ACF
certification provides an ideal career progression ladder within the
foodservice industry. As you begin your career, your continued education
and hard-won work experience will reward you with greater promotion
opportunities and chances to gain higher levels of certification.
When you become ACF certified, you are demonstrating to current and
future employers that you have the initiative to take charge of your
professional development and your career.
All those who offer their culinary knowledge and skill in the market
place, employ them, or are served by them, are beneficiaries of the
ACF certification program. This includes the restaurants and foodservice
operations that produce food, culinary education facilities; the chefs
and cooks, and the consumers who are the hospitality and foodservice
end-users.
The purpose of the ACF Certification Program is to improve the quality
of professional competency throughout the industry. The foodservice
industry needs qualified employees with proven experience, who participate
in and grow through continuing education.
Add
Value As An Employee
Instill
Consumer Confidence
Benefit
From Partnerships
Here is an example...
Sam Label is currently practicing to take his practical
culinary exam for the American Culinary Federation (ACF) to achieve
the level of Certified Sous Chef.
Sam has been an ACF member for 3-years, is a 4 star graduate of
Western Culinary School in Portland, Oregon and has been employed
at CVI for three years.
For this test, Sam will be preparing four items within a three hour
time frame;all from scratch. The guidelines are stringent and set
by the American Culinary Federation for any person taking this test.
Other aspects of this certification include a thorough knowledge
of food safety and sanitation, culinary nutrition, and supervisory
management skills.
Sam has been preparing for this event since late October and is
being coached by David Goodwin, one of only 4 accredited Culinary
Examiners in the State of Nevada.
Sam repeatedly is going over every food item, all needed equipment
and timing himself to make sure the test will be accomplished in
the allotted amount of time.
Sam's test will be on January 22, 2008 at Truckee Meadows Community
College in Reno. TMCC has one of the best culinary programs in the
area and is one of the designated testing sites in the surrounding
7 states which also includes the Carson Valley Inn and the Eldorado
Casino in Reno.
Congratulations Sam!"
MEET SAM...
Taken from the www.acfchefs.org
web site.
For full details visit: www.acfchefs.org
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