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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...
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 -...
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...
Pierre Tami Talks Social Entrepreneurship at Smart-Up
Pierre Tami is interviewed about social entrepreneurship by Swiss TV moderator, Sonja Hasler at Lucerne University's Smart-Up. Every month key leaders in the start-up sector in Lucerne, Switzerland, gather together at Smart-up – support for start-ups. The gathering is...
Using forks and spoons to end poverty in Cambodia – An Interview with Pierre Tami
Pierre Tami with the ACAC students, Hang Usa (left) and Mao Davin (right) at the Swiss Hotel Management School, Lucerne (SHL) in September for the Shift360 Gala Fundraiser. Image: Boris Bürgisser (20 September 2018). "Driven by the credo that poverty can only...
‘Competing with other countries with low wages will not be enough.’ A plea for high-quality skills training in Cambodia
Magnus Saemundsson (right) with Pierre Tami (left) and Cambodia's Minister of Education (centre). ‘Competing with other countries with low wages will not be enough.’ A plea for high-quality skills training in Cambodia. Magnus Saemundsson has been working in...
Shift360 supports Inclusive Trade Action for Least Developed Countries
Pierre Tam (left) with Chakib Belhassan, Executive Officer for the EIF Trust Fund Manager. (Photo by ©Jan Turnbull/EIF, used with permission) Trade is an engine for sustainable growth. Multilateral trading systems and inclusive trade policies are crucial to...
Shift360, ACAC Celebrate Swedish National Day
Mr. Magnus Saemundsson, Sida Senior Education Advisor (right) with HE Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Cambodia's Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport which sits on the governing board for ACAC (centre) and ACAC Founder, Pierre Tami (left). June 6 was Swedish...
ACAC introduced to World-Famous Basque Culinary Center
Left photo: Markus Kalberer (far left) and Pierre Tami (far right) with leaders of the world famous Basque Culinary Centre | Right photo: 4th World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism. The Academy of Culinary Arts, the ‘new baby’ on the...
Skills Training Benefits Everyone. Here’s How.
Skills training doesn't just benefit the individuals who are directly learning those skills. There is a positive spillover effect that happens when people gain new skills and apply them in the community. In short, everyone benefits. Donate to the Naomi Tami...
The Ripple Effect of Small Choices – In Memory of Naomi Tami
Naomi Tami, vibrant and full of life celebrating her birthday in Taiwan with her family. The Naomi Tami Memorial Scholarship Fund honours the memory of Naomi Tami. The following was written by Pierre Tami in memory of his daughter, Omi. 7th of May is a time to...
7 Scholarship Students Start Their Internships
As a new semester started at the Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia, seven scholarship students began their internships at some of country's finest restaurants. For most students, it is extremely challenging to integrate socially and academically since 90% come from...
3 New Scholarship Students Begin Studies at ACAC
Somaly, Kim Fong and Monireth just started their culinary journeys at the ACAC on scholarship. As a new semester launched at the ACAC, three new scholarship students, Somaly, Kim Fong and Monireth, took their first steps towards future careers as chefs. The...
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