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ICE alum Fernando Arevalo at Preludio Fernando Arévalo (Culinary, '09) is the executive chef and owner of ambitious new fine-dining restaurant Preludio in Singapore. Every 12-18 months, Fernando...

She landed a coveted spot at Chicago’s Alinea for her externship, and after five months, was hired as a full-time commis. We chatted with Susete to learn more about working at the world-renowned,...

Now, he’s continuing the family tradition by opening a restaurant with his sister, Trinh. “I really didn’t like cooking at first, but the more I worked in the kitchen and the more I was around it, I...

“I moved to New York City in 2002 after college, and I just didn’t really know what I wanted to do,” Suzanne says. “I had a couple of jobs in hospitality and found myself in restaurants in a front-of...

The first time I created an arepa was in 2014 before I opened my first Latin restaurant, Blend on the Water in Long Island City, Queens. People came to the restaurant for the views and enjoyed the...

Chef Diego Lozano has taken on the challenge of making modern pastries with Brazilian ingredients and classic European techniques. He founded São Paolo pastry school Escola de Confeitaria and spreads...

The chef was a model and outdoors enthusiast who found an outlet for his artwork in the kitchen and followed that chance opportunity to unprecedented acclaim. He’s known for connecting with nature in...

Lièvre à La Royale, or hare royal, dates back to the 1600s in France and was worthy of royalty by 1775, when Parisian Chef Antoine Carême made the recipe infamous. The disc of braised wild hare...

In September, six ICE students prepared their interpretations of umami for faculty judges at our New York campus. They were challenged with developing first and main courses, one of which was plant...

And it was worth it. After externing and then working for Locande Verde, Smith Canteen and Seersucker, she and her now husband Simon Tung (Management, ‘11) — also an ICE alum — decided to go all in on...

What led you to culinary school? I didn’t want a desk job but something that was exciting and kept me busy. I thought culinary school would help me get a good foundation to start in the culinary...

The visit, squeezed in before a noon bus ride home to Pennsylvania, inspired his career shift — he began Culinary Arts classes a month later. “It was difficult getting my dad to wrap his head around...