Mark Maynard at ICE

Mark Maynard's Restaurant Management Advice

In 2015, he co-founded Porchlight, a bar in Chelsea, followed by Cedric’s at The Shed this year. He published “The Next Frontier of Restaurant Management: Harnessing Data to Improve Guest Service and

A custom cake by Jeanne Long

Creative Careers Crafting Custom Cakes

In 2014, Nevia Giles (Pastry, '14) left a 13-year career in utility consulting to pursue her passion for Pastry & Baking Arts at ICE. She baked for her friends and family as a hobby and had already

Chefs Paul Liebrandt and Fredrik Berselius

ICE Launches Elite Chef Series of Demos

At ICE's monthly Elite Chef series, some of the industry’s most talented chefs will share the stories behind their approaches and styles in an intimate setting conducive to career-inspiring

Lorne Feldman is the dean of students at ICE.

Meet the Dean of Students

With his master’s in counseling psychology, Lorne worked with people in challenging situations, such as homelessness and substance abuse. He relied on baking for self-care and was encouraged to pursue

Mao Bao serves sheng jian bao at Smorgasburg WTC.

ICE Alumni at New York City Food Markets

Among the authentic, internationally inspired flavors at these weekly events are alumni Stephanie Del Carmen’s (Culinary, '18) Latin American tamales, Hendra Lie’s (Culinary, ‘15) popular Balinese

ICE alum Geoffrey S Blair is a food scientist at TreeHouse Foods.

Forging a Path to Food Science

“The instructors were extremely knowledgeable,” Geoffrey says. “Chef Kathryn Gordon was always saying, ‘you’ll get out of this what you put into it,’ and it was so true because there was so much

Chef Scotty Blenkarn leads R&D at Milk Bar Lab in Los Angeles.

Behind the Scenes of Milk Bar R&D

Scotty chose ICE for a convenient class start after a bread course elsewhere motivated him to immediately enroll in a career pastry program. He valued the small class size, focused time with

La Cubana is a Cuban restaurant in Meatpacking.

Three NYC Restaurant Openings from ICE Alumni

On June 7, Filipino chef and restaurateur Stephen Young’s latest project with his wife Reggie Aguinaldo, Tsismis, debuted on the Lower East Side with Filipino-American fare from Chef Jappy Afzelius

Danna Matute is the farm manager at ICE.

Meet the Farm Manager

Danna developed an interest in hydroponic farming in an environmental science class on soils in college. After graduating with a degree in psychology, she knew she wanted to work with plants and

Matthew Leung is a commis at The French Laundry.

ICE Alumni in California's 2019 Michelin Guide

As Matthew Leung (Culinary, '19) spoke at his own graduation commencement — the first for ICE's Los Angeles campus — his team at The French Laundry earned the coveted three Michelin stars. A winner of

ICE graduates toss their toques at the 2019 commencement.

2019 Commencement Celebrates Community

The anticipation was palpable on Tuesday morning as families, friends and supporters entered the auditorium and readied phones, cameras, and yes, cut-out heads, for the student processional into our

Chef Mashama Bailey won the 2019 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southeast.

Mashama Bailey is the Best Chef in the Southeast

Chef Mashama's menu showcasing Savannah's food culture, served in a refurbished bus station and documented on season 6 of Netflix's "Chef's Table," continued to be celebrated at the James Beard Awards

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