News & Events

Congratulations to CCAP Finalists Taylor Beck and John Vasquez recipients of  the 2011 Arizona Culinary Institute Scholarship. Taylor and John were both presented the awards by CCAP Director Richard Graussman and ACI's Placement Director Glenn Humphrey, CEC, CCE on March 28, 2011. Congratulations to both of them and we can't wait to see you on campus.

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“A Thirst for Knowledge” A Series in Wine Education The Arizona Culinary Institute (ACI) in Scottsdale, Arizona is training the newest generation of Chefs.  Frank-lin Spirits and Fine Wines Marketing Manager, Dave Woods has been working with Chef Mattox, Bruce Sandground and the institute President, Chef Wilson, developing a Wine Education Series designed to enhance student’s

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“ACI's herb garden” …another example of how we’re still moving our program forward. As our program continues to evolve in a positive direction, another asset we’ve added to our campus is an herb/lettuce garden.  The project was started a few years ago, and now, after some trial and error, we’ve created a wonderful bed of fresh

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Battle of the Rising Chefs – Shamrock Food Show 2011 On Wednesday, March 9th, two of our students (Justin Richardson and Shaye Graves) competed at the Shamrock Food Show’s “Battle of the Rising Chefs”.  The competition involved culinary schools from around the state of Arizona.  The menu needed to showcase one of the items from Shamrock’s

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Thanks to Dave Wood of Frank-Lin Fine Wines and Spirits and ACI's Management Instructor Bruce Sandground for a great class. 22 ACI students attended a 4 part seminar over 8 weeks learning about White, Red and Fortified Wines. They then had to prepare culinary samples to be paired with each wine they learned about. The students

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Join Arizona Culinary Institute on Saturday, June 11, 2011 for our OPEN HOUSE. Chef instructors will be giving tours of the facilities and will be available to answer your questions. Special cooking demonstrations will be given by ACI Chefs. Admission and Financial Aid Representatives  will be available to answer your questions. Check in begins at 9:00

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ACI Senior Students Prepared a Gala dinner for their friends and family's. this was a great evening. gala dinner menu 2-17-2011 [gallery link="file"]

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Thanks to all the students involved was a great experience. gala dinner menu 1-27-2011

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Arizona Culinary Institute will hold its semi annual graduation ceremony on Friday December 10, 2010 This is ACI's 8th year of graduating culinary students and its 17th graduating class. These student will join over 1100 alumni as ACI graduates. Click below to view the program Graduation program 12-2010

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ACI President & Co/Founder Chef Robert Wilson carves a Reindeer out of a 300# block of ice. This will be displayed at the December 10, 2010 graduation reception held at Arizona Culinary Institute. [gallery link="file" columns="4"]

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