Pastry & Baking Arts Chef-Instructor Sohrob Esmaili trained at Jean-Georges and Gramercy Tavern before moving to San Francisco to open the Proper Hotel’s eateries and conquering the Food Network show, Spring Baking Championship.

So, what do you really learn in culinary school? At their simplest, culinary school lessons teach students how to cook. But in reality, they teach you how to think, move and problem-solve like a professional.

Culinary school isn't a one-size-fits-all experience. Programs are offered year-round, at different times of day and in varying durations — all of which can make it surprisingly tricky to answer a simple question: How long does culinary school take?

While researching which flour mill to buy for my kitchen, I landed on a question I had, oddly, never considered: How is flour actually made?

Summer is not summer until there are bushels of peaches from the farmers' market near my house. I grew up in Georgia, and one thing I look forward to every summer is peach season. Whether it’s stopping at farmstands, visiting orchards to pick my own or searching for local peaches at the supermarket.

ICE Chef Palak Patel moved home to Atlanta in 2020 and launched food hall concept Dash & Chutney at Chattahoochee Food Works.

The deep aroma of roasted cacao beans and the familiar hum of the chocolate machines are back. Though much of the activity in the Institute of Culinary Education bean-to-bar Chocolate Lab was idle for the past year, public-facing educational programs return in August.

ICE alum Erin Gruber (Pastry, '21) modeled for Vogue Italia and Vogue Japan magazines, but the harsh reality of the modeling industry pushed her to chase her food dreams at culinary school and launch her career at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago.

It’s easy to overlook the obvious when writing a job description.