About ACI

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.

Going Green

ACI is working to become a "greener" school in 2008. We are proudly working with AZBioDiesel to reduce harmful carbon dioxide emissions in Arizona. AZBioDiesel's goal "is to reduce air pollution in Phoenix by introducing 1 million gallons of biodiesel in 2008, which will in turn reduce 16 million pounds of emissions." Arizona Culinary Institute is helping by donating our used vegetable oil to be modified for biodiesel. To lean more about this process please visit www.azbiodiesel.com