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    Please join ACI for your Graduation Ceremony on Friday June 3, 2016 at 1:00 in the afternoon. Date: June 3, 2016 Time: 12:00 Noon, Registration at Desert Mountain High School’s Auditorium 1:00 Prompt Graduation Ceremony at Desert Mountain High School’s Auditorium 2:00 Graduation Reception At Arizona Culinary Institutes Campus Students must arrive for registration

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April 2016   Hello ACI family.  I wanted to take a moment to say “thank you”.  I am currently not teaching a class, which has given me plenty of time to catch up on all of my other Executive Chef-type-duties around here.  It’s also given me the time to sit back and watch…to see…to listen…to hear…and

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February 2016 From Chef Christopher Wolf, ccc, cce, cpi, csw and ACI's Executive Chef Hello cooks, chefs, culinarians, wine connoisseurs, and foodies. It’s time for one of our monthly updates again! After issuing student surveys, having a town-hall style meeting for students to voice opinions, and a lot of planning, the ACI Modernist Cooking Club has

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  Arizona Culinary Institute Spring 2016 Wine Flight Schools Join Arizona Culinary Institute Chefs and Students as they present the next in their series of Wine Flight Classes on Wednesday February 17, 2016 and Wednesday March 16, 2016. You're invited to eat, drink and be merry.This wine lover's happening features one seating at 6:30 p.m. promptly

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Carlton Brooks, CEPC, CCE, AAC ACF Western Region Vice President       Arizona Culinary Institute December 2015 Graduation Key Note Speaker Chef Carlton Brooks Students, Parents, School Staff, Families and Friends It is truly an honor to be asked to participate in this exciting day, celebrating your graduation and the beginning of your chosen careers

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Congratulations to All the Arizona Culinary Institute Graduates who Graduated on Friday December 4, 2015 Graduation program 12-2015

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Heidi Lee Named Public Relations Director for Arizona Culinary Institute SCOTTSDALE, AZ., (December 3, 2015) — Arizona Culinary Institute (ACI) announced today that Heidi Lee has joined the company as Public Relations Director, effective immediately. Heidi recently completed the in-house culinary training at ACI; she is an accomplished writer and spent several years in main stream

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Hello everyone! Let’s get right to it: the October 10th open house is 1.5 weeks away!!! We’ll have the Chef Humphrey memorial 5k fun run/walk, a charity bake sale to benefit the “No Kid Hungry” foundation, tours of the school, snacks, a food truck, and a job fair, all on our campus, at the same time…what

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ARIZONA CULINARY INSTITUTE PROUDLY CELEBRATES CONSTITUTION DAY As the Labor Day holiday fades into our rear view mirror, here at Arizona Culinary Institute, we now joyfully celebrate Constitution and Citizenship Day, September 17, commemorating the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787 (Happy 228!!!), recognizing all who, are born in

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Arizona Culinary Institute Honored With ACCSC School of Excellence Award Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges Recognizes ACI for its diligence in maintaining a high level of student achievement in its educational programs SCOTTSDALE, AZ. SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 – Arizona Culinary Institute (ACI) today announced that it has been honored by the Accrediting Commission of

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