Chaine des Rotisseurs USA | A Food and Wine Society

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The Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs™ is the oldest and largest food and wine society in the world. The chapter in the United States is now in its 52nd year with about 6,000 gourmands, gourmets, chefs, restaurateurs, hoteliers, oenologists, winery owners, sommeliers, and others interested in the finest of dining and life experiences and enjoying the camaraderire of friends at dinners and events. The tradition of the royal guild of goose roasters of 1248 was revived in Paris in 1950 and we now carry on those traditions.

While looking at photos on our website you should get a feeling of the conviviality and enjoyment shared by our members.

*Latest News*
5.15.2012	The Photos from the 2012 National Societe Mondiale du Vin USA National Meeting and Young Sommelier Competition are now available. Click here to view the photos.
5.5.2012	Master Sommelier candidate Christopher Bates was named the national Best Young Sommelier in America at the Chaine sponsored Young Sommelier Competition in Napa Valley, California. Grand Echanson Bruce Nichols will accompany Chris in September to Cape Town, South Africa, where he will look to bring home another Gold Medal For the U.S. in the International Competition. In a very close contest, Bobby Conroy of the award-winning Benu Restaurant in San Francisco placed second, while returning competitor, Alex Lepratt, recently of New York's acclaimed Daniel Boulud Restaurant, took the Bronze Medal. Following the Awards Ceremony, 175 Mondiale members and guests were on hand to pay tribute to the First Family of Wine, the Mondavis. All four branches of this iconic family, including Peter, Tim, Rob and Margrit Mondavi were there to accept plaques from the Chaine honoring their many contributions to American wine.
4.23.2012	Bailli Provincial Bruce Liebert has announced that the Assemblage of the Hawaii/Pacific Islands Region will be held on September 28-29, 2012 in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Kahala Hotel and Resort.
3.16.2012	Pierre Rausch, Vice Conseiller Culinaire et des Professionnels National, will be inducted into the American Academy of Chefs Hall of Fame on July 15 in Orlando, Florida. Inclusion in the hall of fame is the highest honor the academy can bestow on an individual. The academy is the honor society of the American Culinary Federation.
2.7.2012	Congratulations to Bailli Provincial Bruce Liebert, elected unanimously by the Board of Directors to that position following the resignation of Fred Hellekes, who has been thanked for his service to the Chaine and its members. Also, congratulations to Grand Echanson Bruce Nichols, Chancelier Delegue, Academie de Gastronomie Brillat-Savarin Georges Muller, and Vice Echanson des Jeunes Sommeliers, Societe Mondiale du Vin Charles Bennett whose recent appointments by Bailli Delegue George H. Brown, Jr., were approved unanimously by the Board of Directors at its meeting on February 7, 2012.
1.31.2012	A cooperative fundraising effort by four California chapters - South Coast, Laguna, Newport Beach and Orange Coast Riviera -- has raised over $21,000 to fund scholarships for Orange Coast College culinary and restaurant management students. For more information, click here.
1.30.2012	The National Young Chef Competition will be in New Orleans May 18-19, 2012. Click Registration Materials and it will link you to a schedule and the form to complete and submit. Our National Young Chef Competition will be conducted during this weekend.
1.3.2012	The 52nd Grand Chapitre for the Bailliage des Etats-Unis will be in San Francisco from 10/25-28/2012. Registration information should be available in May.
12.13.2011	Pacific Northwest Conseiller Culinaire Provincial John Fisher was awarded the Antonin Careme Award by the American Culinary Federation on November 14 in San Francisco. Congratulations, John.
12.06.2011	Congratulations to Harold S. Small for being elected as our new Chancelier des Etats-Unis and James E. Pozzi for being elected as our new Argentier des Etats-Unis.
11.17.2011	The Photos from the 2011 Grand Chapitre are now available. Click here to view Chaine Photographer David Ramsey's great photographs of the event.