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The Brains Behind the Business: Restaurant Development Expert Vin McCann

As an executive for such iconic restaurant groups and corporations as Shelly Fireman's Café Concepts, American Hospitality or National Restaurants Management, Vin has truly seen it all. In his seven

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The Food Media Mogul You Want to Meet: ICE Alum Jamie Tiampo

SeeFood fills a niche in which it has no real competitor: a “one-stop shop” featuring seven kitchen sets, a rooftop for outdoor cooking segments, separate prep kitchens for food stylists, an in-house

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Social Media for Culinary Professionals

This month I had the pleasure of attending a seminar at ICE called “ Social Media in the Culinary Realm,” taught by the very talented Lori Greene, director of content for Maxus Global, through ICE’s

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The Restaurant Realist: ICE Alum Jason Soloway

What were you doing before you enrolled at ICE? I was Vice President at The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP), a family of charitable foundations working in Canada, Israel and the

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Sound Bites from NYC’s “Rising Stars”

How long should culinary school graduates stay in their first job? John Daley (New York Sushi Ko): Stay until you’re done learning. Bryce Shuman (Betony): Before I went to culinary school, at my first

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Life as a Hospitality Management Student: A Passion for Service

I vividly remember June 21, 2013—my first day as an employee at Subway. I began working there just days before I graduated from the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, with a college

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Shop Local: ICE Alum Gaia DiLoreto’s Brooklyn Gift Guide

The careful curation of products by such trendsetters as ICE Culinary Management graduate Gaia DiLoreto, owner of By Brooklyn in Carroll Gardens, has helped the local “trend” blossom into a full

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ICE and American Express Present: How to Sizzle and Not Fizzle

With this advice from ICE’s industry experts in American Express’s four-part Restaurant Success Series, learn how proper employee training and responding to customer feedback can help build a stable

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ICE and American Express Present: Building Your Marketing Plan

From exploring local advertising to increasing your online presence, learn how having the right marketing tools will set your business apart from the rest. To help you build your food business’

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ICE and American Express Present: Recipe for Restaurant Profits

Discover the number one thing you need to know to make money in the restaurant business and learn how seemingly unimportant details—including the attire of your staff or the design of your flatware

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ICE + American Express Present: Preventing Bar and Retail Theft

From the cash drawer “no-sale” to the little-known “straw-trick” and other clever theft secrets, ICE Culinary Management Instructor Anthony Caporale reveals the ins and outs of what might really be

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Restaurant Psychology

Visits from the innovators at Chipotle and Sixpoint Brewery and field trips to Daniel and Blue Smoke have been a few of the highlights. The end result is information and networking overload. While

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