Explore contemporary culinary techniques and modern dish components in this class led by ICE's Vice President of Culinary Operations, Barry Tonkinson. This class will feature seasonal dishes using contemporary tools and techniques used in the restaurant industry to highlight flavor, texture, color and mouthfeel. In this class you will make sous vide poached lobster tail, lovage emulsion and oil, lovage tuile, dashi beurre blanc and citrus powder, sous vide beef filet, roasted sunchoke, buttermilk gel, sunchoke crisp, buttermilk foam and beef madeira jus.

This series covers all you need to know to create spectacular piped and hand-molded cake decorations. After completing the class, students will be able to design and create gorgeous cakes for friends and family. Courses in this series must be taken in sequence. Prerequisite: Techniques of Cake Decorating 1. Cake Decorating 2: Rolled fondant; ruffling; extension work; royal icing lacework; brush embroidery; and gum paste flowers.

Learn to make fresh handmade pasta, as well as a variety of simple sauces. You will work in a small group in our state-of-the-art kitchens to create from scratch the following menu: fresh, handmade pasta dough; spicy puttanesca; easy and classic Alfredo.

Knowing how to use knives skillfully is critical for cooks, yet many people have never mastered proper technique. Similarly, good knives form the foundation of a well-equipped kitchen, yet even some accomplished home cooks don't know how to select and care for them. In Knife Skills 2, you will hone your fish and poultry fabrication skills. You will learn to properly break down a raw chicken and fillet a fish. Note that Knife Skills 1 is a recommended prerequisite.