A crowd gathers at the Los Angeles Times' 101 Best Restaurants in LA party

ICE LA Alumni Staff Michelin, LA Times Acclaimed Restaurants

There was glitz and glamour at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles’s Miracle Mile on Monday night for the live reveal of the 2022 Michelin Guide California. 2022 marks the third year of the

Chef Shawn Matijevich in his navy uniform

Chef Shawn's Life Lessons from the Navy & the Kitchen

Many armed services veterans find careers as cooks and chefs after their military service. In fact, one of the oldest culinary schools in the country was founded after World War II as a training

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Chef Daniel Boulud Offers Advice to ICE Students

What would you do if one of the best chefs in the business came into your class to taste your food and give you advice? ICE students at our New York campus experienced just that first-hand when

Pooja Jhunjhunwala

Alumna Pooja Jhunjhunwala's Global Journey Started at ICE

Pooja Jhunjhunwala's (Pastry & Baking ‘16 and Cake Decorating ‘16) culinary journey has taken her across the world — which is why she's also known as The Global Vegetarian. With hundreds of thousands

The Bear Jeremy Allen White in a promotional photo

Yes, Chef: “The Bear’s” Jeremy Allen White Remembers His Time Training at ICE

“The Bear,” FX/Hulu’s hit show from Christopher Storer featuring Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri, is stressful. Really stressful. And that’s probably because it’s one of — if not the — most

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Leadership Inside and Outside the Kitchen: Highlighting Black & POC ICE Alumni

This post has been updated for 2023. Mashama Bailey (Culinary Arts, '01) Chef Mashama graduated from ICE with a Culinary Arts diploma in 2001, rounding out her lifelong culinary education from her

Chef Stephanie Izard

Stephanie Izard’s Key to Restaurant Success Is to Celebrate Your Team

Chef Stephanie Izard hopes the next generation of chefs and culinary entrepreneurs will “learn everything you can, and when you make the next step in choosing which restaurant you want to work at

Great White chef Betsy Wiegand

ICE Alum Dives Into Head Chef Position at Great White

Betsy didn’t know she wanted to become a chef at first; however, a series of life experiences led her on a journey into the kitchen, where she feels herself and most at home. Coming from a family that

Kenneth Peterson Jr.

From Louisiana Seafood to Los Angeles' Providence

Family is incredibly important to Kenneth, who twice put plans to attend culinary school aside to care for his ailing parents, the people who fostered his love for food. The Peterson family rarely

Everton Tulloch in the ICE kitchen

ICE Alum Followed Steve Harvey’s Advice to Culinary School

Four months after getting laid off and in a slump, the normally jovial Everton Tulloch was struggling to crack a smile. Wanting to end her husband’s sulking around the house, Everton’s wife suggested

Matt Wagner in Culinary Arts class

Changing Careers at 30

So you’re thinking of changing careers, especially after the last 18 months as, like so many other people, the pandemic has reoriented your priorities. There’s a good chance you have some kind of

Culinary Arts Chef-Instructor Chris Arturo

Meet Chef Chris Arturo

Chef Chris Arturo has a lot of stories to tell, and he’s bringing them into the classroom. The long-time chef started out running a Barnes & Noble and then worked at a Guitar Center selling half

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