The hospitality community in Atlanta have come to know the tremendous volunteer efforts of Chef Michael Deihl. Soon, the Southeast will see the passion, energy and leadership Deihl delivers in his newly elected role of American Culinary Federation Vice President, Southeast Region.
Deihl and the other ACF national officers will serve for a two-year term that begins at the board’s installation during the President’s Grand Ball at the 2013 ACF National Convention, Las Vegas, July 25.
Deihl is the Executive Chef of the prestigious East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, home of the PGA Tour Championship and FedEx Cup Championship. Chef Deihl has completed his 40th year in the Food & Beverage industry and constantly comments on how much he still learns every day in the kitchen. Chef Deihl has overseen kitchens at some of the finer country clubs, hotels, restaurants and catering facilities on the East Coast. Chef Deihl has also taught culinary arts as an adjunct professor for 15 years.
Deihl was voted by his peers as ACF Chapter Chef of the Year in 1998 & 2006, Humanitarian of the Year in 2005 and was named the Georgia Restaurant Association’s 2007 Grace Award Winner for Distinguished Community Service. He is president of the ACF Greater Atlanta Chapter. Deihl is the co-founder of Operation Chefs Unite which in conjunction with the USO has fed over a million soldiers passing through the Atlanta Airport.
Congratulations to Chef Deihl.
