WORK HISTORY
- ACF Chef’s Apprenticeship program El Centro College, Dallas TX
- Assistant Pastry Chef. Atlanta, GA
- Executive Pastry Chef, Asheville, NC & Charleston, SC
- Adjunct Baking and Pastry Teacher at Trident Technical College & J & W Univ
- Co-owner and Corporate Chef Specialty Foods Distributor, North Charleston, SC
- Owner and Corporate Chef Culinary Concepts, LLC offering Catering, Special Occasion
- Cakes, Personal Chef, Consulting
- Hospital Executive Chef, Charleston
- Corporate Executive Chef, Charleston
COMPETITION HISTORY
- 1990 & ’91 Team member of the Gulf of Mexico Seafood Challenge
- 2002,’03,’04 Member Team South Carolina in the Culinary Super Challenge
INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS
- 1984 Class Trip to The Culinary Olympics, Frankfurt, Germany
- 2013 Judge and Demonstrator, Kragujevac & Belgrade, Serbia, 2014 Johannesburg, South Africa & 2015, Alanya, Turkey
- Certifications on RCCL in Ireland, Jamaica, Mexico
ACF HISTORY
- 1984 Certified Cook
- 1991 Founding member of the ACF Baking and Pastry Guild, Williamsburg, VA
- 1993 Certified Working Pastry Chef
- 1993 Hosted SE Region Conferences, Asheville, NC & 2012 Charleston, SC
- 1995 Certified Executive Pastry Chef.
- 1999 Greater Charleston Chapter “Chef Of The Year “
- 2001 Approved Certification Evaluator
- 2002 Seal of Approval Committee Member
- 2003-‘05 Culinary training with the United States Navy Consolidated Brig Charleston, Adopt A Ship program
- 2004 Helped with developing and one of the 1st Certified Culinary Administrators
- 2007 Awarded ACF Lifetime Membership by President John Kinsella, CMC CCE AAC
- 2013 Women in WACS North American Continental Director referred by Mr. L. Edwin Brown
- 2012 – ’16 ACF SE Region Ethics Committee Member
- 2014 ACF Cutting Edge Award recipient
- 2015 Inducted to the Hall Of Fame at El Centro College
- 2016 Service Award, AAC
- 2017 Elected SE Vice President
- 2019 National President’s Medallion recipient
- 2021 Elected ACF National President
- 2022- Represented ACF at the World Association Of Chefs Society(WACS) in Abu Dhabi
- 2022 – Inducted into the Honor Society at the National Canadian Culinary Federation in Saskatchewan
BOOKS
- Contributed to the educational manual, ” The World of Culinary Supervision, Training and Management ” 4th Edition by Jerald Chesser and Noel Cullen
- Self-published ” Here I Am! Chef Kimberly’s answer to the question “Where are the Female and Minority Chefs”
- Contributed to the book “Real Women, Real Leaders” to inspire women to be better leaders
- Contributed to the book “Toques in Black ” featuring 101 African American Chefs, our stories, recipes, and photos.
TELEVISION
- 2 years Guest Chef on WCSC Television Channel 5 “Coffee With” Cooking segment
- 8 years Guest Chef on Charleston’s ABC TV “Lowcountry Live” talkshow
ASSOCIATIONS
- James Beard House Featured Pastry Chef
- Dale Carnegie graduate and Assistant Course Instructor
- Certified Competent Communicator with Toast Masters International
- ServSafe Trainer and Proctor of sanitation exams
- James Beard Foundation Chefs Boot Camp Alum
APPOINTMENTS/HONORS
- Honorary Member Saudi Arabian Chefs Table Circle, July 2023 Jeddah Kingdom, Saudi Arabia
- JBF Legacy Network Program Advisor/Mentor Sept 2023-Feb 2024
- 2022 – Inducted into the Honor Society at the National Canadian Culinary Federation in Saskatchewan
- Chef-leader, advisor, United States of America’s Department of State’s American Culinary Corps
Kimberly Brock Brown 