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February 2018 Arizona Culinary Institute Now offers "Gift Cards" for dining in duJour Restaurant. These cards make great gifts for those who love dining in duJour. You can also reload the gift cards for more than a single use. Stop by and pick yours up today.

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This Event is Sold Out Join Arizona Culinary Institute's Chef Eric Naddy and the students of ACI as they present a wine tasting event in du Jour. Chef Naddy will be preparing his version of barbecue items paired with wines selected by ACI's Sommelier's. This is a four course wine tasting menu. Date: Thursday March 8,

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  Half Moon Windy City Sports Grill Announces Winners get cash prizes, free pound of wings every day for a year and their sauce featured on the menu   PHOENIX (Jan. 3, 2018) – Half Moon Windy City Sports Grill announced today that it’s once again seeking the Valley’s best home chef to share their wing sauce

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January 2018 Hello everyone, and Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed the holiday season. And NOW I hope you’re all ready for the busiest time of the year for the hospitality industry here in Arizona! We are freshly back from our Winter Break and ready for another great year here at ACI. I want

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Hello ACI Family, and welcome to the end of another year. I hope your Thanksgiving holiday was wonderful, and if you “took the wheel” in the kitchen this year, I hope your culinary school training helped out, and you cooked the best Thanksgiving dinner that your friends, families, or customers have ever had! Our students will

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Arizona Culinary Institute Has just been approved to offer 2 new shorter certificate programs for 2018. Starting with The January 8, 2018 Start ACI will be offering along with its Award Winning Diploma Program a Certificate in Culinary Arts and a Certificate in Baking and Pastry. Both of these new programs will be offered during the

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  Congratulations to all of the Arizona Culinary Institute Students who will be graduating on Friday December 1, 2017 December 2017 Program

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Happy Halloween everyone! I wanted to kick off this month’s newsletter with a big “thank you” to everyone that was involved with our ACI Family Day and 5k Fun-run at our October 14th open house.  It was a wonderful event.  Whether you showed up to work, play, run, or eat, we appreciate everyone that took the

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Do you remember Mary Elaine's at the Phoenician Resort? The Mobil 5 star rated restaurant. Did you know that 2 instructors at Arizona Culinary Institute worked there? Arizona Culinary Institutes Executive Chef Christopher Wolf, and James Baker both worked there under great Chefs Alex Stratta and Bradford Thompson. Well on Saturday November 18, 2017 Chef Wolf

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Hello everyone! I hope the Fall season is treating you all well. I’ve certainly noticed a difference in the temperatures of the kitchens around the school, and I hope you’re feeling it in your kitchens too! I wanted to extend a quick welcome to the upcoming AM and PM classes starting on Monday, October 2nd. We

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