Chef Bersell has served on the Board of Directors for the Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute and the Walt Disney Culinary Academy. He has presented many educational seminars for the ACF, Disney Culinary Academy, and the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival.
 

Chef Bersell has accumulated over 20 gold and silver medals in National and International competitions, along with several Best of Show awards. As a member of Culinary Team USA, both in 1992 and 1996, Mike traveled to Frankfurt, Germany; Basel, Switzerland; Luxembourg, and finally to Berlin for the Internationale Kochkunst Ausstellung, a.k.a. the Culinary Olympics, where he won two Silver Medals in 1996. In 1988 he was honored with the ACF Chapter  Chef of the Year award.

Presently, Chef Bersell is Chef de Cuisine at the Land Pavilion at Epcot® in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. He has previously served as Sous Chef and Area Chef for Disney as well as Executive Chef for Radisson Hotels.