31th Annual Gala and Awards Ceremony Sunday, February 8th, 2009 6:00 PM Reception 7:00 PM Dining Room Seating by Table Assignment Invocation: MTC Chaplin, Leroy Parker Sergeant-at-Arms: Call to Order & Reading of the Culinarians Code Welcome: President Michael Osborne Introduction of Evening Entertainment: John Pyka Dinner Service Soup Awards: Secondary Student Culinarian of the Year: Chantel Hogan $500 check Presented by Bill Vickery of Gordon Food Service Bill James Award: Michael Adams Presented by Steve Wilson of T.W. Wilson & Son Dinner Service Salad Culinary Educator of the Year: Michael Adams Presented by Rick Kahre of J&M Catering Post Secondary Student Culinarian of the Year: Melody Stuart $500 check Presented by John Howard of SYSCO Nashville The Parker Post-Secondary Scholarship: Stephanie Riling $500 check Presented for Elaine Parker by Elaine Taubin Dinner Service Intermezzo Professionalism: Michael Adams Presented by Eric Martin of Foodsales East Tennessee Purveyor of the Year: Foodsales East Presented by the Middle Tennessee Chapter - Gary Rawson Dinner Service Entree Hospitality Award: Hunters Lane High School Presented by Jim Williamson of Fresh Point Overton Produce Lifetime Achievement Award: Dave Lowrance Presentation of the MTC Board by Dallas Parrish Dinner Service Dessert Presidents Award: Mark Rubin Presented by Michael Osborne Introduction - Chef of the Year Sponsor: Todd Wright of US Foodservice Acknowledgment and Thanks to Renaissance Nashville Hotel Michael Osborne 2007 Chef of the Year Chef of the Year Roll Call of previous winners. Announcement of the 2008 Chef of the Year. Chef Willie Jemison Thanks to U.S. Foodservices as the sponsor of the Chef of the Year Award- Each year, Todd Wright and the fine folks at U.S. Foodservice make this award possible. Many Many Thanks. Thanks to Gordon Food Service for their sponsorship of our Student Culinarian Scholarship Hats off to SYSCO for their Sponsorship of the Post Secondary Student Culinarian Scholarship This years newest Award was created by Chef Elaine Parker. We are all appreciative of her efforts on behalf of the Chefs Association. Gratitude to T.W. Wilson and Sons - Steve Wilson for their sponsorship of the Bill James Award. Thanks to Rick Kahre and J&M Catering for their support in the Culinary Educator of the Year. Thanks to Eric Martin and FoodSales East for their support of the Professionalism Award And Gratitude to Overton Produce for its support of the Hospitality Award.
This Years Event Marked Our 31st Year of our Awards Gala. The MTC-ACF would like to express its gratitude to the Rennaisance Nashville Hotel for its hospitality and fabulous culinary efforts. Cudos to Chef Folz, and Pastry Chef Paul Burnash and their extraordinary staffs. The efforts expended were top notch and much appreciated. Our Gratitude to each purveyor who helped make this evening possible. We don't know everybody who helped, and please pardon us if we leave out anyone. Especially noted is Buckhead Beef and Mike Casha, Inland Seafood and Lonnie Collier; Halperin Meats of Atlanta, Atlanta International and Tom Neville, and Overton Produce, Max Boyle, Kathy Henderson, Brett Donner and Shannon Collins.
Take a look at the Photo Gallery, to see full size photos of this stellar event. We will see everyone next year!