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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.

ACF Certification - www.acfchefs.org

The Practical Exam Administration Guide 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.

If you have not attended an ACE Refresher Course in 2010 there are two more opportunities:
September 28, 2010 at 1:30 pm ET - Presenter: Bruce Ozga, CEC, CCE, AAC - Register
December 7, 2010 at 3 pm ET - Presenter: Shawn Hanlin CEC - Register

To maintain your ACE status, you must attend an ACE Refresher session annually (calendar year). Ace Refresher sessions are offered at all four regional conferences, ACF National Convention and through post convention webinars. If a refresher is not completed by the end of the year, your ACE status will be considered inactive until a refresher course is completed. We invite you to submit question to Alina Cataldi Cooper, Certification Manager at (800) 624-9458, ext 150, email to:acooper@acfchefs.net, to be forwarded to the ACE Subcommittee for clarification. These questions and/or feedback topics will be used in future correspondence or in the development of policy, programs, etc.

Practical Testing Sites in Texas

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
No exam schedule for June, July and December 2010, above exam dates subject to change due to inclement weather.
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, CCE - markschneider@tstc.edu
3801 Campus Drive
Waco, TX 76705
254.867.4868
Test Date(s): call for dates

Texas Chefs Association, Dallas Chapter
Art Institute of Dallas
Two North Park E, Dallas, TX 75231-5993
Steve Pilat, CEC – phantum83@aol.com
214.692.8080
Test Date(s): call for dates

Collin College - Dallas Chapter
Chef ME Brown
Institute of Hospitality & Culinary Education
Collin College
A 154
9700 Wade Blvd
Frisco, TX
(972) 377-1057, or email mebrown@collin.edu

Texas Chefs Association - San Antonio Chapter
St. Phillip's College
1801 Martin Luther King Drive, San Antonio, TX 78203-2098c
Will Thornton, CEC, CCE - wthornto@accd.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, www.culinaryinstitute.edu

Texas Chefs Association, Golden Triangle Chapter
Lamar University
4400 MLK Boulevard, Beaumont, TX 77710
Charles Duit, CEC - cduit@swbell.net
409.781.3477 cell
Test Date(s): call for dates

ACF Chef's Association of Greater El Paso/El Paso Community College
9570 Gateway North, El Paso, TX 79924
Mark Spelman, CEC - mspelman@hotus.com
915.225.8030
Test Date(s): call for dates

Houston Country Club
1 Potomac Drive, Houston, TX 77057
Fritz Gitschner, CMC, AAC - fgitschner@pcahouston.org
713.465.8381
Fax: 713.463.1318
Test Date(s): call for dates

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