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“A Thirst for Knowledge” A Series in Wine Education The Arizona Culinary Institute (ACI) in Scottsdale, Arizona is training the newest generation of Chefs.  Frank-lin Spirits and Fine Wines Marketing Manager, Dave Woods has been working with Chef Mattox, Bruce Sandground and the institute President, Chef Wilson, developing a Wine Education Series designed to enhance student’s

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“ACI's herb garden” …another example of how we’re still moving our program forward. As our program continues to evolve in a positive direction, another asset we’ve added to our campus is an herb/lettuce garden.  The project was started a few years ago, and now, after some trial and error, we’ve created a wonderful bed of fresh

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Battle of the Rising Chefs – Shamrock Food Show 2011 On Wednesday, March 9th, two of our students (Justin Richardson and Shaye Graves) competed at the Shamrock Food Show’s “Battle of the Rising Chefs”.  The competition involved culinary schools from around the state of Arizona.  The menu needed to showcase one of the items from Shamrock’s

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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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