The Faculty | See Who Is Behind ACI


Michael Dudley

Former Instructor, Scottsdale Culinary Institute; Texas Tech; College Station Restaurant & Bar, El Paso; Dudley’s Restaurant & Bar, El Paso; Associated Hosts, Lubbock; V.P. Texas Restaurant Association, El Paso; State Board of Directors, Texas Restaurant Association

Randall Foote

Former Instructor, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX; Corpus Christi Yacht Club, TX; Indigo Bakery, TX; Creative Hands Catering, Mesa, AZ

Crystal Hagans, RD

University of Missouri, Columbia; Arizona Culinary Institute; Armitage Wine Café, AZ; Fountain View Village, AZ; Michael’s at the Citadel, Scottsdale; Freedom Inn, AZ

Glenn Humphrey, CEC, CCE

Former Instructor, Scottsdale Culinary Institute; The Culinary Institute of America; Marie Callendar’s, Orange Co., Restaurant Enterprises, Irvine; Hungry Tiger, Inc.; Friendly Hill Country Club, Whittier; Holland America Cruises, Seattle; The Burlington Inn, Burlington; Norwegian American Cruises, Oslo

Mark Maccherola

Scottsdale Culinary Institute; Raddisson Fort McDowell, Fountain Hills; The Wigwam Resort, Phoenix; Stern Produce, Phoenix; Compass group, Tempe; Scottsdale Plaza Resort, Scottsdale

Jennifer Sedig

Former Instructor, Art Institute of Phoenix; Arizona Biltmore Resort; Catering In A Precious Way, Phoenix; Bennigan’s Restaurant, Phoenix; International School of Confectionery Arts

Hamodi Siam

Former Instructor, Scottsdale Culinary Institute; The Boulders Resort, Scottsdale; Cuisines Unlimited Catering, Scottsdale; The Buttes, Tempe; Camelback Inn, Paradise Valley; Scottsdale Princess Resort

Matthew Mattox

Institut Hotelier Cesar Ritz, Le Bouveret, Switzerland; Scottsdale Culinary Institute; The Phoenician, Phoenix; GreenStar Corporation, La Mesilla, New Mexico;El Meson de Mesilla, La Mesilla, New Mexico; Grand Hotel Excelsior, Pegorala di Amafi, Italy; Ferien Art Walliserhof, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Hubbard’s Yellowstone Lodge, Emigrant, Montana

Jason Warden

Former Instructor, Scottsdale Culinary Institute; New England Culinary Institute; Culinary Institute of America; National Culinary & Baking School, CA; Hospitality Inc.; Festivities Catering, Picnic People; Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego

Christopher Wolf

Culinary Institute of America, NY; The Inn at Little Washington, VA; Mary Elaine’s at the Phoenician Resort, AZ; Alex at the Wynn, Las Vegas, NV; Whole Foods Market, Paradise Valley, AZ

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