William Franklin, CMC

Master Chef William Franklin earned the Certified Master Chef title in 1988.
Career highlights:
• He began his career as a butcher assistant before serving his country as a
Navy Cook during the Vietnam War Era.
• Afterwards, his career jump started under the guidance of Swiss Master
Chef Gordy Dambach at the Sheraton in Honolulu HI while completing a degree
program at the University of Hawaii.
• Leaving the Sheraton as a Sous Chef, with a full Scholarship, he worked
his way through the CIA in 14 months.
• Today, Chef Franklin’s culinary repertoire is reflective of his world travels.
He has been successful as a private Club Manager, educator and owner-
operator of several restaurants.
• He has hosted U.S. Presidents and various world leaders, as well as many
of the entertainment world’s most noted personalities.
• He has been an active and engaged ACF Member since 1985, a culinary
judge since 1988 and ACE evaluators from its inception.
• He has served on the ACF National Board of Directors as the Western
Region’s VP, as well as many local and national committees.
• His Scotch-Irish heritage is from the Appalachian Mountains of East
Tennessee and North Carolina.
• Currently, as a Nestlé Corporate Executive Chef, he serves as the critical
Culinary piece of  a large cross-functional team  dedicated  to providing customer
centric operational business solutions.
• He is a proven innovative problem solver with great operational wisdom
and creative leadership skills that are dedicated to getting things done.