The Institute of Culinary Education » externship http://blog.ice.edu Mon, 20 May 2013 20:56:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Inside the DBGB Kitchen with Chef Eli Collins http://blog.ice.edu/2013/01/22/inside-the-dbgb-kitchen-with-chef-eli-collins/ http://blog.ice.edu/2013/01/22/inside-the-dbgb-kitchen-with-chef-eli-collins/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:48:42 +0000 admin http://blog.iceculinary.com/?p=13095 By Carly DeFilippo

In the European tradition, aspiring chefs would learn their trade through apprenticeships. Even in this age of professional culinary schools, all ICE graduates fulfill this traditional on-site training as part of their graduation requirements. Daniel Boulud’s DBGB is just one of the Dinex Group restaurants where ICE …

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Years ago, when I was starting out in restaurant kitchens, a well known chef said to me, “I can tell how good a cook someone is by watching them work for five minutes.” At the time, this mystified me. What did he see so quickly? Was he judging everyone too …

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I’ve helped over 300 students select their externship in the time that I’ve been at ICE. So, when it came time for me to decide, I thought I had it pretty much covered. I decided to challenge myself in a restaurant where I imagined I would learn speed and be …

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I have been telling students for two years now about what to expect on that very important day of their first trail. I’ve been calming them down and assuring them it’s going to be okay. Last week, I found myself at the door of my first trail, hoping I had …

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