Past Presidents & Awards

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Past Presidents & Awards

Congratulations to all the recipients for their recognition on behalf of the ACF Minneapolis chapter, here are just a few special awards ~

Past Chapter Chefs of the Year

Ray Duffy-1970
Ed Stettin*-1971
Jeffrey Larson-1972
Eberhard Wertham-1973
Willi Neumann-1974
James Patterson*-1975
Hans Gilgen*-1976
Al Mahlke-1977
Charles Duberstein-1978
Hank Meadows*1979
Jerry Stedman-1980
Larry Mattson-1981
Robert Menne-1982
Vic Olson*-1983
Bert Otto-1984
George Bissonnette-1985
Ed Commers-1986
Mike Jung-1987
Tom Berg-1988
Tom Berg-1989
No Recipient-1990
No Recipient-1991
Byron Korus-1992
Eric Baker-1993
Ashraf Fattah-1994
William 'Bo' Kozak-1995
Michael Strommer-1996
Bruce Schaffer-1997
Steve Schuster-1998
Frances Jedneak-1999
Carlo Castagneri-2000
Jeffrey LaBeau-2001
Chris Dwyer-2002
Jim Lund-2003
Steve Venne-2004
Robert "Andy" Anderson-2005
Paul Booth-2006
Patrick Conway-2007

Past Chapter Presidents

Ray Duffy1967-1968
Ed Stettin*1969-1970
Jeffrey Larson1971-1972
Eberhard Werthman1973-1974
James Patterson*1975-1976
Robert Menne1977-1978
Larry Mattson1979-1980
Willi Neumann1981-1982
Bert Otto1983-1984
Charles Duberstein1985-1986
George Bissonnette1987-1988
Tom Berg1989-1990
Byron Korus1991-1992
Byron Korus1993-1994
Eric Baker1995-1996
William "Bo" Kozak1997-1998
Jeffrey LaBeau1999-2000
Robert Anderson2001-2002
Frances Jedneak2003-2004

Chris Dwyer

2005-2006

Members of American Academy of Chefs

Ed Stettin
Boy Toy
Al Mahlke
Jeff Larson
Willi Neumann
Wiliam Lyman
Hank Meadows
Eberhard Wertham
James Paterson
Hans Gilgen
Charles Duberstein
Robert Menne
Mike Jung
Tom Berg
Gary Kelm
Byron Korus
William "Bo" Kozak
Carlo Castagneri
Michael Strommer
Chris Dwyer
Jeff LaBeau

Hans Gilgen Award

"Member of the Year"

Charles Duberstein-1990
Robert Syler-1991
Ashraf Fattah-1992
Thomas A. Berg-1993
Michael Strommer-1994
William "Bo" Kozak-1995
Keith Huffman-1996
Frances Jedneak-1997
Jeffrey LaBeau-1998
Carlo Casagneri-1999
Lorraine Howard-2000
Christopher Dwyer-2001
Jim Lund-2002
Robert "Andy" Anderson-2003
David Eisenreich-2004
Steve Venne & Pat Conway-2005

CHEFFY "Member of the Year"
Chris Sturzl-2007

Junior Scholarship Recipients

National ACF Awards

1997 Chef & Child Foundation ~ Little Oscar Award
2004 National Chapter of the Year
2005 Chef & Child Foundation ~ Little Oscar Award
2007 ACF Chapter Achievement Award