Athletes in the Kitchen
From Football to a Future in Food During the eight years Shaun Cody played professional football with the NFL, he had one thing on his mind off the field: food. “When guys on the team would be excited...
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ICE's New York Campus Reopens
After closing in March due to pandemic stay-at-home orders and engaging with students online for months with Market Basket Challenges, technique demonstrations and a roster of renowned virtual guest...
Letter to the Young Chef
When you are starting your culinary journey, it is important to decide what type of food will be your staple. Work with great chefs and you will become a great chef. It's inevitable. I was lucky to...
Mod 5: The Glamour of Garde Manger
It’s probably for the best that the pastry module is over because your body can only eat croissants for dinner for so long. This is a chapter in my culinary school diaries that I am ready to leave...
Wolfgang Puck Inspires First Los Angeles Campus Graduates
ICE President and CEO Rick Smilow kicked off the event with an address highlighting the diverse student body, from former hip hop dancer Emma Winkler, who graduated with dual diplomas, to Jose Pagani...
Sauces & Soups with Sara Tane
Coming into this chapter, I felt only vaguely familiar with the five mother sauces of French cooking. Sure, I had heard of them all at one point or another, but was not intimately knowledgeable about...
Why an Aspiring Doctor Enrolled in Culinary Arts
In his first few years of medical school, Nate discovered the connection between disease prevention and diet and decided he wanted to help his future patients manage their health at home with healthy...
A Zen Buddhist Nun Walks into a Culinary School
Through ICE alum Yoon Hee Kim’s (Culinary, ’05) translation, students at ICE’s LA campus learned about Jeong Kwan’s philosophies and daily life, wandering and tending to her garden at the Baegyansa...
Culinary School Couples
The Peñas and the Jones have a lot in common: three of the four have served in the military, both couples have two children, both husbands are studying Culinary Arts, and both wives are studying...
Introducing the New Natural Gourmet Center
Chefs, food lovers and home cooks alike have seen America’s shift towards more plant-based, health-conscious dining. Fast Company, Foodable Labs and Nation’s Restaurant News have all reported on the...
From Concussion to Culinary School
Laughing darkly at myself, I looked up at the hopeful faces of my peers, some of whom are more than 10 years younger than I was when I decided to apply to the Institute of Culinary Education. As the...
Second Time’s the Charm: Reflecting on My First ICE Practical
What would it look like for 16 nervous pastry students to run around one kitchen frantically making our assigned items? What if luck wasn’t on my side on test day and the end result was less than...