Interested in learning more about working with cooked sugar? Or are you getting ready for a competition? Acclaimed chef Peter Gyorgyicsek will visit ICE from Australia for the first time in 2019. Chef Peter won a gold medal at the Malaysian FHM competition in 2015, and 2 gold medals competing in Australia in 2017. He won a silver medal for his sugarwork in the Asia Pastry Cup and has been awarded Best Pastry Chef of the Year by the World Gourmet Summit. Chef Peter regularly travels the world and teaches sugar showpiece design. He will work with you (at your skill level) to take you through your next set of challenges. Every participant will work on his or her own sugar showpiece in this three-day intensive. What do you need to practice: Design? Sugar blowing? Ribbons? Perfecting your flower-pulling skills? You'll get all of that mentorship here, and then some.
You will work in teams to execute the class menu. At the end of class, participants gather to enjoy the food they have prepared. Wine is served with meals in most classes. All class menus are subject to change. While a snack platter is offered in both morning and evening classes, you may want to consider a light snack before joining us for class. Students are encouraged to bring a light lunch or dinner to all pastry classes.
You will work in teams to execute the class menu. At the end of class, participants gather to enjoy the food they have prepared. Wine is served with meals in most classes. All class menus are subject to change. While a snack platter is offered in both morning and evening classes, you may want to consider a light snack before joining us for class. Students are encouraged to bring a light lunch or dinner to all pastry classes.
The sauces you will learn to make in this class are not just for special-occasion dishes you'll prepare once a year. Relying on pantry ingredients and reflecting the contemporary cook's lifestyle, they are meant to easily take a grilled meat or poached fish from simple to superlative with a pan reduction, beurre blanc or a pesto. You will master these techniques by making sauteed steak with red wine reduction sauce; poached salmon with beurre blanc and pasta with pesto.
This workshop will focus on the basics of an effective business plan for any type of food concept --- be it a restaurant, bakery, catering business, packaged food product or food truck. Anyone serious about starting a food operation needs to have a serious business plan as their road map. They also need key advice on raising the funds necessary to begin the process. A business plan provides an edge to the entrepreneur in this highly competitive marketplace. Culinary startup expert and experienced restaurant manager Alan Someck will cover a comprehensive range of topics, including: - Developing a winning food concept. - Creating a unique selling point. - The importance of the menu. - How to choose a location or distribution strategy. - How to analyze the marketplace. - Developing an effective marketing plan, including social media. - The critical financials. - How to staff a strong management team. Don't even think about embarking on your culinary startup adventure without first taking this informative, eye-opening class.
Before heading out to your local sushi bar for your next date night, come to ICE to learn how to create your own sushi and sake bar at home. Together, you'll start by learning the basics of how to make the foundation of all sushi: delicious, seasoned rice. You'll then create a variety of sushi accoutrements, along with vegetables and raw fish. Finally, you'll learn to make traditional hand rolls, maki, futomaki, and nigiri, before sitting down to eat with a refreshing glass of Japanese sake or a cucumber-sake cooler.
Ranked as America’s Best Culinary School (USAToday 2019), our roster of Chef-Instructors have run top kitchens around the globe.
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