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Shift360 Appoints Lisa Cheong as CEO
Finding the right successor to carry forward an organization’s vision and values is an enormous undertaking. How does an organization’s founder and leadership identify the right person who will espouse the entity’s essence and ethos, while casting a picture of what...
Hongly’s Mission: A Family Friendly Restaurant with Quality Food
Once he acquires the necessary culinary skills and business management practices, 18 year old Hongly Phal plans to open a family friendly restaurant where people can eat good quality food at reasonable prices and create …
Basic Bakery and Pastry Short Course Has Started
It’s Saturday, early in the morning, and 20 excited hobby cooks are tying their aprons and putting on their chef hats, ready to explore the secrets of bread making and sweet creations, on the first day of their long-awaited basic bakery and bakery short course. On...
The Academy Spring Semester Has Started!
The new spring term 2022 at the Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia has started off well with 44 new future culinary artists, full of motivation, emotions, and expectations. Our ACAC team is thrilled to see you all joining our international community of students,...
A Pastry Shop of Her Own – Kofalida Man
A Pastry Shop of Her Own – Kofalida Man Kofalida Man is 22 years old. She was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Right now she is well on her way to realizing her dearest ambition – opening a pastry shop of her own. Her journey started with her internship and work at Gate...
Kimfong Heng: A Chef with a Mission
“The diploma and the skills you learn are really valuable and can help you to become a professional chef or start your own business or work in the hospitality industry,” Kimfong Heng
Student’s Opportunity for Applying for Naomi Tami Scholarship Memorial Fund on Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia’s Open Day
On Sunday May 8th, 2022, the Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia (ACAC) invited the public to join its Open Day, which happens twice a year for the calendar semester of learning at the Academy. The participants got the opportunity to learn about the program, explore the...
Cambodia won an award for outstanding theme interpretation and exhibition design, Pico-activated pavilions at Bureau International des Expositions’ (BIE) Expo 2020 Dubai Official Participant Awards
Today, we are proud to celebrate Cambodia’s award winning for outstanding theme interpretation and exhibition design, Pico-activated pavilions at Bureau International des Expositions’ (BIE) Expo 2020 Dubai Official Participant Awards. Exhibition Design: Thematic...
The Happy Chandara Students visit the The Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia (ACAC) for a Workshop
Accompanied by their school director Mr. Douch Makara and the program manager Mr. Yon Meakchan, twenty-five young high school students from the Happy Chandara School participated in a morning workshop provided by the ACAC’s chefs faculty team giving them an insight...
An Opportunity For Everyone
The Naomi Tami Memorial Scholarship Fund presents “An Opportunity for Everyone” About The Naomi Tami Memorial Scholarship Fund The Naomi Tami Scholarship Memorial Fund was established by the Tami family to honour the memory of Naomi Laura Tami who passed away...
Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia (ACAC)’s 2022 Graduation
Thursday, March 31, 2022. Hats off to the graduating class of spring 2022! The last few years were marked by the pandemic, and it has been some time since we have last been able to come together in person and celebrate such an event. We are, therefore, all the more...
ACAC / Naomi Tami Memorial Scholarship Fund Graduate Speaks at RewirED summit in Dubai
Hout Somaly, a 31-year-old Naomi Tami Memorial Scholarship Fund scholar graduated from the Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia (ACAC) in 2020. She recently spoke at a session at the RewirED Summit, organized by Dubai Cares and in partnership with Expo 2020 Dubai. Dubai...
ACAC is a Now Leader in Education Tech – An Interview with Vidano Kernem
An interview with Vidano Kernem, Chief Operating Officer at The Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia. Shift 360 Foundation supported ACAC to undertake a large digitization project in 2020-21 - can you give us an overview of the project? In 2020 ACAC partnered with...
Shift 360 Signs the Dignified Storytelling Pledge
Today, Shift 360 is proud to sign the Dignified Storytelling Pledge. The Dignified Storytelling pledge is guided by the 10 principles of dignified storytelling which were developed through a consultative process with a diverse group of stakeholders from UN agencies,...
Shift 360 Foundation Study into New Approaches to Education Nears Completion
Shift 360 Foundation is currently undertaking a feasibility study on behalf of Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport into the potential benefits and practical factors around beginning a job-skills creation program for high school children in Grades 10 -...
ACAC Supports Local Healthcare Workers With Food Donations
This week, Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia (ACAC) has prepared food donations in support of healthcare workers at two nearby centers in Phnom Penh - Samdach Euv & Samdach Me Referral Hospital, and the Covid-19 Testing Center located at Bak Touk High...
Video Interview with Pum Monyreth – A Shift360 and Naomi Tami Scholarship Student
Before joining the ACAC, scholarship recipient Pum Monyreth grew up in Chibodia Children's Home, an NGO in Phnom Penh supporting children without parents. With their help, Monyreth successfully completed her high school degree and then applied for the Naomi Tami...
An Interview with Shift 360’s Naomi Tami Scholarship Recipient – Chhum Dimang
Please tell us about how you came to the ACAC. I came to know about the ACAC and the Naomi Tami Scholarship Program through a friend of mine. We used to work together – it was an office job at a library - and he knew that this was not the right occupation for me. I’ve...
Am Sokha’s Story – How Shift 360’s Naomi Tami Scholarship Helps His Dreams Become Reality
Born in 1994, on Koh Dach Island, a small island on the Mekong River near Phnom Penh, Sokha grew up in a poor family with few opportunities. His father earned his money working as a cyclo rider and his mother as a silk weaver which was hardly enough to make their...
ACAC Alumna Thara Theany is Fulfilling Her Lifelong Dream
In the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, ACAC graduating student Theany, was facing a challenging situation. After the worldwide lockdown, finally being able to travel back to Cambodia from France, where she completed her internship at the renowned restaurant...
ACAC Graduate Juan Osorio Discovers His Passion for Sharing Mexican Cuisine
Juan Osorio, a Mexican national, is one of the many thriving career-changers who have found their success after laying a foundation with a culinary education from the ACAC. Dissatisfied with his studies in political science, Juan moved to Cambodia for a sabbatical...
A Tribute to My Friend Edwin Bucher
There are a small number of people who helped me greatly to start the Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia. They are very unique friends who took in their hearts my vision, the showed their commitment by contributing their time and skills to lay the foundation and the...
New Students and New Horizons – ACAC 2019
Of the three new scholarship students who started their journeys at the Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodian in September, two are young women. According to them, in traditional Khmer culture women cook at home, but professional kitchens are generally the exclusive...
Graduation of Scholarship Students December 2019
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