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“I’ve always been interested in plants,” Caleb reveals. “I gardened a lot as a kid. My grandmother and my mother are big influences on my life and they’re both very accomplished gardeners. I kind of...

“Everybody in my family learns to cook — whether you want to or not,” Anthony says. With a home economics teacher for a grandmother and an enthusiastic home cook for a mother, he grew up with the idea...

It was an admittedly random dream to work for chef Wylie Dufrense that first pushed Simone to pursue a culinary career. While watching an episode of “After Hours with Daniel,” she was mesmerized by...

Raised to love cooking by his mother and grandmother in Israel, Guy fulfilled his military duty and began a degree in computer engineering before he enrolled at ICE to pursue a career in food. Now, he...

"My experience working at a startup was very mentally exhausting, and I realized there was nothing that could deter me from cooking," Aaron says of his career change. "How I handle everything — all my...

In 2015, Adeena moved to Israel after meeting an expat American who is now her husband. She lived in Jerusalem shortly after college in the 1990s and visited the country frequently over the years...

After four years as an administrative clerk in the Marine Corps, Kelly Bedford (Pastry, ‘20) earned her bachelor’s degree, became a mother and enrolled in culinary school. Even after all that life...

Before Gianna went to culinary school, she graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor’s degree in marketing and statistics. She spent about four years working in marketing before she started to...

A couple of weeks ago, Paras and Jeffrey were watching TV after a day of applying for small business grants and loans. With the sudden restaurant industry shutdown, they were trying to figure out a...

“Every day is different. If I had to do the same thing every day, I’d be so bored,” Abbie says. Thanks to multiple degrees and years of experience, the New York City-based chef doesn’t have to. For...

When Clare began Culinary Arts classes at ICE in 2011, she'd thought long and hard about pursuing a culinary education. She grew up cooking and her passion for the art had grown throughout her life...

“I’ve been cooking for as long as I could see above the stovetop, but it wasn’t a viable profession to my parents, so I didn’t see it as anything serious,” Chef Rose says. Growing up, she cooked in...