The Institute of Culinary Education » Center for Advanced Pastry Studies (CAPS) http://blog.ice.edu Mon, 20 May 2013 20:56:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Contemporary Methods in Plated Desserts http://blog.ice.edu/2012/09/17/contemporary-methods-in-plated-desserts/ http://blog.ice.edu/2012/09/17/contemporary-methods-in-plated-desserts/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:00:56 +0000 admin http://blog.iceculinary.com/?p=12174

I had the honor last week of conducting an intensive, three-day course on the upper floors at ICE, the latest in a long-running series known as the Center for Advanced Pastry Studies. The program – CAPS, for short – was initiated several years ago by pastry and baking instructor …

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The halls of ICE have smelled like bread all week long with Chef Ciril Hitz of Breadhitz here teaching an artisan bread class. This 3-day hands-on workshop was part of our Center for Advanced Pastry Studies (CAPS) series and Chef Hitz took students on a comprehensive baking tour focusing on …

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As important as culinary innovation may be, it is also important to recognize the classic desserts that place such new ideas in context. Michael Laiskonis, creative director at ICE held a class on Friday where iconic dishes were studied, deconstructed and rearranged with new flavor combinations and presentations as homage …

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This week, students had the opportunity to cook with Master Chocolatier and Executive Pastry Chef, Jean Marie Auboine as part of the Center for Advanced Pastry Studies (CAPS) series here at ICE. This is an ongoing program of continuing education courses for working pastry and baking professionals taught by visiting …

]]> http://blog.ice.edu/2012/04/26/artisan-confections-and-candies-with-jean-marie-aubione/feed/ 0 Advanced Cake Decorating Techniques with Michelle Bommarito at ICE’s Center for Advanced Pastry Studies http://blog.ice.edu/2012/03/09/advanced-cake-decorating-techniques-with-michelle-bommarito-at-ices-center-for-advanced-pastry-studies/ http://blog.ice.edu/2012/03/09/advanced-cake-decorating-techniques-with-michelle-bommarito-at-ices-center-for-advanced-pastry-studies/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:35:59 +0000 admin http://blog.iceculinary.com/?p=10278

ICE’s Center for Advanced Pastry Studies, led by Director Michelle Tampakis, is an incredibly unique program that brings the world’s leading pastry chefs to teach multi-day workshop classes for working pastry and baking professionals, taught by visiting chefs and pastry artists from around the world. Courses are two …

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From Monday through Wednesday this week, ICE’s pastry kitchens were home to one of the world’s top pastry chefs, Vincent Pilon, as he worked with professional-level students in a Center for Advanced Pastry Studies (CAPS@ICE) class on working with chocolate.

As Executive Pastry Chef of the Mandalay Resort and Casino …

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ICE Chef Instructor Michelle Tampakis just returned from the first ever Pastry Live weekend in Atlanta, GA. Pastry chefs from all over the world gathered together to celebrate their art and craft. The three-day conference was packed with appearances from some of the world’s most accomplished pastry chefs in seminars …

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Yesterday, Stephane Treand, a world champion pastry artist wrapped up a special class at the Institute of Culinary Education to teach pastry professionals about working with different forms of sugar to create elaborate showpieces. The class worked with both poured sugar and pastillage to create bright, colorful pieces with …

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As part of ICE’s Center for Advanced Pastry Studies, ICE alum Elisa Strauss returned to ICE this week to teach a class on sculpted cakes. Strauss is the designer at Confetti Cakes, famed for their detailed, beautiful shaped cakes. Since completing ICE’s Pastry & Baking Arts program, Strauss’s …

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This weekend, ICE Chef Instructor Michelle Tampakis was invited by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation to be a judge at their 19th Annual Chocolate Fantasy in Albuquerque.

The event featured 17 contestants in three divisions, Chocolatiers, Restaurant/Caterers and Schools. Each contestant had to present a showpiece, and …

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