World Association of Chefs Societies
The World Association of Chefs’ Societies, or WACS in short, is a global network of chefs associations first founded in October 1928 at the Sorbonne in Paris. At that first congress there were 65 delegates from 17 countries, representing 36 national and international associations, and the venerable August Escoffier was named the first Honourary President of WACS.
Today, this global body has 93 official chefs associations as members that represent over 10 million professional chefs world wide. The biennual congress is a hallmark tradition of WACS and has been organised in over 20 cities across the world throughout its illustrious 82-year history.
WACS is managed by an elected presidential body consisting of the WACS president, vice president, treasurer, secretary general and ambassador honourary president, as well as a board of continenal directors that look after the regions of Asia, Europe, Africa, the Pacific and the Americas.
Programmes and different activities are managed by three separate committees, the Culinary Competitions Committee, Education Committee and Marketing and Communication Committee as well as several sub-committees.
Mission Statement
The World Association of Chefs’ Societies (W.A.C.S.) is a non-political professional organisation, dedicated to maintaining and improving the culinary standards of global cuisines.
We accomplish these goals through education, training and professional development of our international membership. As an authority and opinion leader on food, W.A.C.S represents a global voice on all issues related to the culinary profession.
To find out more, you can go to www.worldchefs.org