Presidents Message

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R's: Respect for self, Respect for others, and Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
 

The Dalai Lama  

 Welcome Team of 2010 Thank You

The following is a list of the 2009-10 Officers for the American Culinary Federation Professional Chefs Association Of South Jersey Chapter. 

Officers

Position
President                             Willie L Lewis CEC
First Vice President            David Goldstein

Second Vice President      Darryll L Harmon

Treasurer                             Elaine Geri
Recording Secretary           Gina Pierce
Corresponding Secretary   Gina Pierce
Sergeant At Arms
AAC Chairman                     Fred Parmenter CEC AAC, CCE. 
Scholarship Chair                 Willie L Lewis CEC

Culinary Show Chair             Chef Edmund Gorny 

Funraiser Chair                     Beverly Dimeglio

                                               Danielle V Merighi

Communications Education Chair  Peter Guzzo
Membership Chair
Junior Liaison
Junior Liaison

Chef and Child

The ACF PCASJ was founded by twelve chefs, whose common goal was to amplify the ACF's commitment to training, education and humanitarian efforts here in Atlantic City. Today, the ACF PCASJ Chapter has over 140 active, junior, student and associate members and growing.

A few of our programs...
To further the ACF's commitment to humanitarian efforts, the ACF PCASJ has developed the "Adopt a School" program Eating Healthy. In this innovative endeavor, ACF PCASJ chefs volunteer as "consultants" to the Program.

 working with the Community Food Bank of NJ, Southern Branch. Atlantic County.

Atlantic City Aquarium Historic Waterfront Foundation, the Chef at the Shore event.   And Sister Jean’s soup kitchens.

 The ACF PCASJ also works with the Boys and girls club.

The ACF PCASJ Certification Program has been assisting chefs to attain professional certification. Our goal is that one day, every chef in Our Chapter and in Atlantic City be certified. The future is clear -- ACF certified chefs will be perceived synonymously with high quality food and it will not be uncommon for customers to inquire about the certification of every restaurant's chef. 

Join us! We welcome new members to our wonderful organization.  Above are just a few of the many programs the ACF PCASJ is committed to.  The Professional Chef Association of South Jersey Chapter of the American Culinary Federation (ACF PCASJ ) membership includes executive chefs, pastry chefs, bakers, managers , culinary educators, sous chefs and cooks from Atlantic City premiere hotels Casino, country clubs, culinary schools, and restaurants. Come see what we are all about! We welcome you as a guest to any of our programs and meetings

Willie L Lewis CEC
ACF/ PCASJ/ CHAPTER
PRESIDENT
Romanelli's CORPORATE EXECUTIVE CHEF
609-703-9912
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