I pledge my professional knowledge and skill to the advancement of our profession and to pass it on to those who are to follow.

I shall foster a spirit of courteous consideration and cooperation within our profession.

I shall place honor and the standing of our profession before personal advancement.

I shall not use unfair means to affect my professional advancement or to injure the chances of another colleague to secure and hold employment.

I shall be fair, courteous and considerate in my dealing with fellow colleagues. 

I shall conduct any necessary comment on, or criticism of, the work of a fellow colleague with careful regard of the good name and dignity of the culinary profession, and will scrupulously refrain from criticism to gain personal advantage. 

I shall never expect anyone to subject themselves to risks which I would not be willing to assume myself. 

I shall help to protect all members against one another from within our profession. 

I shall be too big for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the pressure of business to hurt anyone, within or without the profession.

Adopted by the ACF at its convention in Chicago, August, 1957