CAFÉ is proud to announce its keynote speaker for the 11th Annual CAFÉ Leadership Conference.  Gissur Gudmundsson, CMC, President of the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) will lead off the Industry Relations Day at the Conference which will be held June 18-20, 2015, in Niagara Falls, New York.

Chef Gudmundsson was born and raised in a small fishing village in the extraordinary West Fjords of Iceland.

He has served in leadership positions in several culinary associations and from 1995 to 1997 was Director for the only private culinary school in Iceland.  As a WACS approved judge, he has travelled to all parts of the world to judge in international level competitions.

Chef Gudmundsson also managed to be an accomplished restauranteur as the chef and owner of Restaurant Geysir in Oslo, Norway from 1989 to 1993 and Restaurant Tveir Fiskar in Reykjavik Iceland from 2000 to 2007.

Gissur is a strong promoter of good ethics, advancement of the culinary arts for all WACS member countries as well as camaraderie between chefs.  His motto "Rethinking Tradition" has enabled WACS to move forward efficiently during his service as President for WACS.

Registration for the conference can be found at http://cafemeetingplace.com/cafe-events/2015-leadership-conference

Hotel information can be found at http://www.cafemeetingplace.com/pdf/events/hotel_leadership15.pdf. Transportation information from Buffalo airport can be found at 

http://www.cafemeetingplace.com/pdf/events/airport_transportation_2015.pdf

A tentative agenda is at http://cafemeetingplace.com/pdf/events/agenda_leadership15.pdf