Every issue of The Main Course, ICE’s school newsletter, includes a look at the career of one of our alumni finding success in the industry. In the most recent issue, Editor Kiri Tannenbaum looked at the career of food media star Sarah Copeland who graduated from ICE’s Culinary Arts program in 2002. We’re sharing the profile here on DICED.
It wasn’t until this Rockford, Illinois native discovered the amazing restaurants in New York City, that she realized food could also be an art form. Though dining was a hobby, Sarah Copeland didn’t necessarily believe it would later become her career. As a journalist she landed a job first at Glamour and later at O the Oprah Magazine and soon after she began taking a few recreational classes in the evenings at ICE. Eventually, her passion for food got the best of her and she left her job in publishing and entered ICE’s professional program in 2001. It was on to France in 2002 where she staged at several three and four-star Michelin restaurants. More…