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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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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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ACI’s Students Proudly Volunteer for Taste of the NFL XLIX – the Super Bowl Party with a Purpose, Raising Awareness & Dollars for Hunger Relief Culinary-related terms like gridiron, pigskin, and of course, a sack lunch take on new meaning when Arizona Culinary Institute’s students volunteer for Taste of the NFL XLIX. “The Super Bowl Party

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WHISKED AWAY Laura Callan, Arizona Culinary Institute’s December 2014 Student of the Month Leaves Her Home on the Mississippi River and Finds Culinary Bliss in Scottsdale, AZ   In a turn of events that can only be explained by the stars aligning or perhaps, poetic justice, “Whisked Away” is the name of the bakery shop where

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