Jon Zearfoss, professor in culinary arts, is the first member of the Chef2Chef Culinary Instructor Hall of Fame. Chef2Chef is a Web site that bills itself as a culinary portal that serves as "a chef's practical guide to practically everything." Instructors are nominated by chefs, cooks, culinary students, restaurateurs, fellow instructors, and others, in what the site calls a grueling process. To be inducted, the instructor must receive 8,000 Five-Star votes, or 40,000 total stars in voting.

Chef Zearfoss, who teaches Advanced Cooking in the CIA's Bachelor's degree program, was inducted in September.