Recently, ICE has hired a slew of new Chef Instructors for both our Culinary Arts and Pastry & Baking Arts career programs.

Eight students from the New York area competed in the Northeast Regional yesterday at Astor Center.

What is it that unequivocally defines something as a curry? I’ve asked Indian friends, I’ve asked American friends who lived in India and I’ve spent tireless hours at the hole-in-wall restaurants of Manhattan’s “Curry Hill” district investigating for myself, but every answer is different. So, I entered ICE’s World of Curries class curious to see how Chef Dan Stone would define curry. While the answer wasn’t definitive, it was certainly interesting.

On Sunday, ICE alum and star of Top Chef: Just Desserts, Zac Young came to ICE to guide students through a tasting of a variety of Guittard chocolates and demonstrate some desserts designed to highlight the flavor profiles of different chocolates.

Yesterday, Sukey and John Jamison came to ICE to give a butchering demo and discuss their 210-acre farm in Latrobe, PA.

On Wednesday, ICE Culinary Management students went on a field trip to the Fulton Fish Market at Hunts Point in the Bronx — an incredible inside look at the market.

My youngest son loves ribs. In fact, that is an understatement.

This week, ICE’s first ever Hospitality Management class went on a unique field trip to the Hotel Wolcott.

Last Friday, ICE held a party like no other at the annual ICE Ball.