ACF Professional Chefs/Cooks Association of Rochester Inc. is a group of culinary professionals, educators, culinary students and food purveyors gathered together to promote good food, help insure proper sanitation and increase the profile of the food service worker. We strive to bring to our members the newest trends in the industry, while instilling in our junior members the need to learn the basics of good cooking and baking skills. Our monthly meetings are based around food and its preparation. We, as a chapter, are dedicated to helping our members advance their careers through certification and education.

    We also work hard to give back to the community through our work with the Chef and the Child Foundation of the ACF.

    As members of the ACF we belive in the tenents of the CULINARIAN'S CODE

The chapter's Bylaws can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat with a CLICK HERE or read on line with a CLICK HERE

    As a chapter we hosted a national convention and the 1990 and 2001 Northeast regional confrences.

    Our Chairman of the Board serves as New York State Representitive and coordinated the effort in NYC after the 9/11/01 attack.

    Four of our members have been honored with a National ACF Presidents Medallion:
Don Antinore, CEC, CCE, AAC;
Michael Vasile, CEC, AAC;
Paul G. Healy, CEC, AAC.
Michael Redmond, CEC, AAC

In November 2001 Members of ACF Rochester visited the Big Apple to help
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Don Antinore, CEC,CCE, AAC, then our chapter president, was awarded The 2002 Hermann G. Rusch Humanitarian Award in recognition of his work in New York City feeding aid and rescue workers after 9-11-01