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ACFAZ Meeting, Barry Goldwater High School Culinary Arts

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The meeting was held at Barry Goldwater High School’s Culinary Arts department in the school restaurant, Avenue 27. Barry Goldwater High School, BVGHS  is part of the Deer Valley Unified School District, and their address is 2820 W. Rose Garden Lane Phoenix, AZ 85027.

You’ll find more information about the program under the BGHS Career and Technical Education tab or on the Culinary Arts program’s website. Culinary Arts is one of two Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs offered at BGHS; the other is Drafting.

Avenue 27 is the student-ran restaurant at BGHS and they note, there are three more a la carte dinners scheduled for this semester; April 5, 12, and 26. Here is a copy of the menu, if you are interested in attending, you’ll need to make reservations. Email them at Avenue27@avusd.org

Before every During the ACFAZ board meeting, we talked about the Western Regional Conference in Minneapolis, March 31-April 2. We have some members attending but also, our own Chef Tuan Butch Raphael is up for the Nestle Professionalism award and Chef Lenard Rubin is up for the Hermann Rusch award.

Starting the ACF Apprenticeship program in Arizona took a step forward with the first confirmed facility and chef on board. Executive Chef Andrew Helmandollar with Casino Arizona will be starting the program for his company and has been waiting for the ACF online material to get through the testing period, which is now done and ready to go. Following up with Chef Helmandollar is next and learning more about the ACF Apprenticeship program.

Another fantastic step forward is connecting with high school culinary arts directors to share with them the ACF Certified Fundamental Cook, CFC certification. Here is the CFC application. For some, the skills and knowledge these students acquire in this program help set the course for their career and with the CFC certification, this gives students their first level of certification when they graduate which will give them an edge in the workforce.

Chef Ryan Mattheis of BGHS hosted the meeting with some of their culinary students and sampled items from their menu. During the general meeting, Chef Mattheis and Chef Dina Alrieri of UMOM had an awesome dialog about the CFC and you could see Chef Mattheis thinking about how that would work for his students. Chef Alrieri ran the pilot program at the Center on Halsted in Chicago, which makes this connection even more exciting. Learn more about her experience with that here.

The students at BGHS learn knife skills, garde-manger, food prep, baking and pastries, stocks, sauces, plating, and cooking techniques, and advanced French methods already so it makes sense to offer certification at the high school level.

BGHS also has internships programs available and always looking for to add to their list of potential employers. If you are a chef or food service operator interested in an internship or hiring students, you can learn more here.

We are working on a plan to share the CFC with other Arizona high school culinary art programs and their staff and look forward to sharing more about all of this as it develops.

This type of meeting is part of my “Why” for the Arizona Food Service Network and Chef Student Connect, great things happen when people connect. Next ACFAZ Meeting is April 8th at Metro Tech High School.


ACFAZ March 11th Meeting

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Join us March 11th for our next meeting at Barry Goldwater High School.

Board meeting 3:30 PM

General meeting 5 PM+ Google Calendar+ iCal Export

Details

Date: March 11

Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Organizer

ACFAZ, American Culinary Federation Chef’s Association of Arizona Website: https://www.acfaz.org

Venue

Barry Goldwater High School

2820 W. Rose Garden Lane
Phoenix, AZ 85027

United States + Google Map

Phone: 623-445-3000 Website: https://www.dvusd.org/bghs

ACFAZ Chef of the Year Dinner

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Monday, January 21, 2019 at 4 PM – 7 PM

Mirabel 37100 N Mirabel Club Dr, Scottsdale, Arizona 85262

The menu is in development and will post when finalized.
Limited seating. $50.00 per guest.
R.S.V.P. and make payment arrangments with Chef Carlton Brooks by January 14, 2019. ACFCHEFSAZ@gmail.com or (602) 739-5715.

ACFAZ Certification, Art Institute of Phoenix

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Next Certification Exam: Sept. 15Location: Art Institute of PhoenixThe host site fee for this location is $50 and can be paid directly to the test administrator.

Contact the test site administrator for any event details (i.e., start time, fees, etc.)

Start Date:Saturday, September 15, 2018
End Date:Saturday, September 15, 2018
Coordinators:Carlton W. Brooks, CEPC – acf.west.vp@gmail.com (602) 739-5715

If you need to cancel an exam after you have registered, you must contact both the ACF office and the test site administrator within two weeks of the test date. The ACF registration fee may be transferred to a new test date within six months or will be forfeited.

Candidates must cancel scheduled weekday exams within 24 hours of the exam date. Exams on Saturday or Sunday, must be cancelled by close of business on Friday. If the scheduled exam is not cancelled within that timeframe, registration fees will be forfeited and candidate will still need to pay any host site fees before registering for another practical exam.

In the event of an emergency and a candidate is not able to contact the ACF to cancel, the ACF may request the candidate to provide documentation verifying the emergency.Link to event posting on ACFChefs,org

Next ACFAZ Certification Exam Sept. 15

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The Art Institute of Phoenix will be hosting the next ACFAZ Certification Exam.  The host site fee for this location is $50 and can be paid directly to the test administrator. Contact the test site administrator for any event details (i.e., start time, fees, etc.)
Start Date: Saturday, September 15, 2018
End Date: Saturday, September 15, 2018
Coordinators: Carlton W. Brooks, CEPC – acf.west.vp@gmail.com (602) 739-571

If you need to cancel an exam after you have registered, you must contact both the ACF office and the test site administrator within two weeks of the test date. The ACF registration fee may be transferred to a new test date within six months or will be forfeited.

Candidates must cancel scheduled weekday exams within 24 hours of the exam date. Exams on Saturday or Sunday, must be cancelled by close of business on Friday. If the scheduled exam is not cancelled within that timeframe, registration fees will be forfeited and candidate will still need to pay any host site fees before registering for another practical exam.

In the event of an emergency and a candidate is not able to contact the ACF to cancel, the ACF may request the candidate to provide documentation verifying the emergency.

ACFAZ June 11th Meeting

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June 7th is the next ACFAZ meeting and it will be held at the Casino Arizona, McKellips and the 101.  This meeting will be hosted by Casino Arizona’s Executive Chef Andrew Helmadollar.

Board Meeting

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM

General Meeting

5 PM-7 PM

General networking and information sharing, meal will be provided.

ACFAZ April Recap

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Recap of the April meeting:

Chef Carlton Brooks shared points of interest from the ACF Conference in Newport Beach. –

Congratulations to Chef Bill Sy, Hermann G. Rusch Western Region recipient.  He will also be going to National Convention in July.  Congratulations to Student Chef of the Year, Brittany Goldberg placed second earning a Bronze Medal.  Art Institute Knowledge Bowl Team did not place.  Pastry Chef of the Year did not place.  Thank you to all for participating, hope you enjoyed the experience.

Cook. Craft. Create. ACF National Convention & Show, July 15-19, 2108.

Student update: AI Jr. Chapter will begin in April per AI Director Noel Ridsdale.  At the C-CAP Breakfast, Chef Juan Martinez, ACFAZ Chapter President presented two $750.00 scholarship awards on March 26 on behalf of the ACFAZ.

Congratulations to all competitors for competing. Good experience and award winners.  Ideas from members for Certification Awareness Month.

Pledge and introductions by Chef Butch Raphael.  Western Region Chef Connect update with Chef Carlton Brooks.  National Convention Registration now open, register here.

Meeting was held at Helpings Cafe, which is the social enterprise business of UMOM, is a restaurant, catering operations and market offering a full menu, and on the job training for UMOM clients.  Six weeks of on the job training in both front and back of the house.  We learned more about the program and toured the facility.

Once clients graduate, they are ready for work so if you’re looking for employees, please consider UMOM in your search.  It’s also a great place to volunteer or donate.  Our main contact is Chef Dina Altieri, and you can reach here via the main number, 602-275-7852.

Next ACFAZ meeting will be held at Southwest Gas on May 7, 2018 (1600 E. Northern Ave, Phoenix AZ 85020) hosted by Armando Suarez, Principle/Owner, Desert Peak Marketing.

Certification date at AI April 21, 2018.  To date, one CEPC scheduled.  Chef Butch Raphael will be Apprentice Certification Evaluator.

Madonna Kash

Secretary, ACFAZ