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Come join Arizona Culinary Institute on Saturday October 14, 2017 for our 3rd annual Family Fun Day. We will be having the Annual Chef Glenn Humphrey Memorial Fun Run, Open House, Food Drive, Bake Sale and Barbecue Lunch. There will be plenty to do for the whole family, food, bounce house, face painting, cotton candy, popcorn

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Join Arizona Culinary Institute for our Wine Flight Class ” A Taste of Japan” 5 amazing tasting courses with wines from Japan. Presented by Chef James West and the students of Arizona Culinary Institute. Thursday September 28, 2017 One seating at 6:30 Prompt $55 per person Includes tax and gratuity.

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It never fails: every time I can see Fall on the horizon, I feel like my “to-do” list here at the school starts to get bigger and bigger. Well, this year seems no different. Why? Check it out: We just had a new Day-time Basics class begin this week and we are very excited to have

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Join Arizona Culinary Institute for our Wine Flight Class ” A Taste of Germany” 5 amazing tasting courses with wines from Austria and Germany. Presented by Chef Robert Wilson and the students of Arizona Culinary Institute. Thursday August 31, 2017 One seating at 6:30 Prompt $55 per person Includes tax and gratuity.

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Happy July everyone! We are back from our Summer break and I wanted to take a moment to welcome our newest students on campus: on Monday, July 10th we started a new Day-class and a new Night-class, with 11 students in each class. Myself and Chef Maccherola are lucky to be the ones teaching their Basic’s

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  From the Executive Chef Happy heatwave everybody! I hope this letter finds you in good spirits, and that everyone is managing this lovely Arizona summer as well as possible. Here at the school we are getting ready for our week-long-summer-shut-down so that our students can have a nice week off. The offices will remain open

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Congratulations to all the ACI Students who will be graduating on Friday  June 2, 2017  

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Greetings to my Arizona Culinary Institute extended family (that would include anyone taking the time to read this :o)!  I hope you’ve all had a lovely May. Du Jour is still open for dinner for a few more weeks.  We have our last dinner service on Tuesday, June 13th, so if you’d like to dine with

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Get Ready For Take-Off: Wine Tasting Flight Schools at ACI June 8, 2017 Arizona Culinary Institute's Chef Instructor Mark Maccherola, ccc, and students will present another session of ACI's wine flight school on June 8, 2017. Chef Maccherola will be featuring his 4 course menu paired with wines from France. This wine lover's happening features one

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Join your Graduated at the Arizona Culinary Institute's June 2017 Graduation Ceremony. Date: Friday June 2, 2017 Time: Registration 12:00 Noon Ceremony: 1:00 PM Reception at Arizona Culinary Institute 2:00- 3:00 Ceremony Location: McDowell Mountain Community Church 10700 N 124th Street , Scottsdale, AZ. 85259 Located on the NW Corner of Shea Blvd and 124th Street

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