ACFCC Meeting

Come on down to Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club

ACFCC Meeting

Monday October 5, 2009 5:45 pm

General Membership Meeting and Presentation

from

Grand Western Brands and The Crab Broker

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Directions to Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club

Bring a colleague, peer or a friend who is interested in the Culinary Arts

and the ACFCC of Naples and Marco Island

The ACFCC of Naples and Marco Island proudly supports the Culinary Arts programs and its students of Collier County

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Well written article from one of NYC's best chefs...

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an article from Daniel Patterson, an amazing chef and writer from California... Check out his other articles as well... great reading!!!

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Sea to Shining Seas

Shining Seas?

ACFCC Membership Meeting

Monday August 17, 2009
6pm
Naples Harbor Yacht Club
475 North Rd
Naples

Meeting generously sponsored by CLEANSEAS Sustainable Seafood, Gary’s Seafood Specialties, Townsend Foods

Sustainable Seafood in Florida

There will be an interactive presentation given by Mr. Bryan Fleuch, M.ED. from the University of Florida and Collier County Extension Sea Grant
Bryan will present to us the FACTS on seafood sustainability and safety in Florida and discuss the choices we can make as chefs and consumers.

Come and find out what is REALLY happening with our amazing Florida Seafood

CLEANSEAS will introduce our members to Hiramasa AKA Yellowtail Kingfish, an amazing sushi quality fish sustainably aquacultured in Australia

Check out CLEANSEAS HERE

A fantastic meal featuring Hiramasa to follow, prepared by Chefs Grant Cole and Claudio Ferrer, CEC, CCE

This will be a fantastic educational meeting for us all. We look forward to seeing you there. Remember we encourage you to bring a colleague, a fellow culinarian, or an industry professional that may be interested in the ACF!

A Day at the Beach!

ACF Caxambas Chapter Beach Picnic

Picnic BBQ at

Delnor Wiggins State Park

Sunday August 2, 2009

9am-1pm

BBQ and soft beverages

Bocce, beach volleyball, paddleball

lots of fun!

Click here for directions

Bring your beach gear and a side dish for the BBQ!!!

Look for the ACF banner on the back of Chef Chris' SUV
parking will be 6 bucks

Hope to see you, your family and friends!

M Waterfront Grille

ACF Caxambas Chapter Meeting

Monday July 27, 2009

M Waterfront Grille

at the Venetian Village

with Chef Brian Roland CCC

Presentations by...

Halperns' Steak and Seafood

The Fresh Garden

click here for directions

We are looking forward to seeing you all! If you havent experinced the award winning cuisine of Chef Brian Roland CCC at the M Waterfront Grille, here is your chance! We are excited to have the support of Halperns' and the Fresh Garden. See what is new with these two highly regarded purveyors.

As always we encourage you to invite a peer, colleague or friend who is interested in the culinary arts to our meetings.

See you all there!

Thanks!

Thanks!

To all of you who attended The Taste of Collier.

If you are new to checking out this blog... Welcome!

Recipes to our culinary demonstrations will be available right here on Wednesday.

I will be posting images very soon. Cheers!

TASTE OF COLLIER

2009

Come on down to the 2009 Taste of Collier
at the Bayfront this Sunday May 3, 2009. Check out the info at http://www.tasteofcollier.org/
The ACF Caxambas Chefs will be there with culinary students from Collier County high schools
presenting culinary demonstrations throughout the day.
This is the 26th annual Taste of Collier with over 30 great restaurants, lots of great people, food and drink and we are excited be a part of it. Funds raised will be donated in part to Prostart, culinary scholarships and culinary competetion sponsorship. Please show your support and get down to Bayfront for a great day for the whole family.

(FUN)draising!

HELP!!!

We need your help fellow chefs, vendors, purveyors, F&B managers, GM's, golf pros, superintendants, all of YOU!!!

Our 20th Annual Jim Lynch Memorial Scholarship Golf Classic is sneaking up on us and we need golfers, tee sponsors, F&B sponsors, and prizes. Don't let the ecomomy slow us down! This is a great event loaded with fun and fellowship. Scramble format and where evryone is a hero! This is our major fundraiser for the year and funds raised go directly to our scholarship fund. We are proud to have raised tens of thousands of dollars over the years that have supported young culinarians with their education and the culinary programs of Collier County schools. So come and have a great day out at Wildcat Run Golf and Country Club in Estero! For more information or to register please contact 239 774 0466.

we look forward to seeing you all out at Wildcat Run!

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Lazy Sunday

a few pics from a Sunday service...

Really, really super cold!

lavosh for soup

Raviloi production... these are PNW King Boletus, a mushroom closely related to Porcini

Explosion style filling...

ravilois

mise en place

Salad of Alaskan spotted shrimp, Benton's country ham, fennel, citrus

Villa Manodori olive oil

oak smoked poularde, Boletus mushroom ravilois, pignoli fritto, arugula, saba

(AB) Normal Food

Random pics from the last month...

Being honored is nice....

Congratulations Chef Dan!

7Lagos Chardonnay from Patagonia, Argentina
crisp and citrusy... no wood... love this and it's only 10 bucks!

Cammarones, compressed pineapple, sea lettuces, salt block

Cauliflower flan, our cold aldersmoked salmon, maple meringue

Squid, caramalised yoghurt, lemon

Cheeseburger in Paradise!!!

For SB... The next JB RS Chef of the year!

same cheeseburger, same paradise

Silly... Pata Negra hoof... I can't seem to let it go!

CMC's Hartmut Handke and Edward Janos

In our kitchen! Very honored.

Chef Kristi Janos, Chef Janos, Chef Handke, and Chef CJ

Tomato soup and grilled cheese... "comfort food for uncomfortable times "

was the theme for this luncheon. This was the most delicious tomato soup I have ever tasted!

Crepes, sauce Supreme the way it is suppose to be!

Dessert plate-up

Lemon Variety

Grilled Lambchopper cheese, tomato soup orb... a little silly but well received

Thermomix... finally found one on Ebay... Love this thing!

Veal Breast treated like pork belly

Veal breast, cured, smoked and then braised in the C-vap at 185 F for 14 or so hours

the jelly was amazing!

Amen...

Thanks to Dave and Ice Magic for providing a little "coolness" for Chef RF's amuse...

A future so bright????

Student Chefs, Don Dussard and Justin Lee

Congrats to Justin... off to the CIA!!!

Trouble!
ACF Caxambas Chefs Chris Jones, Wilhelm Gahabka CEC, Frank Setera CEC, AAC

and Ralph Feraco CEC. AAC

Raising $$$ for children at the Southwest Florida Food and Wine Festival

Heads down...asses up

Noodle Box... and yes... bubbles!

Mise en place

Chef Wilhelm's Duck with crackling

CheF RF's King Crab, potato confit, caviar

A great friend and chef with "normal food" !