Gielisse, Victor A., CMC

Master Chef Victor Gielisse earned the Certified Master Chef title in 1989.

Career highlights:

• Chef Gielisse is a partner with CIA Consulting Services Group.
• He served as Dean of the Culinary, Baking, and Pastry Studies Program.
• He served as Associate Vice President and Managing Director of the CIA Consulting Group, and then moved on to the position of Vice President of Advancement.
• He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree; a master’s in business administration and a Doctorate in Business Administration from The School of Administration and Management of California Coast University.
• He is also a Certified Hospitality Educator with a graduate diploma from the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
• Chef Gielisse was born in the Netherlands and has worked in Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Southern Africa, and since 1979, in the US.
• He was the chef/owner of the IVY Award-winning restaurant Actuelle in Dallas, TX and president of the consulting firm CFT/Culinary Fast-Trac and Associates Inc.
• He served as the Chairman of the ACF Culinary Competition Committee.
• He is a coach and advisor to ACF Culinary Team USA; and was a judge of the 2004 and 2008 I.K.A. Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany, and Culinary World Cup, Luxembourg, 2006 and 2010.
• He is the author of several books, Cuisine Actuelle and In Good Taste, A Contemporary Approach to Cooking and Modern Batch Cookery.
• He was manager of CIA’s Culinary Team 2000 that won three gold medals and a silver award at Hotelympia 2000 in England, and five silver medals at the I.K.A. Culinary Olympics.
• He was a member of the 1984 U.S. Culinary Olympic Team and the 1986 U.S. National Team that won the first Culinary World Cup. In 1999, Chef Gielisse was named one of “The 50 New Taste Makers” in the United States’ hospitality industry by Nation’s Restaurant News; and named “Best Seafood Chef in America” by Restaurant and Business Magazine.