Congratulations to Chef Sayre CEC, CCE, WCC, CPI for winning the Silver Medal in the 2012 ACF Sponsored Catersource Conference and Trade show held in las Vegas on 2/29/2012. Chef Sayre also won the Judges Choice Award in the Cold Platter Competition.
Congratulations Chef Sayre ACI is proud of you.
Congratulations to all the graduates Class of December 2011.
Everyone at Arizona Culinary Institute is very proud of you.
On December 13, 2011 Arizona Culinary Institute students along with Chef Wilson will visit Phoenix Children’s Hospital. ACI will be bringing Gingerbread Houses for the children to decorate. This was the idea of current student Ariel Herr who arranged this event. ACI hopes to make this an annual event.
Arizona Culinary Institute is excited to announce the addition of Chef Tracy DeWitt to the faculty. Chef DeWitt will be teaching Advanced Baking and Pastry beginning January 9, 2012.
Bio:
Chef Tracy DeWitt started her baking career in a French-Viennese pastry shop in northern New Jersey when she was fifteen years old. She graduated from The Culinary Institute of America with two degrees, one for Culinary Arts and one for Baking and Pastry. Her most recent accolade was the gold medal she won (with teammate David Smoake) in the 2006 National Bread and Pastry Team Championship. In 2006, Chef DeWitt was invited to participate in two Food Network Challenges. She competed in a Gingerbread Mansion competition, and was honored with a bronze medal in the Rock and Roll Sugar Showpiece competition.
Arizona Culinary Institute held the annual pumpkin carving contest on Saturday 29, 2011 during Open House. 5 students competed for prizes.
1st Place: $50 Cash and a Santuko Knife and Halloween treats.
2nd Place: $25 Cash and Halloween treats.
3rd Place: $10 Cash and Halloween treats.
Thanks to all the contestants and the students who volunteered for Open House.
Arizona Culinary Institute will celebrate the US Constitution on September 16, 2011. Students will be given a constitution quiz and the student(s) with a perfect or highest score with receive prizes. There will also be a special treat for all students at 10:30am and we will have a special “All American” family meal to end the students day.
Arizona Culinary Institute’s Chef Scott Meyer donated his time and skills to decorate a cake for the Make A Wish Foundation. The Foundation wanted a cake for a little girl with a princess theme. ACI Graduate Brian Shimp is with the local Make A Wish Foundation and will be presenting the cake on September 3, 2011.
My name is Christie Clothier and I am a casting assistant for Food Network Star, Food Network’s hugely successful culinary reality series. We are currently casting for season 8 and would like to inform you that we are holding an open casting call in Las Vegas on August 20, 2011. I have attached a copy of our flyer that further details what we are looking for. Please feel free to send the information below out to any student, faculty, or alumni list serve you may have or forward it on to anyone you think might be right for the show. Any help spreading the word about our search is greatly appreciated!
We are looking for people who are full of life, passionate about cooking, and knowledgeable about food to meet us in person at our open casting call. Please help us reach out to any chef, home cook, caterer or culinary enthusiast who might be interested in becoming the host of his or her own cooking show on Food Network!
The details of our event are as follows:
Las Vegas Open Casting Call
Date: Saturday, August 20th
Time: 10am- 2pm
Location: The Westin Casuarina
160 East Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
If you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to contact me or visit our website:
Click on link below for Flyer
Thirst For Knowledge
Wine Education & Food Pairing
Bruce Sandground, Management Instructor and Dave Woods, Marketing Director for Frank-Lin Wine Distributor offer a four lesson wine education and food pairing program, after school and free to all students. The first class discusses white wine production and different varietal characteristics. The students tasted four different wines from various regions and scored them using the American Wine Society Evaluation Chart. The second class has four red wines to be discussed and evaluated. The third class introduces sparkling wines and fortified wines in to the program. The top scoring wines are brought back for the final lesson. The students are divided into teams and pick one of the top wines. Then, the student teams produce small plates to pair with their wines. Prior classes have produced dishes like fried shrimp, beef short ribs , bbq pork ribs, pecan pie and flourless chocolate cake. Students that participate in all four classes receive a certificate. The program just started its third run on Tuesday, July 19, with 25 day and night students and will finish Friday September 2. I can not wait to see what this class will produce.
Join Arizona Culinary Institute on Saturday, June 9, 2012 for our OPEN HOUSE. Chef Instructors will be giving tours of the facilities and will be available to answer your questions. Special cooking demonstrations will be given by ACI Chefs. Admission and Financial Aid Representatives will be available to answer questions. Check in begins at 9:00 with tours beginning at 9:15 am and going through 1:00 pm.
Enter for a chance to win knives from Dexter and other door prizes.
Click Here to Register Online
