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Beau MacMillan, Executive Chef of Elements (located at The Sanctuary) , and Bill Nassikas, Owner of the The Sanctuary spoke to our Management class today. Chef McMillan, who is on the ACI Advisory Board, has wrapped up taping his first season of “Worst Cooks in America”. He just returned from filming a couple of episodes of

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Welcome to our incoming culinary students that started classes today. There is a lot of excitement in the air today as a new group of students begin to take their passion for cooking and make their culinary career a reality ! [gallery link="file"]

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Rebekah Quintero began classes at Arizona Culinary Institute in July. You may have noticed her as our student caretaker of the ACI Herb Garden or volunteering for any number of projects. Rebekah is 19 years old, and she and her husband have a 1 ½ year old daughter. She was home schooled throughout junior high and

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Chef Christopher Wolf, CCC, CCE  instructed a “sold out” Molecular Gastronomy class to students on Saturday, September 11th. Students worked with liquid nitrogen to form both savory and sweet “dippin dot” style frozen treats. The also experimented with spherification by making faux caviar and bombes. Tapioca maltodextrin was used to make a variety of sweet/savory “powders”.

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On September 17, 2010 Arizona Culinary Institute’s staff and students enjoyed celebrating Constitution Day. For those of you who may not be familiar with this national holiday, it is a day for Americans to appreciate and celebrate the constitution, which has long been hailed as one of the most impressive and comprehensive governmental documents. September 17

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