Get Expert Training in the Art of Health-Centered Cooking

Come to the No. 1 Ranked Culinary School*

ICE now offers an eight- to 13-month, Health-Centered Culinary Arts (formerly known as Plant-Based Culinary Arts) career training program promoting nutrition, wellness, whole foods, sustainability and the relationship between food and healing.

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A Path Optimizing the Power of Health:

ICE's Health-Centered Culinary Arts program is centered around seven principles for food selection: whole, fresh, seasonal, traditional, balanced, local and delicious.
The program promotes a sustainable food system with regard for natural resources and people, while empowering chefs and cooks to lead the conversation about food, wellness and health.
Explore health-centered cuisine, grains and legumes, sea vegetables, raw foods, and even spa and retreat specialties.
Health-centered cooking can accommodate vegetarian and vegan lifestyles; individual diets; and food for healing practices.

ICE has launched more than 20,000 culinary careers. Yours should be next!

Ranked the "No. 1 Culinary School in America"*
Campuses in New York City and Los Angeles, the nation’s culinary capitals.
Chef-Instructors with restaurant and food business experience.
632 classroom hours covering essential cooking techniques with high-quality ingredients.
Hands-on, 200-hour externships and networking opportunities.
Business training available for food entrepreneurs interested in a dual diploma.
Ongoing job placement services and alumni support.
Our student housing program offers options for every budget and lifestyle, from dorms to apartments to home stays.

Health-Centered Cooking Enhances the ICE community:

ICE's culinary community has embodied thought leadership, integrity, innovation, excellence, respect, independent thinking and tradition for more than 40 years.
Industry-leading Chef-Instructors bring their expertise in nutrition and health to ICE's New York and Los Angeles campuses to teach concepts such as whole foods dynamics, living foods and nutrition.
Students can pursue careers as health- or plant-forward restaurant chefs, personal chefs, nutritionists, cookbook authors and entrepreneurs with an education in plant-based cooking.

Plant-Based Students in Teaching Kitchen