Awards and Honors
ICE was the winner of the International Association of Culinary Professionals' (IACP) Vocational (2008) and Avocational (2003) Culinary School of the Year awards. In 2011, ICE President Rick Smilow was awarded the IACP Award of Excellence for Entrepreneur of the Year. In the culinary world, this is like winning an Oscar!
ICE’s extensive program of recreational cooking courses was included in the 2008, Saveur Magazine Top 100 (“Culinary things we love”).
ICE Chef Instructor Michelle Tampakis was designated as one of the Top Ten Pastry Chefs of 2010 and ICE Chef Instructor Toba Garrett was voted as one of the Top Ten Cake Designers in North America by Dessert Professional.
ICE was named “Best Culinary School in New York” by New York Magazine
ICE was the first and most prominently mentioned culinary school in Gourmet’s March 2004 “New York” issue
ICE was one of three culinary institutes included in a 2006 story titled “An Inside Look at America's Finest Culinary Schools” in New York Restaurant Insider Magazine
Alumni
Missy Robbins-Culinary ’95
Executive Chef, A Voce, NYC
2010 Food & Wine Best New Chef
Gina DePalma–Culinary Arts ’00
Executive Pastry Chef, Babbo, NYC
Prior to Babbo, Chef DePalma worked at Chanterelle, Gramercy Tavern and The Cub Room in NYC.
2009 James Beard Outstanding Pastry Chef Award.
Allison Vines-Rushing -Culinary Arts ’00, Executive Chef, MILA, New Orleans
Prior to MILA, Chef Vines-Rushing held positions at Jack’s Luxury Oyster Bar in NYC, Brennan’s in New Orleans and Alain Ducasse and Picholine in NYC.
2004 James Beard “Rising Star Chef” Award
Greta Anthony – Culinary Arts ‘95 & Mark Ski – Culinary Arts ‘91
Segment Producers, Martha Stewart Living Television, Westport, CT
2003 James Beard “Best National or Local Television Food Segment” Award
Steven Durfee – Pastry & Baking ’91, Consultant and Chef-Instructor
Formerly Executive Pastry Chef, French Laundry, Yountville, CA
1998 James Beard “Outstanding Pastry Chef” Award
Trish Magwood – Culinary Arts ‘08
Author/Educator/Retailer, Montreal, Canada
2008 James Beard Book Award, Entertaining Category
Claudia Fleming – Culinary Arts ’88, Consultant/Restaurateur
Formerly Executive Pastry Chef, Gramercy Tavern, NYC
2000 James Beard “Outstanding Pastry Chef” Award
Joseph Wrede- Culinary Arts ’94,
Executive chef and owner, Joseph’s Table, Taos, NM
Named “One of the Best New Chefs of 2000” by Food & Wine
These two alumni chefs and their restaurants were among eight included in Wine Spectator’s 2001 “Trendsetting New Restaurants” article
Colin Alevras- Culinary Arts ’93, Executive Chef and Owner, The Tasting Room, NYC
Frank Decarlo- Culinary Arts ‘86, Executive Chef and Owner, Peasant, NYC
Tim Healea – Culinary Arts ’98
Director of Operations, Pearl Bakery, Portland, OR
Won silver medal (team) at 2002 Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie (World Cup of Baking)
Edward Frady –
Culinary Arts ’86
Executive Chef and Owner, Edward’s at Kanaloa, Kona, HI
Voted Western Regional Chef of the Year by American Culinary Federation in 1999
Students
ICE students won Chefs of Grey Poupon's student culinary competitions two years in a row in 2009 and 2010. Competing schools included Kendall College, The Culinary Institute of America and Johnson & Wales. Pictured from left to right: 2010 winner Sonali Ruder (Culinary ’10) pictured with Dave Wilcox, Category Business Director for Kraft Foodservice. 2009 winner Kamal Rose (Culinary ’09) pictured with ICE Chef Andrew Gold, Director of Student Affairs.
ICE students won Food & Wine's School Jam competition three of the four years the event was run. Competing schools included New England Culinary Institute, The Restaurant School (Philadelphia), The French Culinary Institute and
the Southern California School of Culinary Arts.
ICE student Kathleen Lucier (Culinary/Management ’08) took home the silver medal at the LG Electronics International Cooking Competition. Not only did Lucier represent ICE but she also represented America against young culinary graduates from five countries.
In June 2004, Arnold Myint, a
Culinary Arts and Culinary Management student, won first place
in Tabasco's "2004 Hottest Chef Contest." In January 2005,
Arnold received Honorable Mention in the "Taste of Spain"
contest.
Jennifer Manion
(With Chef-Instructor Michael Schwartz)–
Culinary Arts ’01
Won first place and $2,000 in the Florida Sun Fresh Tomato National Recipe Contest.
