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FYI ON CERTIFICATIONS
Effective Sept. 1, 2010
CEC Chefs CEH's will change to 80 CEH for primary certification, renewal 40 CEH, and 2nd renewal 20 CEH thereafter and ACF will be eliminating two refresher courses. Starting with the 2nd renewal the only eight hour refresher required will be in sanitation.

What’s the difference between a Written Exam Proctor and Practical Exam Evaluator?
Comira has trained written exam proctors on how to administer the written exams for test candidates for certification. Each proctor has been issued a proctor identification number and password Comira specific to the test site/location and authorized user. The written exam proctor signed an agreement that only allows that specified individual to deploy exams.
An Approved Certification Evaluator has been trained by ACF to evaluate practical exam candidates testing for their certification.
In some cases, the proctor and evaluator may be the same individual for test facilities like Fort Lee, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts - Miami, Columbus State Community College, Scottsdale Culinary Institute, Pennsylvania Culinary Institute and Schenectady County Community College (just to name a few) where they provide both testing opportunities.
In an effort to further assist local chefs with achieving their certification these dual sites have had their facility approved by ACF to administer practical exams and have been approved and authorized by Comira to administer the written exams.
If your school or facility is interested in becoming a written exam site or a practical exam site follow the links or contact the certification manager for details.

Certification is what sets you apart from having a job as a chef to having a job as a professional chef.

CERTIFICATION SEMINAR AVAILABLE ON POWERPOINT, CLICK HERE.

The ACE Training Subcommittee and the Practical Exam Subcommittee have joined forces to become the Practical Exam Operations Subcommittee. As always the subcommittee will strive to provide consistency of administration and ongoing training/development of evaluators and test administrators.
Administrative update:

A quick reference Test Administrator Menu has been added to the practical exam webpage (at the bottom)
The new CEC Score Sheet will be implemented January 1, 2012.
Review a brief PowerPoint
Score sheet and candidate feedback sheet. The new score sheet and feedback form can be found on the Practical Exam Webpage, under the Test Administrator Menu and on the Resource page under forms and applications.
CEC Electronic Scoring Procedures
Approved evaluators including CMC/CMPC & Judges are now listed on the evaluator webpage (one stop shopping)
As of January 1st, those listed have been trained on the CEC score sheet and are current on policies and procedures.

New CEPC practice exams now available through eculinary in preparation of new written exams to be implemented Aug. 1, 2011. For more details click here.

ACF/CEC Certified chefs interested in ACF/ACE Evaluator please register direct to ACF National Office. Fill out application, mail or fax to ACF. You must be an ACF certified CEC, CEPC, CCA, CCE, CMC, or CMPC, be a member in good standing, have taken a practical exam (exemptions: 5 or more years as a culinary instructor, winning a silver medal or higher in the categories F-1, F-4, F-5, or G at an ACF/WACS competition, or ACF Approved competition judge), attend a ACE Training seminar prior to apprenticing (Texas is now listed on the website), apprentice four times at any test site.

Chef Ben Fonbuena, Jr. CCE,CEC,AAC,ACE and chefs at ACF/ACE Training & Practical Exam Program in Lubbock, Texas, June 2011.

Lifetime Certification ACF offers Lifetime Certification to recognize chefs who have demonstrated a lifetime of commitment and dedication to the Culinary Profession. For more details click here.

ACF Certification - www.acfchefs.org

Please be aware that the Practical Exam subcommittee of the Certification Commission no longer allows candidates to observe exams. Available is The Practical Exam Administration Guide which has been updated and is now available on the ACF website. The Practical Exam Administrator Guide is a "living reference, updated periodically with changes in practical exam policies, procedures, and forms. This is an excellent reference tool for both Test Site Administrator and ACE Evaluator.

Practical Testing Sites in Texas (For a complete listing of testing sites please click here)

PLEASE NOTE: BOTH ACF AND THE HOST SITE REQUIRE AN APPLICATION. THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS. ALSO THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE FEES, ONE FEE TO ACF AND ONE FEE TO TESTING SITE.

Rice University - Houston - Texas Chefs Association
TCA Education/Certification State Chair - Ben Fonbuena Jr., CEC, CCE, AAC - bm_fonbuenajr@yahoo.com or chef@rice.edu 832.372.8195

For ACF/TCA Practical Exam Application CLICK. ***In addition, you must contact the test administration to confirm test time, host site fee (for site fee and site application, click here) and specific details about the testing facility. Test sites may charge an additional host site fee that is payable to the organization hosting the exam. Payment for any host site fees are separate from the amount due to ACF and are coordinated by the test site administrator.

2012 Time Schedule-Schedules are Saturday only. Report at 2pm, North Servery, 713.348.2922, Gate #25, Sunset Blvd & Main St., Rice University.

Application Due (POSTMARKED BY) ACF/TCA Houston Practical Exam Dates

March 24, 2012 May 26, 2012

May 28, 2012 September 1, 2012

September 3, 2012 December 8, 2012

Call ACF/TCA Practical Exam Administrator & Lead Examiner, Ben Fonbuena, Jr., CEC, CCE, ACE, AAC at 832.372.8195 or email chef@rice.edu or bm_fonbuenajr@yahoo.com
Visit www.acfchefs.org, click certification update guidelines, or call 1.800.624.9458 ask for ACF certification team staff.

Texas State Technical College
Mark Schneider CEC - mark.schneider@tstc.edu
3801 Campus Drive
Waco, TX 76705
254.867.4868
Test Date(s): call for dates

Art Institute of Dallas
Two North Park E, Dallas, TX 75231-5993
Steve Pilat, CEC – phantum83@aol.com
214.498.6164
Test Date(s): call for dates

Collin College
5700 Wade Blvd. A-155
Frisco, TX 75035
Michael Mudrone, CEC 972.596.8768, or email mrmcec@verizon.net

St. Phillip's College
1801 Martin Luther King Drive, San Antonio, TX 78203-2027
Will Thornton, CEC, CCE - wthornton@alamo.edu
210.744.8918
Test Date(s): call for dates

Culinary Institute LeNotre
7070 Allensby, Houston, Texas 77022
Kris Jakob, CEC Culinary Director/Instructor
713.692.0077, kjakob@culinaryinstitute.edu

Texas Chefs Association, Golden Triangle Chapter
Lamar University
4400 MLK Boulevard, Beaumont, TX 77710
Charles Duit, CEC - duitcl@hal.lamar.edu
409.212.8445
Test Date(s): call for dates

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