Professional Chef's Association of South Jersey

10/15/2025

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Chef Anthony Patalano. Chef was a founding member of The Professional Chef's Association of South Jersey

Funeral Service will be Friday, 10/17
Christ Our Light Catholic Church
402 Kings Highway North
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

Viewing: 10 am
Mass: 11am

Cemetery burial immediately following (location tbd)

Luncheon
Caffe Aldo Lamberti
2011 Route 70 West
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

In lieu of Flowers the family request Donations to The Professional Chef's Association P.O. Box 177 Absecon NJ 08201

10/08/2025

09/06/2025

Community Food Bank looking for volunteers for the
Downbeach Seafood festival

Each year, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey participates in the Downbeach Seafood Festival.

CFBNJ's participation specifically is to facilitate the chowder cookoff in exchange for the proceeds of this cookoff going to our mission. Every restaurant vendor who comes to this festival must donate a chowder to cookoff in order to participate in the event. We then sell tasting cards to event attendees for $10, attendees can sample all of the chowders, and vote on their favorites. Volunteers are needed to physically serve the chowder to the attendees.

The event itself takes place on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14. The location is Ski Beach (Dorset & Burke Ave) in Ventnor and parking will be for free at 4800 Wellington Ave Ventnor City, NJ 08406. We need about 40 volunteers per day and the shifts are 11-2 and then 2-5. My goal is to have floaters as well so that volunteers can take breaks and also walk around the festival.

Here is the info about the Downbeach Seafood Festival in Ventnor, NJ (https://www.downbeachseafoodfest.com/).

Anyone who is interested can contact me directly or sign up at cfbnj.org/volunteer-eht. (If you prefer to have your students sign up through you, that's fine too.) Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

The Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City needs Chef Volunteers

Hi-
We are asking our Chef partners to volunteer your time in a very special way!
The Drexel and Chelsea Kids 's Clubs will be having a very special cooking class on Wednesdays starting on September 17 running through December 17.
We are asking Chefs to come into the Club and cook with our kids in their kitchen from September 17-December 17 from 3:45 -4:30.
We are in need of 2 Volunteers for the first class on September 17
And two volunteers for every Wednesday after that.
Please respond to this email and include Yamiinah at ytriniwell@acbgc.org as she is coordinating this program.
Thanks in advance for your help and please suggest anybody that you think would like to do this.

08/31/2025

Hope to see you all there.

08/20/2025

A heartfelt thank you to all who participated in the Fundraiser this evening for our member and friend Chef Rich Gottlob. Whether it was a food, silent auction or chance auction item, tickets purchased or donation made, your generosity helped.
Special Thank you to the owners and staff at Tuckahoe Inn for your overwhelming generosity!
Words can't express how grateful we are for each and every one of you.

08/05/2025

An amazing opportunity for four different nights of great food and wine with family and friends catered by Haddon Culinary Chef’s James Liuzza and Joey Muldoon at Auburn Road Vineyard & Winery. This is a very successful wine and dinner series going on their fourth year of this collaboration. Chef James was the Chef of Di Bruno Bros.. in Philadelphia and Chef Joe was the Chef owner of Roberta’s in Northfield.
This will definitely be a memorable night of culinary masterpieces to the four people who win any of these auctions and will greatly benefit Richard Gottlob’s fundraiser on Tuesday August 19th at the Tuckahoe Inn. 5:30-8:00.

08/05/2025

An amazing opportunity for a night of great food with family and friends catered by Haddon Culinary Chef’s James Liuzza and Joey Muldoon. Chef James was the Chef of Di Bruno Bros.. in Philadelphia and Chef Joe was the Chef owner of Roberta’s in Northfield.
This will definitely be a memorable night of culinary masterpieces to the person who wins this auction and will greatly benefit Richard Gottlob fundraiser on Tuesday August 19th at the Tuckahoe Inn. 5:30-8:00.

07/18/2025

Did someone say Gumbo?

At "The Point Tiki Bar" in Somers Point
Monday July 21st, 2025 "Jersey Gumbo"

Many of the most accomplished chefs in New Jersey will compete for the covenant title of Gumbo Chef King in 2025.

All you can Taste for $20 from 3-6
Judging 6:30 PM
Representing our Chapter are Chefs David Goldstein, Larry Alexander and Bruce Johns.
And music by virtuoso violinist Heather "Lil' Mama",.

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06/11/2025

So excited for these young men and women. They are graduating high school and going on to great things. We wish them good luck and we will miss you. You have been a real asset to our chapter. Please don’t be strangers.