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Since the early age of 8, Lay had a knack for cooking. If she wasn’t in the kitchen at home, she was there in her after-school culinary arts program. At age 13, when New York City’s middle schoolers...

"When my husband and I got engaged, we were talking about the things we wanted to do in our lives. We both had the idea of opening an inn or bed and breakfast as a retirement option,” George says. At...

Michael Shain (Culinary, ‘10/Hospitality, ‘09) studied Hospitality & Hotel Management and Culinary Arts at ICE before launching his career with five years at Union Square Hospitality Group’s Blue...

When Carlos graduated from ICE in 2001, he worked at Herbsaint and Bayona in New Orleans before returning to New York for stints at The Mercer Kitchen and Butter. Then he kicked off what would become...

Fernando Arévalo (Culinary, '09) is the executive chef and owner of ambitious new fine-dining restaurant Preludio in Singapore. Every 12-18 months, Fernando launches a new chapter that informs the...

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...