Dear Culinary Friends,

We had great representation at the National Conference from the Atlanta Chapter! There are many acknowledgments that will be forthcoming but I wanted to let you know of the Chapter Success portion of the General Session.  Our Chapter was awarded the opportunity to present our story before a crowd of upwards of 800 Chefs and Industry Representatives.  I asked Chef Mike Deihl to join me on stage as we proudly presented to the crowd the ways in which our Chapter has embraced the Atlanta hospitality industry in its entirety through all of the great works that each and everyone of you have participated in and accomplished for the benefit of so many in our city and beyond.  Our main focus of success for this presentation was our extraordinary accomplishments that have been sustained now for seven year at Operation Chefs Unite!  When I say “our” I mean every one of you that have made it possible to continue weekly lunches and have 13 annual Holiday themed buffets for our soldiers.

YOU have made it possible to reach a feeding plateau of 1,000,000 SOLDIERS… and that number continues to grow daily!

My sincere gratitude goes out to all of you!  The OCU feeding of the troops at the USO facility is a story that needs to be told over and over and over again!

Ron Horgan, CEC
Executive Chef
Ansley Golf Club

President
2006 Chapter Chef of the Year
ACF Greater Atlanta Chapter
American Culinary Federation
2008 Chapter of the Year