The Institute of Culinary Education » Life as a Culinary Management Student http://blog.ice.edu Thu, 16 May 2013 22:21:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Behind the Scenes at Amy’s Bread http://blog.ice.edu/2013/01/03/behind-the-scenes-at-amys-bread/ http://blog.ice.edu/2013/01/03/behind-the-scenes-at-amys-bread/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:59:01 +0000 admin http://blog.iceculinary.com/?p=13014 How does an aspiring marketing professional become one of New York’s top bakers? Like many of our students, Amy Scherber was a career changer, motivated by her passion for food.

In the 1990s, New York was far from the bountiful paradise of bakeries that we find today. When Amy’s Bread …

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It’s been a little over a month since my graduation from the Culinary Management program at ICE and it has been a busy month!

The holidays are something special for many food businesses. Last year, we were hardly ready for our first holiday season. When Macaron Parlour was mentioned on …

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And thus it ends! October 31 marked the last day of my Culinary Management program here at ICE. It’s hard to believe that six months have gone by so quickly! I remember how nervous I was about committing to the schedule while working a full-time job, and yet I …

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This past few weeks, I feel like I have been everywhere, but here on DICED! I have been running around and there is very little time to sit down. My feet are thanking me right now!

There’s only four weeks left in our culinary management program and I can …

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Hurricane Irene may have been a bust for me, but its impact on the food industry wasn’t. For me, Friday was spent trying to prepare for the worst — from talking with others to try to figure out whether to close and what time to close, to figuring out what …

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Hello, August! August means that we have passed the halfway mark of the Culinary Management Program.

The funny part about this program is that I think it mirrors my life a little too closely. When I started my current job, I was challenged to find local purveyors for most …

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Summer break is here!  While, in my previous school experience, summer break meant at least two months off, this time, it means the first week of July off. Beggars can’t be choosers, right? We’ve been doing so much in school, I could definitely use some time to catch up on …

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Whew. ServSafe is now under my belt. My Culinary Management class took the exam early this month and we just got our scores back a few days ago. I’m happy to report that I passed. The refresher course has actually come at an ideal time as I just started a new …

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Three years ago, I crammed for the New York Food Handler’s Certificate. The potential illnesses in particular left a lasting impression on me — how was I ever going to eat again? For months, I only ate home-cooked meals — overcooked, dry chicken, salads so over-washed that they were broken …

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The past two weeks have been all about visiting guests and field trips. I remember that as an undergraduate, guests and trips were rare. In fact, I remember loathing trips because they involved awkward subway and bus transfers and getting shuffled around museums like a crowd of tourist sheep. I …

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