Posts tagged with cooking schools

  • 22
  • Jul2010

Lobster Lesson #1 Receiving, Blanching and Shocking

ACI Chef Instructor Hamodi Siam demonstrates how to properly receive, identify, blanch and shock fresh lobsters in this 5 minute video. Click here to view Enjoy

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  • 17
  • Jul2010

ACI | Fabricating Fish

Here is a sneak peek inside ACI's Meat Fabrication and Saucier class, taught by Chef Siam. In this video, he gives the students step by step instructions on how to get the best cuts of filet out of a whole grouper fish. Enjoy! ACI | Fabricating Grouper

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  • 15
  • Jul2010

ACI students tour Passport Coffee Roasters of Arizona

The ACI management class toured the Passport Coffee Roasters of Arizona facility. They are certified Organic Coffee Processor and the leading roaster of premium gourmet coffee in the state.  The students learned about tea and tea blends as well as espresso and cappuccino making.  The du Jour restaurant features the Swiss blend and Tropicana tea from

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  • 14
  • Jul2010

ACI To Form New Junior Competition Culinary Team

Arizona Culinary Institute is in the process of forming the 2010-2011 Junior Competition Culinary Team. Coached by Chef Philip Sayre CEC, CCE, WCI, CPI. and managed by Chef Glenn Humphrey CEC, CCE. Candidates will be selected after a cooking tryout that will take place in the upcoming weeks. This Culinary Team will then compete at American

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  • 07
  • Jul2010

Chef Spotlight | Bruce Sandground

Bruce Sandground is the newest instructor at Arizona Culinary Institute, and quite possibly the most different. He is easily spotted at the school, just look for the only instructor wearing a tie instead of a white jacket. Bruce started teaching Hospitality Management, Nutrition, and Wines at ACI just in April 2010, and has already made quite

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