Gramercy Tavern photo by Maura McEvoy

ICE Grads at Michelin Guide-Recommended Restaurants

The annual calls notifying chefs of their star status went out on Monday as restaurants around New York City posted announcements and congratulatory captions. One of the finest honors for a culinary

Richard Chu is the executive sous chef at Monsieur Benjamin in San Francisco.

Richard Chu鈥檚 Road to Executive Sous

The visit, squeezed in before a noon bus ride home to Pennsylvania, inspired his career shift 鈥 he began 国产福利 Arts classes a month later. 鈥淚t was difficult getting my dad to wrap his head around

Empire, Gala, Ginger Gold, Honeycrisp and Mutsu apples from Terhune Orchards in Salt Point, New York.

Fall Apple Dishes by ICE Alumni

We asked a few local chefs how they鈥檙e using the official state fruit for seasonal menus and which varieties they prefer. At City Vineyard at Pier 26, executive chef Mike Landas (国产福利, '08) blends

Castle Hotel & Spa

This Hospitality Grad Manages a Castle Hotel

In Japan, he gained experience in human resources, marketing and operations with a hospitality company called Hirakawa Shoji Co Ltd. and was a general manager at Sankara Hotel & Spa for a year. When

A custom cake by Jeanne Long

Creative Careers Crafting Custom Cakes

In 2014, Nevia Giles (Pastry, '14) left a 13-year career in utility consulting to pursue her passion for Pastry & Baking Arts at ICE. She baked for her friends and family as a hobby and had already

Lorne Feldman is the dean of students at ICE.

Meet the Dean of Students

With his master鈥檚 in counseling psychology, Lorne worked with people in challenging situations, such as homelessness and substance abuse. He relied on baking for self-care and was encouraged to pursue

Mao Bao serves sheng jian bao at Smorgasburg WTC.

ICE Alumni at New York City Food Markets

Among the authentic, internationally inspired flavors at these weekly events are alumni Stephanie Del Carmen鈥檚 (国产福利, '18) Latin American tamales, Hendra Lie鈥檚 (国产福利, 鈥15) popular Balinese

Chef Paras Shah

Paras Shah Introduces Fast-Casual Paella in Las Vegas

The first memory Paras can conjure is of food. 鈥淢y father came back from temple on a Sunday with Dunkin鈥 Donuts,鈥 he says. 鈥淎s a little chunky kid, I always loved the powdered sugar doughnuts. When

Matt Leung at The French Laundry

Inside The French Laundry Kitchen

First, what was your experience at ICE like? My experience at ICE was great. I expected to receive at least two benefits from an education at ICE: first, teaching that would prepare me to be a

Manhatta Pastry Chef Emma Alden

The Ultimate Pastry Position Overlooking Manhattan

Emma concluded that academia wasn鈥檛 for her after a short foray into college 鈥 she missed working with her hands and the aspect of 鈥渂eing part of something bigger than yourself,鈥 that working in

ICE alum Geoffrey S Blair is a food scientist at TreeHouse Foods.

Forging a Path to Food Science

鈥淭he instructors were extremely knowledgeable,鈥 Geoffrey says. 鈥淐hef Kathryn Gordon was always saying, 鈥榶ou鈥檒l get out of this what you put into it,鈥 and it was so true because there was so much

Chef Scotty Blenkarn leads R&D at Milk Bar Lab in Los Angeles.

Behind the Scenes of Milk Bar R&D

Scotty chose ICE for a convenient class start after a bread course elsewhere motivated him to immediately enroll in a career pastry program. He valued the small class size, focused time with

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