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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 happy memories with their children. Hongly was...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
A Special Recognition for Aspiring Chefs
At ACAC, the 6-month internship program with partners who are leaders in the culinary industry prepares our students for the real world. We recently welcomed back four Naomi Fund’s scholarship students who have done their internships in different restaurants in the...
Senior Scholarship Students Return to ACAC
Students, including scholarship recipients, return from internship to finish their last series of classes at ACAC. As seven scholarship students returned from their first year internships and settled back into classes at the Academy, one thing was evident: they all...
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