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On the Menu The National Restaurant Association "What's Hot" Survey is live! Take the survey to identify the restaurant menu trends for the upcoming year and tell us what you think will be hot in 2017. The deadline to participate is Oct. 21. Cacao Berry invites pastry chefs and chocolatiers to participate in the U.S. national selections
of World Chocolate Masters, April 27-28, at the Chocolate Academy Centre, Chicago. The winner will advance to the final competition in Paris. Interested in the future of sustainable food? Check out 'Food Forever,' a book by Lars Charas, Worldchefs member and the coordinator of Feeding Good, the global movement for and by chefs to find solutions for the world food problem.
Support ACF Culinary Teams in the "culinary Olympics"
After four years of preparation, ACF's Culinary Teams are traveling to Erfurt, Germany, this week for the "culinary Olympics," Oct. 22-25. Send the teams your best wishes on Facebook by tagging @ACFChefs and using hashtag #ACF4Gold. Tune in to ACFChefs Facebook , ACF Culinary Team USA 2016 Facebook, Twitter and Instagram throughout the competition for live photo and video updates.
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Ingredient of the Month: Cheese Cheese is an ancient food whose origins predate recorded history. The earliest cheeses were likely to have been quite sour and salty, similar in texture to rustic cottage cheese or feta, a crumbly, flavorful Greek cheese. Many types of cheese are produced in various countries. The style, texture and flavor depends on the origin of the milk and also depends on the diet of the animal from which the milk is derived. Read more...
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Recruit and Hire ACF Chefs during ACF Career Fairs in 2017 Partner with ACF to promote your company and recruit our talent at the new Career Fair series presented during ACF's 2017 events. Following the success of our first career fair at 2016's Cook. Craft. Create Convention & Show,
ACF will offer similar opportunities during the ChefConnect: Chicago and ChefConnect: New York events, as well as the annual Cook. Craft. Create. ACF National Convention & Show.
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Support the ACF Women's Task Force
The ACF Women's Task Force tees come in ladies' sizes with V-neck or men's/unisex sizes with crew neck. Order for your whole team! Available exclusively at the ACF online store. Quantities are limited. Sized S-3x, but some sizes are selling out! Log in to enjoy the Member price of $20 each (Non-members $24).
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ACF Chefs' Fall Festivities Share how your chapter is celebrating fall's beautiful harvest. Have an event you want to share? Email
[email protected] with the details. Tag us in your posts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and use the hashtag #ACFChefs to share your fall creations and your chapter's happenings!
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