Who We Are
A Chapter Dedicated to Culinary Excellence
The ACF Black Hills Chapter of Professional Chefs is a local chapter of the American Culinary Federation — the largest professional chefs' organization in North America. Our chapter serves culinary professionals, students, and hospitality leaders throughout the Black Hills region of South Dakota.
Committed to Advancement
We are committed to advancing the culinary profession through education, apprenticeship, certification, and community involvement. Our members include executive chefs, sous chefs, pastry chefs, culinary educators, and students who share a passion for the craft.
Actively Supports Students
The chapter actively supports student culinarians at Mitchell Technical College and through the ProStart program at Stevens High School, helping to develop the next generation of culinary professionals in our region.
Community Driven
We also engage with local not-for-profit organizations through hands-on support and charitable donations, demonstrating our commitment to giving back to the communities we serve.
Chapter Team
Chapter Meeting Minutes
Monday June 1 2026
Jeff Slathar called the meeting to order at 4:41 pm after he did a flambé demo of cherries foster with a crepe. It was held at Terra Sancta Retreat Center in Rapid City.
In attendance: Fred Ferrara, Jeff Slathar, April Malik.
Corrections for last meeting minutes: attendance should include April; scholarship motion edited as Fred had moved and had Jeff seconded.
Old Business
We questioned if Clark & Tim have set at date for the fundraiser dinner yet in order to do it early enough so that the students from Mitchell Tech can stay for the entirety of the dinner.
Jeff reported on the YFS Diamond Dinner Theater Oct 23rd and 24th . Darci Decker is the contact 605-209-6677. It is for 250 people each night. Jeff & Fred expressed interest but want to wait until the next meeting to get more input and others interest in helping.
Jeff also reported on the Club for Boys Fundraisers: Gold Tournament, Sept 24th and the Hooked on Hard Water Banquet on Feb 20th . Josh Miranda is the contact 605-680-9750 if we are interested in participating in some way. April still needs to contact Minneluzahan Senior Center and Fork Real regarding our club assistance on their fundraisers.
New Business
Discussed the need to find our By-Laws.
Discussed comping tickets for members to the fundraiser dinner. No action was taken but would like to discuss it and have input at the next meeting. Fred and his wife Stephanie have started to put together a webpage and Facebook page. For the website they are using a hosting service named porkbun.com. They have purchased the locked domain of acfbhchefs.org. It costs $60/year to host the website and with the domain name renewal it comes to $72/year. Fred said he would pay for the first year. They have followed the format of other chapters. The home page has a picture of a kitchen and trees.
Fred explained that we could put our minutes on there, as well as emailing minutes. Fred motioned to approve above actions with the webpage & Facebook, April seconded. Motion carried.
Next meeting will be the first Monday in July, Monday July 6th at the Gold Bison Grille in the DoubleTree hotel by the civic center.
Meeting adjourned at 5:44 pm.
Respectfully,
April Malik, secretary
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