News & Events

Happy August everyone!!! I’m glad the summer heat is coming to an end, because things are really starting to get exciting around here! This is the last “heads-up” for our August 29th open-house coming up this weekend. Chef Santos’s sushi class is almost full (I think there are 2 or 3 spaces left), so if you

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Hello ACI friends and family! This is Chef Wolf with my monthly update on all things Arizona Culinary related. Summer is a slower time around here, but we are already looking to the late summer/early fall for our next wave of exciting events. We will be closed for classes from Saturday, June 27th through Sunday, July

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Here is the graduate List for Arizona Culinary Institutes Graduation 6/5/2015 Graduation program 6-2015

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From Executive Chef Christopher Wolf, ccc, cce, cpi, csw The “winds of change” are certainly blowing at Arizona Culinary these days. Last month we welcomed Chef Ron Lawrence to the staff. He is currently running Du Jour in the evenings for dinner service. As we (the instructors) have each had the opportunity to run Du Jour

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INTRODUCING THE 7th ANNUAL 2015 ACF ARIZONA MINOR’S CHEFS CHALLENGE CREATE ONE, TWO OR EVEN THREE COURSES USING ANY MINOR’S CHICKEN OR BEEF BASE ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL MINOR’S PRODUCTS. SIMPLE RULES YOU CREATE IT YOU SUBMIT IT BY JULY 1, 2015 IF YOU ARE PICKED AS A FINALIST BY OUR PANEL YOU COOK IT AT ARIZONA

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Celebrate Spring with Arizona Culinary Institute At an Open House on Saturday, April 11 Join ACI’s Chef Instructors for Tours of the School, Experience an Industry-Leading Cooking Demo, and Enjoy Delicious Food! SCOTTSDALE, AZ., (April 8, 2015)— You are invited to experience the epicurean excellence of the Arizona Culinary Institute for a Spring Open House on

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Arizona Culinary Institute Awards Scholarships to Three Outstanding High School Seniors In Conjunction with Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP Arizona) ACI Awards Three Scholarships In Memory of Chef Glenn Humphrey SCOTTSDALE, AZ., (April 3, 2015) — In conjunction with the Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP Arizona), Arizona Culinary Institute (ACI) recently awarded $5,000 scholarships to

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From Executive Chef Christopher Wolf, ccc, cce, cpi, csw The phrase of the month for March is definitely: Local Produce. 2015 has definitely been the year of “farm to table” for us at ACI, and it certainly was evident this month! We have been ordering local produce from Tonopah Rob’s Vegetable Farm and from Agritopia now

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Hello culinarians. There is no other way to start off this newsletter than to bring up the most important thing to happen at ACI in a long time. Most of you have probably already heard this, but this month we lost a very important person at the school. Our good friend Chef Glenn Humphrey passed away.

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Experience Farm to Table Fresh at Arizona Culinary Institute’s Farmers’ Market Open House on March 14 Support Local Food Vendors and join ACI’s Chef Instructors for Tours of the School, a Dutch-Oven Chili Cook-Off, and more! As a symbol of its commitment to the popular farm to table fresh trend, Arizona Culinary Institute (ACI) invites you

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