Life As a (Gluten-Free) Culinary Student
When you have celiac disease, you can’t eat anything that contains gluten, which is primarily found in wheat, barley and rye. Where life-threatening allergies are concerned, the only options are to
Professional Cake Decorating
After 20 years in the industry, why do you feel this is the right time for ICE to launch a professional cake decorating program? There are perhaps two kinds of students who take classes with me
An Evening with Dorie Greenspan
The first time Greenspan attempted to cook, she burned down her parent's kitchen. It wasn't until she became a young bride that she returned to the stove, and when she first pursued a job in
Unique Culinary Career: Catherine McCord
What were you doing before you enrolled? I had been modeling, television hosting and acting for years. On 9/11 I had an appointment to see the Institute for Culinary Education. Living through that
Culinary Careers: The Meatball Shop's Chef Daniel Holzman
As Daniel shared with current ICE Culinary Management students, his road to food fame was hardly a smooth one. His self-proclaimed "bad attitude" resulted in his being fired from many of his previous
Celebrating the Food of Oaxaca with Chef Ivy Stark
Stark attended ICE when it was Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School and got her start at the renowned Border Grill. She is currently the executive chef of Dos Caminos and is thrilled to cook her
ICE Instructors Join Forces to Mentor Budding Food Entrepreneurs
Where did the idea for Food Start Up Help come from? Jessie: I got the idea from watching Chef Jeff and Chef Kathryn repeatedly help students with various projects; alumni would also come back for
"All In": Jason Apfelbaum
But all that changed when a guest speaker in the catering business visited his Culinary Management class. Soon enough, Jason was building his own catering empire, Chef & Co, which, at its peak, was
Wild Game Domain: Rustling Up A New Radio Show
Rising through the ranks of the New York restaurant scene, Chef Chad served in a number of restaurant and hotel kitchens, eventually landing a leading role as Executive Pastry Chef at renown New York
Behind the Scenes at Amy's Bread
In the 1990s, New York was far from the bountiful paradise of bakeries that we find today. When Amy's Bread opened in Hell's Kitchen, it was a pioneering force in a bread wasteland, a powerhouse
An Interview with Chef Jonathan Waxman
Waxman himself has mentored many celebrated chefs including Tom Colicchio and Bobby Flay. He is considered an innovator and one of the founding fathers of new-American cuisine, earning him comparisons
The San Pellegrino "Almost Famous Chef" Competition
The winner of this Iron Chef-inspired battle - complete with "mystery baskets" - will represent ICE at the Northeast regional competition on Wednesday, January 23rd. Students were asked to submit