellence

Dairy Academy for Foodservice Excellence

On behalf of Midwest Dairy Association, you are cordially invited to attend the upcoming Dairy Academy for Foodservice Excellence.  During this day-long seminar, we will take you on a journey thought the Art of Cheese Making and Exploring various cheese with our...

BEEF: Explore, Taste, Discover

BEEF: Explore, Taste, Discover

EXPLORE how beef gets from the rancher’s gate to the restaurant plate. Ranchers believe that quality beef begins with quality care. The end result of quality care is a product with a TASTE that legends are made of. Join us as we DISCOVER:   Beef’s flavor factors as we...

Food & Media Arts 2016

Food & Media Arts 2016

CAFÉ Presents Food & Media Arts 2016 Metropolitan State University of Denver Sept. 30-Oct 2 This workshop will focus on branding your program or product by managing (or creating) your culinary image using both traditional and social media. Come to the workshop and...

New Partnership With ACF to Benefit Chefs

New Partnership With ACF to Benefit Chefs

August 19, 2016 (Washington, D.C.) After a long history of collaboration, the National Restaurant Association has announced a new partnership with the American Culinary Federation (ACF) that brings together North America’s largest professional organization of chefs...

2016 Midwest Produce Expo

2016 Midwest Produce Expo

The Packer’s 2016 Midwest Produce Conference & Expo is August 15-17, 2016 in Kansas City. This event will connect buyers and sellers serving the Midwest in a two-day conference including an energetic networking reception, educational seminar and a full produce...

Kids Baking Championship

Kids Baking Championship

Casting call for children ages 8-13 for Season 3 of “Kids Baking Championship." They are seeking talented kids with the ability to bake a variety of different dishes, from scratch. Contestants will be selected to appear on the show to participate in a series of baking...

Tequila Tasting

Tequila Tasting

There will be a Tequila Tasting on Wednesday, May 11th at 5pm at TeoCali, 2512 Homes Street, Kansas City, MO 64108.  We hope to see you there!

KC Culinary Weekend for No Kid Hungry

KC Culinary Weekend for No Kid Hungry

KC CULINARY WEEKEND FOR NO KID HUNGRY JUNE 11 – 12 TO RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS TO HELP END CHRONIC CHILD HUNGER IN THE METRO AND BEYOND Bake Sale, Country Brunch and Bloody Mary Smackdown, organized by culinary philanthropist Gina Reardon,expected to raise $100,000,...

5th Annual St. Paul Chefs Classic – Knock Out ‘Bout

5th Annual St. Paul Chefs Classic – Knock Out ‘Bout

St. Paul’s Catholic School in Olathe is putting on a Chef Classic and they have found themselves short of Chefs to participate for the event. Vita Craft is going to be supplying the cookware for the event as well as a few pieces for the Silent Auction. There is a $250...

Made In KC Summit

Made In KC Summit

FREE THIS SUNDAY! Mark your calendars for Sunday March 20th at 1pm for a summit of the movers and shakers around local in KC. For the first time, our summit will be open to not only the members of the Made In Kansas City Initiate but also members of the Kansas City...

2016 Discover Duck® Recipe Contest

2016 Discover Duck® Recipe Contest

Maple Leaf Farms 2016 Discover Duck Recipe Contest for professional chefs and culinary students kicks off Tuesday, March 1! The theme of the 2016 contest is "IntroDUCKtions," and we ask participants to feature duck as an appetizer or first course recipe. We'd love to...

2015 Award Winners

2015 Award Winners

From our 40th Awards Banquet this past Sunday evening: Greater Kansas City ACF Chef of the Year 2015 Mike Chrostowski Presidents Award 2015 Bridget McNabb Apprentice of the Year 2015 Isaac Dominguez Purveyor of the Year 2015 Vitacraft Culinarian of the Year 2015 Tom...

Ice Carvings Contest January 30th, 2016

Ice Carvings Contest January 30th, 2016

Wanted-Ice Carvers of all skill levels! Ice paid for! Big Prize Money! Just need to show up with tools and create their masterpiece! WHEN: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 from 10am to 1pm WHERE: Carving onsite the Crown Center terrace by the ice rink JUDGING: 1pm to 2pm...

CE Training March 18th

CE Training March 18th

The ACF of Southeast Iowa is hosting a CE (certified evaluator) training March 18th and practical exam March 19th, 2016.  The training will be administered by Chef Chris Dwyer, CEC, AAC and Certification Evaluator Trainer.  The training course is 8 hours and will...

2016 SeedSavers-KC Seed Exchange

2016 SeedSavers-KC Seed Exchange

The 2016 SeedSavers-KC Seed Exchange will be at a new venue-Hampton Inn and Suites on the Country Club Plaza located at 4600 Summit, KCMO. The event date is January 16, 2016 from 11:00 to 2:00 pm. All seed savers are invited to bring their non GMO, non-hybrid seeds in...

Shop at the Junction to Benefit Sheffield Place

Shop at the Junction to Benefit Sheffield Place

Shop at the Junction will benefit Sheffield Place—from 5 – 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 4 you can shop (15 percent of sales will go to Sheffield Place) for yourself and those on your holiday list; watch cooking demos byDames such as Donna Cook and Martha Pruitt. Richard Ng of Bo...

Bob Brassard, Cultivate Kansas City & Local Food in KC

Bob Brassard, Cultivate Kansas City & Local Food in KC

Bob Brassard, partnering with Cultivate Kansas City, just raised Sunday night over $70,0000 at the KC River Market dinner for 300 people. This has to be largest local food fund raiser ever! Bob is on the cutting edge of teaching Local Food in KC area. His Culinary...

Second Annual Missouri Pasture to Plate Tour

Second Annual Missouri Pasture to Plate Tour

The Missouri Beef Industry Council is hosting the second annual Missouri Pasture to Plate tour to provide a unique, up-close, educational opportunity of the beef industry.  The tour will start in KC with a dinner and presentation from National Beef at the Argosy Hotel...

Harvest Festival and Chili Cook-Off

Harvest Festival and Chili Cook-Off

FREE & Open to the Public! Date: September 26, 2015 Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CDT   Event Description: Join us on the Historical Downtown Square for the 11th Annual Harvest Festival and Chili Cook-Off! Vendor Registration Forms available! (Independent...

2016 Urban Food System Symposium

2016 Urban Food System Symposium

The 2016 Urban Food System Symposium will be held June 22-25 at the Kansas State University Olathe campus in the metropolitan region of Kansas City. Our goal is to bring together a national and international audience of academic and research-oriented professionals to...

American Royal reveals 2015 Barbecue Hall of Fame inductees

American Royal reveals 2015 Barbecue Hall of Fame inductees

The American Royal Association has revealed the 2015 class of inductees to the Barbecue Hall of Fame. Every year, three individuals are honored in one of three categories: pitmaster, business/industry and celebrity/humanitarian. Paul Kirk (Pitmaster category), known...

KANSAS CITY: OUR TOWN, OUR FOOD Taste, Trends & Transparency

KANSAS CITY: OUR TOWN, OUR FOOD Taste, Trends & Transparency

Registration ~$50~($25/students) **includes lunch** Register Now When Monday, July 20, 2015 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Where American Royal Bldg. 1701 American Royal Ct Kansas City, Missouri Hosted by Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City ~and~ Greater Kansas City...

Cultivate Kansas City Urban Garden Tour

Cultivate Kansas City Urban Garden Tour

​The Greater Kansas City Chef’s Association is a sponsor for this event and is looking for teams to prepare and demo the local garden harvest from Broadmoor’s garden or gardens on the tour. This would be forSaturday June 27th and Sunday June 28th​ between the hours of...

Pastry Chef Kolika Kirk of Trezo Mare Restaurant

Pastry Chef Kolika Kirk of Trezo Mare Restaurant

Pastry Chef Kolika Kirk of Trezo Mare restaurant gave an educational piece at the April ACF Kansas City Chefs meeting, held at the Westin Crown Center on "How to prepare a mango ice cream using dry ice". She had both coconut and mango ice cream for everyone to try....

Beat Bobby Flay

Beat Bobby Flay

Beat Bobby Flay, Food Network's culinary competition is currently casting chefs for season 6! They are looking for talented, experienced, and competitive chefs around the country.  In this exciting series, chefs will be given the opportunity to compete against Bobby...

Pasture to Plate Beef Tour

Pasture to Plate Beef Tour

The Kansas Beef Council is taking reservations for its upcoming Pasture to Plate Beef Tour and have limited spots available. Please email sharla@kansasbeef.org to reserve your spot.

ACFEF Chef & Child Foundation

ACFEF Chef & Child Foundation

ACF Kansas City Chefs are making a difference in the ACFEF Chef & Child Foundation with a monetary donation. The Foundation's mission is to educate children and families in understanding proper nutrition through community-based initiatives led by the American...

An Entrepreneurial Breakfast with Ferran Adrià

An Entrepreneurial Breakfast with Ferran Adrià

Special Events - An Entrepreneurial Breakfast with Ferran Adrià on Monday, March 30 at Nelson-Atkins Museum. Doors open 7:30 a.m., talk 8–8:30 a.m. in Bloch Lobby Tickets are $100 (Business Council are free) Spanish master chef Ferran Adrià consistently employs...

Cooking with Class at Johnson County Community College

Cooking with Class at Johnson County Community College

This is a show that is broadcast on the JCCC television station and viewed by many. It is an opportunity to showcase our wonderful Kansas City Chefs. Generally the shows run 30-60 minutes. Requirements are: Develop a simple recipe that can be produced in the home...

JCCC Culinary Team Earns Top Honors in Competition

JCCC Culinary Team Earns Top Honors in Competition

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The Johnson County Community College culinary team took top honors Nov. 14 in the annual John Joyce competition held at the college’s Hospitality and Culinary Academy. The team won a silver medal and had the top score of the event. The students...

The Great Santa Run 2014

The Great Santa Run 2014

Great Santa Run 5K Run/Walk and Santa's Little Elves Kids Run The 6th annual Great Santa Run 5K is a great way to celebrate the holiday season while supporting Operation Breakthrough, one of Kansas City's favorite charities. Don't worry about the weather, as...

Support ACF Culinary Team USA

Support ACF Culinary Team USA

We are pleased to announce that CHEF'S CRAFT™ Gourmet Chicken Sausage is a new sponsor of ACF Culinary Team USA! This is an exciting sponsorship and one that can truly provide support for the ACF Culinary Team USA while generating significant excitement around a new...

ACF Chef’s 2014 National Convention is Almost Here!

ACF Chef’s 2014 National Convention is Almost Here!

ACF Chef's 2014 National Convention is almost here, and we’re excited to host amazing chefs and culinary experts from across the nation in Kansas City! Learn more about the event at www.acfchefs.org. ACF Greater Kansas City Chefs Association couldn't be prouder to...

Central Regions Conference Awards

Central Regions Conference Awards

In St. Louis in March, at the Central Regions conference, the Knowledge Bowl Team from JCCC won Silver Medals, the JCCC Culinary Team won Gold Medals and will represent the Central Region of the ACF here in Kansas City at the National Chefs convention. Chef Jess...

American Academy of Chefs (AAC)

American Academy of Chefs (AAC)

Chef Paul Santaularia will be inducted into the American Academy of Chefs (AAC) at the Academy Dinner that will be taking place during our National Convention this July 2014. In addition, Chef Felix  Sturmer from JCCC is also going to be made an Honorary member of the...

Pastry of the Year Competition

Pastry of the Year Competition

Pastry Chef Doug Flick Professor at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) has been selected to represent the Greater Kansas City Chefs Association at the regional conference in St. Louis, MO this March in the Pastry Chef of the Year Competition.

Award Winners

Award Winners

Award Winners of the  The 38th Annual ACF Kansas City Chefs’ Association Dinner and Awards Ceremony: Winners for 2013 were Winner Culinarian of the Year: Laura Laiben -Kansas City Culinary Center and Michael Hursey - Casa Somerset Presidents Award: Chef Mike...

Chef Carl Thorne-Thomsen named Chef of the Year

Chef Carl Thorne-Thomsen named Chef of the Year

This is KC - KC Magazine has honored Chef Carl Thorne-Thomsen as chef of the year in their annual food issue. Read the digital version of the magazine here. Story by Kimberly Winter Stern Chef Thorne-Thomsen's Braised Beef Short Ribs Named as one of the Best Dishes of...

Congratulations to the 2013 Award Winners!

Congratulations to the 2013 Award Winners!

Missouri Restaurant Association Employee of the Year awards October 1st, 2013 at Westin Crown Center in downtown Kansas City   2013 Employee of the Year Winners Krystian Lestourgen – Barley’s Brewhaus - Overland Park Server of the Year Taylor Leonard – Houlihan’s...

Ray Comiskey, Missouri Restaurant 2013 Chef of the Year!

Ray Comiskey, Missouri Restaurant 2013 Chef of the Year!

Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association Reveals 13 Employee of the Year Award Winners and Announces Scholarship Recipients Industry Icon Presents Keynote as Awards Presented for Outstanding Leadership, Service and Commitment at the Gilbert Robinson Leadership &...

ACF Competitions

ACF Competitions

Competitions Competitions play a vital role in culinary arts as they continually raise the standards of culinary excellence. There is no better way for a culinarian to hone their craft than by putting their skills and knowledge to the test in a competitive format....

2013 Best of Kansas City Chefs

2013 Best of Kansas City Chefs

Please join us for... 2013 Best of Kansas City Chefs "Harvest for Harvesters" Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm Johnson County Community College Hospitality Program and the American Culinary Federation -Greater Kansas City Chef’s Association New Location...