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HENNESSY/DISNEY AWARDS

the dining facility’s success by keeping it in touch with rant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, in Chicago,
airmen and on pace with the improvements needed to Ill. The task this year drew on a variety of skills to design a
keep it competitive. dining facility from scratch. They also were recognized and
presented with the Hennessy and Disney trophies during
INSPECTION the joint military culinary awards dinner on Friday, May
Hennessy evaluators visited the Hercules team at the Air 19, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.
Force level of the award process from Feb. 24 to 26, 2017. The training program at Kendall College was organized
These teams of food industry and Air Force Food Service by the National Restaurant Association Education Foun-
experts visit each of the finalists, observing all aspects of their dation (NRAEF). Educational presentations began Friday
food and beverage program in order to select the winners. morning, May 19, and ran into the early afternoon, after
“There is absolute control at all levels, from receiving which each of four teams began working to design its own
the food, food safety, progressive cooling, cleanliness and dining facility from scratch (See page 16).
more. Private industry could learn a lot from reviewing and Teams spent the second day visiting 10 exhibitors on
following those standards,” said Peter Christie, a restaura- the NRA show floor, before returning to finalize plans and
teur and retired president and CEO of the Massachusetts presentations on Sunday, when the proposals would be
Restaurant Association. presented to a panel of judges to select an overall winner.
Christie was one of six food service industry experts from In addition to determining Hennessy Award winners, the
the National Restaurant Association, along with three from evaluators also select outstanding airmen from military-run

AIR FORCE FOOD SERVICE BEST IN AIR NATIONAL GUARD (DISNEY AWARD)
OPERATIONS WINNER Air National Guard, 123rd Force Support Squad-
ron, 123rd Services Flight, Louisville, Ky.
512 Memorial Affairs Squadron, Dover AFB, Del. Commander: Lt. Col. Kevin Krauss
Commander: Maj. Christopher J. Radziewicz Operations Officer: Capt. Jonathon Fairbanks
Superintendent: Chief Brenda Stout
Manager: Chief Master Sgt. Vernetta Joyner Services Superintendent: Master Sgt. Jennifer Thiery

U.S. AIR FORCES IN EUROPE FOOD SERVICE AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND BEST
SMALL SITE MISSILE FEEDING OPERATION

Volkel AB, Germany, 703rd MUNNS, USAFE F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., 90th Missile Wing, AFGSC

the Air Force, who made up the nine-member Hennessy operations to attend the Armed Forces Forum for Culinary
Travelers Association evaluation team for 2017. Excellence. The Forum is hosted by the NRAEF at the Culi-
Each evaluation team comprised a representative of the nary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, Calif.
NRA and the Air Force. Evaluators consider each Air Force Participation of the military culinary teams in the NRA
Food Service team very evenly matched. A difference of a training program supports the goal of having all service
few points sometimes is the margin that earns a team the branches involved in activities in addition to the awards
victory. Such a slim margin indicates the keen performance presentation dinner. This year was the third consecutive
level of the food service teams participating in the Hen- time that food service teams from the Air Force, Air National
nessy program. Guard, Army, Marine Corps, Military Sealift Command and
Winning dining facility team members also participated Navy received awards together.
in a three-day training program during the National Restau- —Continued
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