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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...
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...
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...
Graduation of Scholarship Students December 2019
New Scholarship Students Pursue their Dreams, April 2019 Intake
Six new scholarship students entered the Academy last April, joining the ranks of a growing number of underprivileged Khmers who hope to become professional chefs in the future. Filled with enthusiasm, they shared their first...
7 New Scholarship Students Start at ACAC
“I am happy to be here. I see so many new things! My dream is to be a chef in a hotel. I want to have experience, and then start my own business. I have big dreams.” – Sok Panha Sok Panha is a scholarship student who just began her first semester at the ACAC on...
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