A decorated cookie is truly more than just a cookie --- it can be a work of art! In this two-day workshop with cake-decorating expert Toba Garrett (who has more than a dozen international gold and silver medals to her name), we celebrate Valentine's Day with a special class that focuses on creative and classical cookie designs. On the first day of class, students will bake cookies, make icing formulas and prep sugar creations. On the second day, students will focus on creating beautiful, eye-catching cookies using the elements from Day One. This detailed class is not to be missed!
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.
Sitting down to an assortment of dim sum in a bustling restaurant is the culmination of a weekend stroll through Chinatown. It's never easy to choose from the myriad of delicacies that pass by the table, or to not try just one more thing. In this class, you will learn to prepare a variety of popular dim sum dishes, to impress family and friends with a feast of your own. You will make: shrimp shao mai; spring rolls; spareribs with balck bean sauce, and pan-fried vegetable dumplings with spicy dipping sauce.
What could go better together than burgers and beer --- cooked by you and your significant other? In this class created specifically for couples, you'll learn to make burgers for every taste and sides for every craving --- along with a thirst-quenching selection of beer. Your menu: spicy Buffalo turkey sliders; beef burgers, cheeseburgers and Juicy Lucy burgers; quick pickles; crispy onion rings; secret sauce; and to drink, ice cold beer.
Shh!... This 1920’s cocktail lab is your gateway to ICE’s Secret Sip Society, where you’ll learn how to make the most popular Prohibition-era drinks. In this immersive class led by a skilled bartender, you’ll learn the illicit history of speakeasies while you shake, stir and savor the drinks served in them – no password required. (Just bring your thirst for adventure and love of libations.) In this class, you’ll make the following drinks: Bee’s Knees, Sidecar, French 75, Gin Ricky, Mary Pickford, and Last Word.
Here is the five-day version of Toba Garrett’s most popular class, the Wedding Cake Workshop. This hands-on seminar covers everything from baking the layers that will serve as the foundation of your tiered masterpieces to advice on transporting them safely to their destinations. You’ll learn: - Preparation of high-yield yellow cake, citrus curds, buttercreams, and white-chocolate and royal icing. - Making of white chocolate roses, buds, and leaves to be arranged on a two-tiered cake. - Gilding, petal dusting, rolled fondant classical drapery, free-hand drapery, cornelli lace, Swiss dotting, freehand embroidery, oval borders, plunger flowers, and appliqué designs. - Covering cakes with rolled fondant, tiered cake construction, and doweling techniques. - Pricing, transportation, contracts, and great cake stories. Prerequisite: Techniques of Cake Decorating 1
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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