Watch the 2018 #CulinaryVoice Scholarship Contest Unfold on ABC’s The Chew.
With a culinary arts diploma, there’s no limit to the exciting careers you can pursue: restaurant chef, food stylist, food writer, culinary scientist and more.
From flaky viennoiserie to high-end plated desserts to indulgent chocolates, our program in pastry & baking arts can help you discover a creative, hands-on career in food.
Whether you dream of opening your own business or working for the top names in service and hospitality, learn from leading industry experts at ICE.
A career in hospitality management is your passport to the world. Get on the fast track to management success with a skill set that sends you to the top hotels, resorts and spas.
ICE’s cake decorating program will equip you with the skills for a career in cake decorating—an increasingly in-demand skill. You’ll learn piping, sugarwork, airbrushing and more.
Explore the craft of bread baking, from traditional European loaves to specialty breads like pita and croissants. Students in this program learn the science and skills to take their career into the modern professional bakery.
Full Scholarships will only be awarded in either Culinary Arts or Pasty & Baking Arts at the entrant’s campus of choice — New York or Los Angeles
2017 Scholarship Winner
2017 Scholarship Winner
2017 Scholarship Winner
2017 Scholarship Winner
2015 Scholarship Winner
2015 Scholarship Winner
2015 Scholarship Winner
2015 Scholarship Winner
* Music will not be allowed for this year’s contest.
Prior to The Chew, Carla was best known as a competitor on Bravo’s Top Chef, where she won over audiences with her fun catch phrase, “Hootie hoo,” and her philosophy to always cook with love. Carla’s approach to cooking blends her classic French training and Southern upbringing for a twist on traditional favorites.
Clinton is well known for hosting TLC’s wildly popular makeover show What Not to Wear for ten years. He is also the author of five books, including his most recent compilation of personal essays, I Hate Everyone, Except You. He is a contributing editor for Woman’s Day and designs a clothing line for QVC called Kelly by Clinton Kelly.
Chef Symon cooks with soul. Growing up in a Greek and Sicilian family, he creates boldly flavored, deeply satisfying dishes at his more than 18 restaurants. In addition to co-hosting The Chew, he also shares his cooking style with viewers as an Iron Chef on the Food Network.
Chef James is an expert in modernist cooking techniques. He is known for becoming the first-ever two-time Chopped champion. He also worked as sous chef in Daniel Boulud’s private dining room at Daniel.
Chef Michael is one of the industry’s most talented pastry chefs. As Executive Pastry Chef for eight years, he helped Le Bernardin earn four stars from The New York Times and three Michelin stars.
Chef Bill is currently the executive chef of NYC’s Oceana and Wellness in the Schools, a non-profit devoted to healthy eating. His Michelin-starred restaurant Telepan was a forerunner in farm-to-table cooking.
Chef Andrea has worked in the pastry kitchens of Le Cirque and the Rainbow Room, and co-authored In a Nutshell: Cooking and Baking with Nuts and Seeds.
Anthony has been a professional bar instructor and bar chef for two decades. He is the Producer and Host of Art of the Drink TV, a leading cocktail web show with milions of viewers worldwide and over 75 award-winning episodes.
Chef Sim is the founding baker of Balthazar Bakery and has also worked as Head Baker at Lucky Strike in New York. Chef Sim serves as a bread consultant for some of the world’s most respected restaurants and bakeries.
Chef Michael spent 15 years in the kitchens of such iconic New York restaurants as Marcus Samuelsson’s Aquavit and Red Rooster, where he worked as Executive Chef before joining the team at ICE.
An ICE graduate, Chef Sabrina earned her stripes at acclaimed NYC restaurants Chanterelle and Gramercy Tavern, where she rose through the ranks to Tavern Chef.
America’s Best Culinary SchoolThe Daily Meal, 2016