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Congratulations to the ACI Junior Culinary Team for winning a Silver Medal at the Robert Bland Salon State Junior Culinary Competition. The competition was held on Friday at EVIT in Mesa, Arizona. Each student was in charge of a different recipe (with an emphasis on  Escoffier originals) What makes this extra special, is that, opposed to

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Attention High School Students and Teachers…Are you interested in bringing a group of students to see our school. You can take a tour and enjoy a fine dining lunch at the student run du Jour Restaurant  for just $10 a student (teachers are free !). We will also be happy to come to you and set

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The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) announced that Arizona Culinary Institute (ACI) received the 2009-2010 ACCSC School of Excellence Award during its 2010 Professional Development Conference in Philadelphia. The ACCSC established the School of Excellence Award in 2008. The award recognizes schools for their commitment to the expectations and rigors of ACCSC accreditation

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Here are some photos of cakes decorated in Advanced Baking and Showpieces class today. [gallery link="file" columns="4"]

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Here are some photos from the October 9th Open House. Fruit and vegetable carvings were demonstrated by Chef Glenn Humphrey CEC, CCE and Chef Santos Villarico CEC, CCE. [gallery link="file"]

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Here are some photos from the Arizona Culinary Institute's Student Culinary Competition Team practice on 10/9/2010 [gallery link="file"]

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Arizona Culinary Institute will sponsor a range of holiday cooking programs this 2010 Holiday Season. here is the sponsor tag Food Network Commercial

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Happy Valley Charter School invited Chef Rebecca Chazan to speak at their morning assemblies today. Students are studying “Heroes” and included Chefs in the group of careers that they wanted to learn about. They are studying Julia Childs and Emeril Lagasse. To decorate for the assembly, they made a wall of photos of themselves as chefs!

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ACI hosted another "Chefs Table" on Thursday October 14, 2010 featuring wines by Michael Keenan.  Thanks to Dave Woods of Frank-Lin Fine Wines and ACI Graduate David Zickl for making this a great evening. Look for more "Chefs Tables" in the future. chefs table menu 10-14

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Due to the success of our new Tasting Menu on October 6 & 7, we will feature another one on Wednesday evening, October 13th,. We are already sold out for dinner service on October 14th, however. Last night’s tasting menu included a five (5) course menu ( see the menu) featuring a tantalizing starter (amuse bouche),

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