Hillery Wheeler Hargadine has been with ICE since 2009 and is a graduate of ICE’s Restaurant and Culinary Management program. After over a decade with the Admissions team helping students to fulfill their dreams of enrolling in culinary school, she now enjoys profiling those same students in their new careers as Notable Alumni. In addition to alumni outreach, Hillery works on prospective student messaging and content. She currently lives in Toyko, Japan with her husband and son, and eats as much sushi and ramen as possible.
Chef Saloni Mehta always knew that baking was in her future. The chef, who spent her formative years in India and Oman, had always loved to cook and bake. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in...
Growing up in Brooklyn, Chef Richard Kennedy (aka “Chef Richie”) stumbled into his future career at 16 years old when he saw a “help wanted” sign in the window of his local bakery. “I would go over to...
If your Instagram algorithm is at all attuned to hot new restaurants in New York City, you’ve probably already seen dozens of photos of the salmon en croûte from Chef Markus Glocker’s hit restaurant...
It was Sarah Sanders' passion for putting personality on a plate that took her from enrolling in ICE Los Angeles’s Culinary Arts program in the fall of 2021, to being a top contender in Carla Hall’s...
Executive Chef and Co-Owner of famed New York City restaurant Le Bernardin Eric Ripert recently stopped by ICE’s New York campus to talk about his latest book, "Seafood Simple," his approach to recipe...
Over the course of their visit, Chef Mattos and Chef Pfeiffer shared with ICE students their individual journeys to realizing their path as professional chefs, what nuggets of wisdom they’ve gained...
Not everyone can say they knew exactly what they wanted to do when they finished school, but that’s not the case for Chef Emilie Berner. “I went to the Natural Gourmet Institute and graduated in 2012...
"Everything's, you know, food, food, food. You know, 'Did you eat?,' 'Can I make you something?,' and at family gatherings everyone's bringing their own dish and [arguing about] who could be the best...
From the launch of her first restaurant at age 24, to winning Food Network competitions and James Beard awards alike, to her most recent expansion into the Los Angeles food scene, Chef Stephanie seems...
It’s a combination of exposure to nutritious foods and food variety that inspired ICE alumna Natasha Brunetti to pursue a job with Smart Moms Organics, a business created by fellow ICE alumna Chef...
A mainstay in the New York food scene for over 30 years, Chef Samuelsson first made a name for himself at 24 years old. He was the youngest chef ever to garner a three-star New York Times review as...
In less than 10 years, Chef Orlando Soto has gone from the kitchen classrooms at ICE, where he attended both the Pastry & Baking Arts program and the Restaurant & Culinary Management program, to...