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The Institute's
facilities consist of 42,000 square feet of space spread over five
floors at 50 West 23rd Street in the center of Manhattan. Everyone
who visits ICE® the first time is left with the same impression...it
is a warm, inviting and inspiring
educational facility!
The school's 4th and 6th floor space is brand new, and its 5th and 12th floor
kitchens completely renovated, as of January 2005; occupancy began in March 1999.
Prior to that, The Institute (then Peter Kump's New York Cooking School) was
headquartered on East 92nd Street. The 12th floor at 50 West 23rd Street has
been occupied by the school since 1995.
The facilities include twelve teaching kitchens and four traditional classrooms,
all outfitted with optimum equipment. The kitchens devoted to career training
on the 6th and 14th floors include Vulcan ranges and ovens, Traulsen refrigerators
and Hobart mixers. The kitchens used for recreational classes on the 12th floor
include Viking ranges and KitchenAid mixers.
On the 5th floor, the two professional pastry kitchens include steam-injected
Bongard triple-deck ovens, and a professional-quality dough sheeter. The wine
room was specially designed as a 900 square-foot facility with full ventilation
(so cooking odors from the pastry kitchens don't intrude), bright incandescent
light and white tabletops (for accurate wine viewing), and ample bottle storage
space which includes temperature-controlled Sub-Zero refrigeration and cabinetry
imported from Italy.
The school's brand new, expanded reference library and career services offices
are also on the 6th floor. Computer terminals are available to all students seven
days a week.
In all kitchens, the majority of the school's cookware is sourced from Calphalon.
The architect for the 14th and 5th floors was Mr. Lawrence Gordon of Lawrence
Gordon and Associates of Larchmont, New York. The project's construction company
was Lehr Construction of New York City, with interior design by DePolo/Dunbar
of New York City. The architects for the new 4th and 6th floor space was CPG
Architects of Stamford, Connecticut, and the construction completed by Bronx
Builders. All new and renovated space interior design by consultant
Julia Lane.
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A 14th Floor Kitchen
Library and Resource Room
"Student Lessons" mural by
artist Vicki Khazumi
Room 602 Set-Up for a Special Event
5th Floor Reception Area
12th Floor Demonstration Kitchen
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