At the 2007 Presidents’ Award Dinner, Chef Gary Fuller CEC, CCE, AAC was named Chef of the Year of the Washington State Chefs’ Association for 2006.

The “Chef of the Year” award is the most prestigious award a culinary professional can receive from The American Culinary Federation (ACF). Chef of the Year is a top honor presented to an individual who has been nominated by their peers and voted by a membership ballot.

Chef Fuller has been the WSCA President and a WSCA board member for many years. He was a culinary instructor at West Sound Technical Skills center in Bremerton and his program there was one of the first on the west coast to receive the prestigious ACF national accreditation. Gary has served on the ACF Foundation Accreditation Commission and has been active in Skills USA for over 16 years.