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  • 29
  • Mar2011

CCAP 2011| ACI Scholarship Recipients

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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  • 29
  • Mar2011

A Thrist For Knowledge |ACI Educational Series 2011

“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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  • 18
  • Mar2011

ACI’s Herb Garden | March 18, 2011

“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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  • 10
  • Mar2011

Battle Of the Rising Chefs | 3/9/2011

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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  • 03
  • Mar2011

Arizona Culinary Institute | Student Wine Seminar 3.1.2011

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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