Whether as chefs, cake decorators, specialty food purveyors or caterers, ICE alumni are finding success in a plethora of different avenues in the food world. Check out just some of the alumni finding success and making recent headlines.

*Lots of ICE alumni have been mentioned in The New York Times in the past couple of weeks: Justin Philips’ (Management ’07) Beer Table has opened a second location in Grand Central Terminal. Anup Joshi (Culinary ’04), chef de cuisine of the soon-to-open Tertulia restaurant, was mentioned in the article about chef Seamus Mullen’s cooking for personal health. Kary Goolsby (Management ’01/Culinary ’02) is chef of newly opened raw bar and craft beer restaurant, Upstate, in the East Village. James Sato (Culinary ’03), along with partners, has opened Chuko, a locally sourced ramen shop in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

*Time Out New York profiled Carl Raymond (Culinary ’08) and his classes at the Astor Center.

*Maxime Bilet (Culinary ’05) was included in a piece on Bloomberg about the new dinners from the team behind Modernist Cuisine.

*Gail Simmons (Culinary ’99) was interviewed about her favorite vacation spots in the Chicago Tribune.

*Meredith Foltynowicz (Culinary ’10) was quoted in a piece in USA Today about changing careers.

*Andrea Lynn (Culinary ’05) had a recipe from her new book, I Love Trader Joe’s College Cookbook featured in the Daily News.

*Stacy Adimando (Culinary ’10) was interviewed about her new cookbook, The Cookiepedia, in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

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This weekend, ICE participated in the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) New York Regional Conference. The two-day conference included a huge variety of speakers, discussions and seminars on a variety of food topics. Events across the city included meals at top restaurants, culinary receptions and discussions of current food issues.

On Saturday at ICE, attendees participated in three panels on the foods of New York. ICE Instructor Cathy Kaufman, who is also the Chair of Culinary Historians of New York and Secretary to The Culinary Trust, organized these sessions. The panels explored the food culture and culinary history of New York and looked at how New Yorkers have eaten over the past two centuries. The panels discussed restaurants, ethnic foods and markets and their roles in shaping the food culture of New York. More…

Scholarship winners Shawn Russell, Luiz Jacob and Andre Robinson

After walking in the Columbus Day Parade with the host of Brindiamo! Orenella Fado, four ICE students were invited to compete in her Brindiamo Scholarship Competition at Astor Center last week. A total of six culinary school students competed in the scholarship sponsored by Brindiamo! on NYC TV. The scholarship was also sponsored by Asti Consortium and the students were required to use Asti Spumante in their dishes. ICE students Luiz Jacob, Shawn Russell, Andre Robinson and Joao (John) Rodrigues all vied to win a two-week all expenses paid scholarship to study at the Italian Food Style Education Culinary Institute (IFSE) in Piedmont, Italy.

After each student prepared their dishes, the winners were announced. Andre Robinson and Shawn Russell both won the two-week scholarship to Italy. Luiz Jacob won first prize and the Director of IFSE was so impressed with him that he offered him a three-month scholarship to study at the school and then work in restaurants in Italy. Congratulations to Andre, Shawn and Luiz!