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  • 01
  • Dec2022

GRADUATION CEREMONY: DECEMBER 2022

GRADUATION CEREMONY: DECEMBER 2022
Friday, December 2, 2022 1:00 pm - McDowell Mountain Community Church, 10700 N 124th St, Scottsdale, AZ 852592:00-3:00 pm - Reception at Arizona Culinary Institute. 10585N 114th Street. Scottsdale AZ, 85259 ACI Graduation Program (12-22-2)

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  • 20
  • Oct2022

A Note from the Executive Chef: October 2022

A Note from the Executive Chef: October 2022
Hello ACI family! I got more feedback from my last newsletter post alone than adding together all the feedback I’ve ever gotten from every other newsletter I’ve ever written combined together. Several people even stopped and chatted with me or sent me emails about my coconut story in the last newsletter, so I figured maybe you’d

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  • 06
  • Oct2022

Letting Go of Perfection

Letting Go of Perfection
Everybody who comes to culinary school wants to be the next great chef or baker. They want to post amazing culinary delights to their social media. They want all their friends and family to “ooohh” and “aaaahhh” over their dishes. Then they start culinary school and realize that they aren’t doing it exactly right and that

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  • 06
  • Sep2022

Who are ACI’s Students?

Who are ACI’s Students?
I’m often asked about our students here at ACI. What ages, where from, reasons for attending, what backgrounds, etc. There are as many answers to those questions as there are individuals who are currently enrolled but I’ll try to generalize a little. We have many young students joining us soon after high school. Surely in great

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  • 05
  • Aug2022

A Note from the Executive Chef: August 2022

A Note from the Executive Chef: August 2022
Hello ACI family! I’ll be honest with you here: for this newsletter installment, I don’t have a lot of exciting “news” to discuss, so I figured instead I’d share a recent culinary story with you. I hope you enjoy it. Over our summer break, I took a nice week-long trip with my family. We had an

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