Links and Resources

The following is a list useful links that have been compiled. If you would like to add a link to this list, please send us an email.

National Headquarters

American Culinary Federation
10 San Bartola Drive
St. Augustine, FL 32086
Phone: (800) 624-9458 or (904) 824-4468
Fax: (904) 825-4758

Local Culinary Schools

• Hennepin Technical College
• St. Paul College
  
  

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Other ACF Chapters

• South Dakota Chefs
• Black Hills Chapter
• Arrowhead Professional Chefs Association
• Duluth Chapter
• ACF of Iowa
• ACF of Iowa
• South Eastern Sub Chapter
• Upper Michigan Chapter of the American Culinary Federation
• ACF Professional Chefs and Culinarians of the Heartland
  • Chris Zeeb, CEC
    Metro College c/o Culinary Arts Program
    P.O. BOX 3777
    Omaha, NE 68103
    (402) 449-3397
    [email protected]

Organizations

• Women Who Really Cook
  Contact: Sharon Gilsrud
  P.O. Box 131081
  St. Paul, MN 55113
  Phone: (612) 670-6683
  
  
• Pastry Professionals Association MN
  Contact: Sharon Gilsrud
  6142 Golden Valley Road
  Golden Valley, MN  55422
  
  
• The American Dietetic Association
  216 West Jackson Blvd
  Chicago, IL 60606-6995
  Phone: (312) 899-0040
  Fax: (312) 899-4790
  
  
• American School Food Service Association
  700 S. Washington Street, Suite 300
  Alexandria, VA 22314
  Phone: (703) 739-3900
  
  
• American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators (ASHFSA)
  One North Franklin, 31 North
  Chicago, IL 60606
  Phone: (312) 422-3870
  Fax: (312) 422-4581
  
  
• Chef's Collaborative
  89 South St., Lower Level
  Boston, MA 02111
  Phone: (617) 236-5200
  
  
• Club Managers Association of America
  1733 King St.
  Alexandria, VA 22314
  Phone: (703) 739-9500
  Fax: (703) 738-0124
  
  
• Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs
  444 Park Avenue South
  New York, NY 10016
  Phone: (212) 683-3770
  Fax: (212) 683-3882
  
  
• Council on Hotel and Restaurant Institutional Education (CHRIE)
  1200 17th Street, N.W.
  Washington, D.C. 20036-3006
  Phone: (202) 331-5990
  Fax: (202) 785-2511
  
  
• Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART)
  P.O. Box 211
  Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ 07717
  Phone: (800) 463-5918
  Fax: (800) 427-5436
  
  
• Council on Hotel and Restaurant Institutional Education (CHRIE)
  1200 17th Street, N.W.
  Washington, D.C. 20036-3006
  Phone: (202) 331-5990
  Fax: (202) 785-2511
  
  
• The Club Foundation
  1733 King Street
  Alexandria, VA 22314-2720
  Phone: (703) 739-9500
  Fax: (703) 739-0124
  
  
• Culinary Schools Directory
  
  
• Les Dames d'Escoffier International
  P.O. Box 2103
  Reston, VA 20195-0103
  Phone: (703) 716-5913
  
  
• Education Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association
  800 North Magnolia Avenue, Suite 1800
  Orlando, FL 32803
  Phone: (800) 752-4567
  Fax: (407) 236-7848
  
  
• Foodservice Educators Network International (FENI)
  959 Melvin Road
  Annapolis, MD 21403
  Phone: (410) 268-5542
  Fax: (410) 263-3110
  
  
• Foodservice Consultants Society International
  304 West Liberty St., Suite 201
  Louisville, KY 40202
  Phone: (502) 583-3783
  Fax: (502) 589-3602
  
  
• Food Distributors International
  201 Park Washington Court
  Falls Church, VA 22046
  Phone: (703) 532-9400
  Fax: (703) 538-4673
  
  
• Institute of Food Technologists
  221 North LaSalle Street, Suite 300
  Chicago, IL 60601-1291
  Phone: (312) 782-8424
  Fax: (312) 782-8348
  
  
• International Association of Culinary Professionals
  304 W. Liberty, Suite 201
  Louisville, KY 40202
  Phone: (800) 928-4227 or (502) 581-9786
  Fax: (502) 589-3602
  
  
• International Council of Cruise Lines
  2111 Wilson Boulevard, 8th Floor
  Arlington, VA 22201
  Phone: (703) 522-8463
  Fax: (703) 522-3811
  
  
• International Food Service Executives Association
  3739 Mykonos Court
  Boca Raton, FL 33487-1282
  Phone: (561) 998-7758
  Fax: (561) 998-3878
  
  
• International Foodservice Manufacturers Association
  2 Prudential Plaza
  180 North Stetson, Suite 4400
  Chicago, IL 60601
  Phone: (312) 540-4400
  Fax: (312) 540-4401
  
  
• The James Beard Foundation
  167 West 12th Street
  New York, NY 10011
  Phone: (212) 675-4984
  Fax: (212) 645-1438
  
  
• The Joy of Cooking
  
  
• Minnesota's Restaurant, Lodging and Resort & Campground Associations
  305 Roselawn Avenue East
  St. Paul, MN 55117
  Phone: 651-778-2400
  Fax: 651-778-2424
  
  
• Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance
  P.O. Box 1113
  Minneapolis, MN 55440-1113
  Phone: (612) 540-3267
  Fax: (612) 540-4790
  
  
• National Association of Catering Executives
  5565 Sterrett Place, Suite 328
  Columbia, MD 21044
  Phone: (410) 997-9055
  Fax: (410) 997-8834
  
  
• National Ice Carving Association
  P.O. Box 3593
  Oak Brook, IL 60522-3593
  Phone: (630) 323-6696
  
  
• National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
  250 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1400
  Chicago, IL 60606-5834
  Phone: (312) 715-1010
  Fax: (312) 715-0713
  
  
• National Restaurant Association
  1200 17th Street N.W.
  Washington, D.C. 20036-3006
  Phone: (202) 331-5900
  Fax: (202) 331-2429
  
  
• Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH)
  P.O. Box 322
  Shawano, WI 54166
  Phone: (800) 593-NEWH (6394)
  Fax: (800) 693-NEWH (6394)
  
  
• Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust
  
  
• Professional Association of Inkeepers International
  P.O. Box 90710
  Santa Barbara, CA 93190
  Phone: (805) 569-1853
  Fax: (805) 682-1016
  
  
• Research Chefs Association
  304 W. Liberty Street, Suite 201
  Louisville, KY 40202
  Phone: (502) 992-0438
  Fax: (502) 589-3602
  
  
• Society for Foodservice Management (SFM)
  304 West Liberty Street, Suite 201
  Louisville, KY 40202
  Phone: (502) 583-3783
  Fax: (502) 589-3602
  
  
• Slow Food USA
  20 Jay Street, Suite M04
  Brooklyn, NY 11201
  Phone: 718 260-8000 or 877 SlowFoo(d)
  Fax: 718 260-8068
  
  
• Slow Food Minnesota
  Box 14059
  Minneapolis, MN 55414
  
  
• U.S. Personal Chef Association
  481 Rio Rancho Blvd., N.E.
  Rio Rancho, NM 87124
  Phone: (800) 995-6399 or (505) 896-3522
  Fax: (505) 994-6399
  
  
• Women Chefs and Restaurateurs
  304 West Liberty Street, Suite 201
  Louisville, KY 40202-3068
  Phone: (502) 581-0300
  Fax: (502) 589-3602
  
  
• Women's Foodservice Forum
  1250 Executive Place, Suite 501
  Geneva, IL 60134
  Phone: (630) 262-9992
  Fax: (630) 262-9994
  
  
• Association of Food Labeling Consultants
  P.O. Box 1514
  Washington, D.C. 20013
  Phone: (301) 464-3133
  Fax: (301) 464-5045
  
  
• National Food Distributors Association
  401 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2200
  Chicago, IL 60611
  Phone: (312) 644-6610
  Fax: (312) 527-6782
  
  
• Foodservice Educators Network International (FENI)
  959 Melvin Road
  Annapolis, MD 21403
  Phone: (410) 268-5542
  Fax: (410) 263-3110
  
  
• National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
  250 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1400
  Chicago, IL 60606-5834
  Phone: (312) 715-1010
  Fax: (312) 715-0713
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
  
  
• National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
  
  
• Foodborne Disease Division
  1600 Clifton Road
  Atlanta, GA 10333
  Phone: (800) 311-3435 or (404) 639-2206
  Fax: (404) 639-2205
  
  
• Food and Drug Administration
  200 C Street, S.W.
  Washington, D.C. 20204
  (888) 463-6332
  
  
• FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
  Phone: (202) 205-4850
  
  
• Retail Food Protection Branch
  Phone: (202) 205-8140
  
  
• Division of HACCP Programs
  Phone: (202) 205-4231
  
  
• Foodborne Illness Education Information Center - USDA Food and Nutrition Center at the National Agricultural Library
  10301 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 304
  Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
  Phone: (301) 504-5719
  Fax: (301) 504-6409
  
  
• Meat & Poultry Hotline - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Food Safety & Inspection Service
  USDA-FSIS, Room 2932-S
  1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
  Washington, D.C. 20250
  Phone: (800) 535-4555 or (202) 720-1843
  
  
• Culinary Archives & Museum - Johnson & Wales University
  315 Harborside Boulevard
  Providence, RI 02905
  Phone: (401) 598-2805
  Fax: (401) 598-2807
  
  
• IACP Culinary Collection - Directory International Association of Culinary Professionals
  304 West Liberty, Suite 201
  Louisville, KY 40202
  Phone: (800) 928-4227 or (502) 581-9786
  Fax: (502) 589-3602
  
  
• USDA Food and Nutrition Center at the National Agricultural Library
  10301 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301
  Beltsville, MD 20705
  Phone: (301) 504-5719
  Fax: (301) 504-6409
  
  
• American Council on Science and Health
  1995 Broadway, Second Floor
  New York, NY 10023-5860
  Phone: (212) 362-7044
  Fax: (212) 362-4919
  
  
• American Dietetic Association
  216 West Jackson Blvd.
  Chicago, IL 60606-6995
  Phone: (800) 877-1600 or (312) 899-0040
  Fax: (312) 899-4790
  
  
• Council for Responsible Nutrition
  1875 Eye Street N.W., Suite 400
  Washington, D.C. 20006-5409
  Phone: (202) 872-1488
  Fax: (202) 872-9594
  
  
• Nutritional Information Center - The Rockefeller University
  1230 York Avenue, Box 246
  New York, NY 10021
  Phone: (212) 377-7707
  Fax: (212) 327-7751
  
  
• Foodchain - The National Food-Rescue Network
  912 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 300
  Kansas City, MO 64105
  Phone: (800) 845-3008 or (816) 842-5145
  Fax: (816) 842-5145
  
  
• Second Harvest Network
  116 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 4
  Chicago, IL 60603
  Phone: (312) 263-2303
  Fax: (312) 263-5626
  
  
• Share Our Strength
  733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 640
  Washington, D.C. 20005
  Phone: (800) 969-4767
  Fax: (202) 393-2925
  
  
• American Frozen Food Institute
  2000 Corporate Ridge, Suite 1000
  McLean, VA 22102
  Phone: (703) 821-0770
  Fax: (703) 821-1350
  
  
• American Institute of Wine & Food
  1550 Bryant Street, Suite 700
  San Francisco, CA 94103
  
  
• Food Institute
  Box 972 28-12 Broadway
  Fair Lawn, NJ 07410-3913
  Phone: (201) 791-5570
  Fax: (201) 791-5222
  
  
• National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT)
  120 Wall Street
  New York, NY 10005
  Phone: (212) 482-6440
  Fax: (212) 482-6459
  
  
• American Bakers Institute
  1350 I Street, N.W., Suite 1290
  Washington, D.C. 20005-3300
  Phone: (202) 789-0300
  Fax: (202) 898-1164
  
  
• American Institute of Baking
  P.O. Box 3999 1213 Bakers Way
  Manhattan, KS 66502
  Phone: (785) 537-4750
  Fax: (785) 537-1493
  
  
• American Society of Bakery Engineers
  2 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 1733
  Chicago, IL 60606
  Phone: (312) 332-2246
  Fax: (312) 332-6560
  
  
• Bakery Equipment Manufacturers Association
  401 North Michigan Avenue, 24th Floor
  Chicago, IL 60611
  Phone: (312) 644-6610
  Fax: (312) 245-1084
• The Bread Makers Guild of America
  P.O. Box 22254
  Pittsburgh, PA 15222
  Phone: (412) 322-8275
  Fax: (412) 322-3412
  
  
• International Union of Bakers & Baker-Confectioners (UIB) General Secretariat
  Seilerstrasse 9 P.O. Box 3001 Bern
  Phone: 0041 31 381 78 77
  Fax: 0041 31 382 15 06
  
  
• Retailer's Bakery Association
  14239 Park Center Drive
  Laurel, MD 20707-5261
  Phone: (800) 638-0924 or (301) 725-2149
  Fax: (301) 725-2187
  
  
• Southern Bakers Association
  1566 Kenzie Court, Suite 1001
  Suwanee, GA 30024
  Phone: (770) 623-9212
  Fax: (770) 623-8093