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ACF OF GREATER BUFFALO NEW YORK NY061 By John Bartimole
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he ACF Greater Buffalo Chapter is known for celebrating its youth — many of its fundraisers are focused on scholarships for students who will be pursuing careers in the culinary arts. Even more symbolic of its focus on youth is the fact that its president, ACF Chef Phoebe Beiter, CCC, is one of the youngest presidents of any ACF chapter in the country at just 23 years of age. “We award scholarships in the range of $250-$500 to deserving students,” says Chef Beiter, junior sous chef at the Country Club of Buffalo. “All of those proceeds go to our scholarship fund, which then helps students at two local culinary programs. Niagara Falls Culinary Institute gives memberships to their graduating class and SUNY Erie Community College offers memberships to students involved in the chapter. Both schools are ACFaccredited and the teachers and students are very active in the chapter.” One of the chapter’s signature fundraisers is its annual golf tournament. Funds from that tournament have since rebounded from a
Above: Buffalo chapter members at the annual Monte Dolce Spring Classic Competition, including some students who competed and the chapter competition chair and event host, ACF Chef Scott Steiner, CCE, AAC, a chef/insturctor at Niagra County Community College (first row, second from left). Below: a Smithfield chef demonstrates pig butchery during a chapter meeting.
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The ACF of Greater Buffalo New York Board President Phoebe Elizabeth Beiter, CCC Chairman of the Board Jean White Vice President Mark G. Wright, CEC, AAC, HOF, HBOT Secretary Kyle J. Haak, CEPC Treasurer Donald A. Schmitter, CCE, CEC Bylaws/Policy & Procedures Committee Chair Scott E. Steiner, CCE, AAC Associate Member James M. Binner, HAAC Board Member Evan Thur Board Member Jacob Rhodes Board Member Joseph J. Piazza, CEC, CCA, AAC Student Chapter President Danica Geinitz
