Often heralded as one of the most difficult wine regions to understand, Burgundy can actually be a delight once you understand how to enjoy its treasures. Richard Vayda, ICE's resident sommelier, says the secret is simply to taste these brilliant wines. So, join us for our grand tour of the Bourgogne, exploring major subregions and villages, south to north, in this delicious and fascinating wine area. Richard searches the ICE cellar to find some lovely aged Burgundies to pair with younger samples, offering a true overview of the Bourgogne. The special tasting will feature at least 9 wines and regional cheeses, of course.
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.
While paella may be Spain's most well-known dish, the country has so much more to explore. It’s a culinary dream-spot for trying new flavors and combinations of ingredients. This class will help you discover new favorites, including stuffed piquillo peppers; pan con tomate; grilled shrimp with Romesco sauce; pork marinated in pomegranate and a watercress salad.
No one doesn't like doughnuts. That includes filled doughnuts, cake-style doughnuts, glazed doughnuts and much more. On Day 1, you'll learn how to make yeast and cake doughnut doughs; then create different fillings and toppings, including pastry creams and glazes. On Day 2, you'll fry and practice filling, icing and decorating your delicious doughnuts. Our menu includes: Boston cream; chocolate cake, jelly-filled; apple cider; and vanilla glazed doughnuts.
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
If you want to learn how to make pasta, then this class is just what you knead! Over the course of five days, you will be getting your hands into dough to learn the ins and outs of pasta making. You'll grow from learning how to make regular doughs and noodles before furthering those techniques to include naturally colored doughs and stuffed pasta shapes. By the time this class comes to completion after five days, you'll feel comfortable exploring a whole new world of endless pasta-bilities. The items you prepare include: pastas like pasta all'uova, semolina pasta dough, squid ink dough, golden saffron dough, green spinach dough; sauces such as pesto, marinara, tomato sauce, ragu de chingale (wild boar sauce); stuffed pastas like ricotta ravioli, pumpkin tortellini and ravioli all'uova (ravioli with an egg); and pasta dishes including lasagne, pasta cacio e pepe, pasta agio e olio (garlic in oil), pasta with pesto trapenese (Sicilian tomato-basil pesto) and gnocchi.
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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