ICE Gives Back: Streets International

Founded by former Culinary Management instructor Neal Bermas, this unique non-profit culinary training program teaches impoverished young Vietnamese men and women the life and professional skills they

buttercream cake professionally decorated by Toba Garrett

Recipe: Toba Garrett's Almond Paste & French Vanilla Buttercream Cake

Almond Paste Cake Tools: 5 or 6 Quart Mixer Yields: 2, 10” cake layers or 3, 8” cake layers Ingredients: 9 oz (255 g) unsalted butter, room temperature 6 oz (170 g) almond paste 24oz (680 g)

Cake professionally decorated with piped buttercream by Toba Garrett

Professional Cake Decorating

After 20 years in the industry, why do you feel this is the right time for ICE to launch a professional cake decorating program? There are perhaps two kinds of students who take classes with me

Careers Through Culinary Arts Scholarship Competition

This year, 24 finalists from New York City public high schools prepared two traditional French dishes in under two hours, vying for the chance to win scholarships to finance their dreams of attending

Raising a Glass to NYC's "Choice Eats"

More than 50 of the city's top restaurants set up shop in the historic 69th Regiment Armory, as eager eaters lined up around the block. ICE was on site, serving up Moroccan spiced lamb meatballs

Leigh Koh Peart of Craft Cakes

Culinary Career Changer: Leigh Koh Peart of Craft Cakes

What were you doing before you enrolled at ICE, and what inspired you to change careers? I was working in Singapore at the time, running event logistics for MTV music events in Asia. It was great fun

Culinary Entrepreneur: Joe Campanale

Named one of Forbe's " 30 Under 30: Food and Wine", Campanale's story, as shared with ICE Culinary Management students, is one of enviable success. Today, he is a Partner at Epicurean Management

Chef Sim Cass stands in front of an oven

Interview with Sim Cass

Known as the “Prince of Darkness” for his deeply toasted, crusty loaves, Sim began his career as a Pastry Chef in London and went on to become the Founding and Head Baker of Balthazar Bakery, one of

"Real Southern Cooking" with Cynthia Graubart and Nathalie Dupree

With the 2012 release of the 720-page Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking, these dynamic chefs have yet again demonstrated their expertise, publishing the most comprehensive text on the region's

An Evening with Dorie Greenspan

The first time Greenspan attempted to cook, she burned down her parent's kitchen. It wasn't until she became a young bride that she returned to the stove, and when she first pursued a job in

Unique Culinary Career: Catherine McCord

What were you doing before you enrolled? I had been modeling, television hosting and acting for years. On 9/11 I had an appointment to see the Institute for Culinary Education. Living through that

Culinary Careers: The Meatball Shop's Chef Daniel Holzman

As Daniel shared with current ICE Culinary Management students, his road to food fame was hardly a smooth one. His self-proclaimed "bad attitude" resulted in his being fired from many of his previous

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