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Brent Frei

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	NAME:	Brent Frei
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	CONTACT:	btfrei@aol.com (847) 882-5499
	Brent T. Frei is the proprietor of Frei & Associates, a full-service marketing and public-relations firm specializing in foodservice since 2006 based in Schaumburg, Ill. Previously, he was director of marketing for the American Culinary Federation (ACF), Inc., based in St. Augustine, Fla., at which he also published ACF?s three periodicals. In 2004, he launched ACF?s quarterly magazine for foodservice students, Sizzle, which remains the only nationally distributed magazine addressing that market. Before joining ACF in 2003, Frei was editor-in-chief of Chef magazine for more than six years, as well as associate publisher of Chef Educator Today (which he launched in 2000 as the first national magazine for foodservice educators) for three years. Prior, he was senior food editor of Restaurants & Institutions magazine for two years. Frei?s client roster includes the American Personal & Private Chef Association, Center for the Advancement of Foodservice Education (CAFE), The School of Culinary Arts at Kendall College, Indian Harvest, Inc., and food-marketing firm Olson Communications. He is a frequent editorial contributor to Reed Business Information special publications as well as Food Management and Culinology magazines. He was a finalist in IACP?s 2008 Bert Greene Awards for Food Journalism. Frei is a member of the American Culinary Federation?s Windy City Professional Culinarians, Chefs Collaborative, the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC), and the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). He is a board member of Women Chefs & Restaurateurs (WCR) and chairs WCR?s marketing committee. He serves on the advisory boards of Kendall College?s School of Culinary Arts and Washburne Culinary Institute, both in Chicago, and the Technology Center of DuPage?s high-school culinary-arts program in Addison, Ill. A native of St. George, Utah, Frei is a 1988 alum of the University of North Florida.