Profile: Arizona Culinary Institute

About The Arizona Culinary Institute

Thank you for your interest in Arizona Culinary Institute, a school founded on the principles of traditional, proven French Method cooking skills combined with the best of modern techniques. We offer our students a modern facility that is staffed with experienced and dedicated Chefs and Administrators.

At ACI, we understand that the student is the most important person. We care about the unique needs of the Culinary Student and have carefully designed our curriculum with you in mind. One of our core commitments to our students is a small class size.

The Program | Build A Solid Foundation to Advance Your Career

We offer a carefully planned, well-balanced program that will give you the solid foundation needed to build and advance your career. Thanks to our carefully designed curriculum, each class provides a necessary building block toward a diploma in Culinary Arts, Baking, and Restaurant Management.

The Faculty | Meet the ACI Staff!

ACI’s educational team has been carefully chosen and trained. They are a diverse and well-balanced team of Chef / Instructors with real world experience combined with a passion for teaching. The combination of our staff, facilities and experience is a recipe for an educational experience second to none.

Admissions | Follow Your Dream

The admissions process at ACI is exciting and rewarding. Enjoy learning about all that we have to offer while taking steps toward reaching your goal of entering the culinary

Arizona Culinary Institute is conveniently located in Scottsdale and occupies a spacious 18,000 square-foot building. We have five professionally designed kitchens including a Front Line Kitchen, Saucier Kitchen, Bakery, Advanced Baking and Showpiece Kitchen and a dedicated Basic Culinary Arts Kitchen. An important resource for ACI is student-run du Jour restaurant, which serves as a laboratory and classroom for students. To further enhance the learning experience we have a well-stocked Library, three classrooms / demonstration rooms and a comfortable indoor/outdoor student break area.

ACI’s kitchens have been carefully designed and generously equipped with the finest professional equipment, supplied by top manufacturers including Winston, Baxter, Hobart, U.S. Range, Cleveland, Rondo, Epco and Rubbermaid. Our kitchens were planned to give students a real-world experience and a safe, comfortable learning environment.