In addition, RAK Porcelain USA is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the American Culinary Federation, Inc. (ACF), a leading professional, USA-based organization for chefs and cooks.
“We are truly excited to be partnering with a great organization like the ACF,” comments RAK Porcelain USA Vice President of Sales Chip Halpin. “To be able to work with America’s best culinary organization is a great honor and is consistent with our goals of making sure the top U.S. chefs have the very best dinnerware and tabletop products to work with as they present their creations.”
“We are extremely happy to have RAK Porcelain USA play a key role as ACF Culinary Team USA’s porcelain partner,” says Thomas J. Macrina CEC, CCA, AAC, President American Culinary Federation. “As we near the IKA Olympics, this partnership is important because it allows TEAM USA to work on plating its hot food program while raising the standard of excellence and professionalism to a level that matches TEAM USA’s quest for the gold.”
RAK Porcelain USA is the recently established subsidiary of RAK Porcelain, the UAE-based ceramics company that, along with its parent company RAK Ceramics, is the world’s leading ceramics supplier. Since its January 2016 launch, RAK Porcelain USA has expanded its sales and administrative organization, completed the transition and upgrade of its North American distribution center located in Weirton, West Virginia, and added multiple new product lines, including the new NEOFUSION dinnerware and RAK cutlery collections, to its offering for North American customers.
The company recently announced the opening of a New York showroom as its flagship showcase for its collection of tabletop products for the hospitality industry.
In addition to RAK Porcelain USA’s sponsorship of the ACF Culinary Team that is to compete in the upcoming IKA Culinary Olympic, RAK Porcelain is the exclusive sponsor to the entire completion to be held in Erfurt, Germany on October 22nd – 25th.
ACF is the organization that selects chefs who are named to ACF Culinary Team USA 2016, the official representative team for the U.S. in international culinary competitions. Over the next year, the team will continue to work with coaches and mentors to prepare for the 2016 Internationale Kochkunst Ausstellung (IKA), commonly referred to as the “Culinary Olympics,” in Erfurt, Germany. At the competition, the team will compete against 31 other countries on October 23 in the hot-food kitchen. View the latest news for the IKA. Profiles of this year’s team members can be found by going here:
The ACF was founded in 1929 in New York City by three chefs’ organizations: the Société Culinaire Philanthropique, the Vatel Club and the Chefs de Cuisine Association of America. Since its inception, little has changed in the principal goals of the ACF as the organization continues to be the leader in promoting the professional image of American chefs worldwide through education of culinarians at all levels.
The ACF offers culinary competitions, a certification program, a national apprenticeship program, regional and national events, publications and much more to help foster the growth of professional chefs and the foodservice industry.
