International Culinary Center : New York City

Culinary

Total Immersion Chef Training

Classic Culinary Arts

In 600 hours, Classic Culinary Arts takes you from basic knife skills through training on every station on the line, providing you with real-world knowledge that will support you in any field of the culinary industry.

Classic Culinary Arts with Farm-to-Table Intensive

A groundbreaking farm-to-table program designed for those who want to be stewards of tomorrow’s most celebrated cuisine. Chef Dan Barber, Blue Hill, and Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture join us in offering an education that will change you and your culinary career.

Classic Culinary Arts with French Intensive

Imagine this: You’re overlooking the rolling hills of the Rhone wine region while to the right of you a castle is piercing the horizon. Your afternoon consists of a tour and taste of some of the Rhone’s finest vineyards, and your next few days will be topped by visiting chocolatiers, cheese producers, a poultry farm, and a bustling market place—all in Lyon, France.

Classic Culinary Arts Honors Program

The nine-month Classic Culinary Arts Honors Program offers an intensive 600-hour curriculum that teaches everything you need to know to launch your new chef career in the culinary industry. This comes with the added credentials of graduating from a top-tier cooking school with distinction.

Classic Culinary Arts with Technology Intensive

Expand your education and add valuable expertise to your culinary tool kit by adding a focus on culinary technology during your Classic Culinary Arts education.

Study Abroad

Italian Culinary Experience

The Italian Culinary Experience will forever change how you think about life and food by exposing you to the language, cuisine, and culture of Italy. In this immersive seven-month program, you'll study cooking hands-on in our New York cooking school and in Parma, Italy, learning principles that are vital to an authentic understanding of Italian culinary traditions.

Spanish Culinary Arts

Spanish Culinary Arts—a program exclusively designed with José Andrés, the titan of Spanish cuisine—offers you an unparalleled education in one of the world's most dynamic cuisines. After two intense months in New York and one week in Spain, you'll have the hands-on experience, insight, and connections you need to transform your career.

Specialized Culinary Skills

Cheese for Culinary Professionals

Learn the essentials of tasting, presenting, and selling cheese—and so much more—from the experts at Murray's, the New York City landmark that searches the globe to find the world's best cheeses.

Food Styling

When you flip through the pages of a food magazine and find your mouth watering, you have a food stylist to thank. In this 10-hour class, an experienced food stylist will show you the tips and tricks of the trade for making irresistible, camera-ready food.

New Directions in School Meal Planning for Culinary Professionals

With greater emphasis being placed on fighting childhood obesity, it’s time to take a closer look at school lunches. This timely school chef class will explore the elements of creating a healthy school lunch program that will satisfy students, parents, teachers, and administrators alike.

Sous-Vide Intensive

Thanks to its ability to enhance food taste and texture in unique ways, sous-vide has become a popular culinary technique. Learn how you can incorporate sous-vide and other low-temperature cooking methods into your own kitchen repertoire.

Serious Amateur Cooking Courses

Culinary Techniques

Engage the culinary arts head-on in this intensive program, adapted from the curriculum used to train The International Culinary Center’s career students. Become immersed in the foundations of the chef’s repertoire during 110 intensive hours of culinary school study.

Essentials of Fine Cooking

Whether you’re a total kitchen neophyte or a confident cook wanting to learn more, our hands-on Essentials of Fine Cooking course will transform your culinary abilities from cook to chef… all in just eight sessions.

Essentials of Japanese Cuisine with Hiroko Shimbo

Geared toward anyone with a passion for Japanese food and culture, this course will give kitchen beginners and old hands alike a new appreciation for the richness and beauty of Japanese cuisine.

Cheese for Culinary Professionals

Learn the essentials of tasting, presenting, and selling cheese—and so much more—from the experts at Murray's, the New York City landmark that searches the globe to find the world's best cheeses.

Charcuterie and Pates

Embrace the age-old tradition of charcuterie and learn the techniques to create a delightful array of fine delicacies—cured meats, pâtés, sausages, and prosciutto—all in just three short sessions.

Tapas Essentials

Learn techniques and recipes to prepare a variety of delicious, authentic Spanish tapas perfect for any occasion.

Knife Skills, Deboning, and Filleting

Learn how to execute the essential vegetable cuts, from julienne to chiffonade, with precision and gain the techniques to debone chickens and fillet whole fish.

One-Day Classes

Handmade Pasta

Learn to prepare absolutely authentic fresh Italian pasta—and accompanying sauces—by hand.

The Secrets of Spices

Learn to use a variety of spices and herbs to elevate the flavors of food. In just four hours, you'll have the know-how to create complex and deliciously seasoned dishes at home.

Spring Fling with Dave Martin

Put some spring in your step and celebrate the season with guest chef-instructor and Top Chef season 1 veteran, Chef Dave Martin! Learn how to make a lively menu of bright and satisfying flavors that will “wow” your next Spring dinner-party guests.

For Teens

Cooking Camp for Teens

If you've ever dreamed of working in a professional kitchen, but been told to “wait until you're older,” your time has finally arrived. We designed this class specifically for young adults, between the ages of 13 and 18, who have a desire to learn the fundamentals of fine cooking.

Chocolate Treats and Truffles

Learn the art of working with chocolate, while making your own truffles and other chocolate candies, plus designing your own container to put them in.

Cream Puffs, Eclairs, and More

Become skilled in the art of preparing these delicate French pastries by learning recipes and techniques for creating sweet and savory pâte a choux dough.

Cupcake Decorating

Learn the finer points of piping and decorating cupcakes of your own design.

Macarons and Madeleines

Learn how to make these quintessentially French confections at home for new go-to favorites for celebrating any special occasion.

Pastry, Cake, and Bread Baking

Total Immersion Pastry Chef Training

Classic Pastry Arts

Learn the skills you need to work as a pastry chef and how to open up your very own pastry shop in our Classic Pastry Arts program. We’ve revamped our pastry program to not only teach you everything you need to know, from pâte à choux and pâte feuilletée to sugar pulling and chocolate, but to also what it takes to open up your own pastry business, should that be your goal after graduation or something down the road.

Classic Pastry Arts with French Intensive

Cake Techniques & Design

Learn the skills you need to work as a pastry chef and how to open up your very own pastry shop in our Cake Techniques and Design program. We’ve revamped our cake program to not only teach you everything from fondant to piping, but also what it takes to open up your own cakery, should that be your goal after graduation or something down the road.

Art of International Bread Baking

Over eight weeks, you will bake your way through an array of breads with global origins at our New York campus. Develop a fundamental understanding of the chemistry, ingredients, and hands-on techniques you need to achieve consistently excellent results.

Serious Amateur Pastry Courses

Pastry Techniques

In this hands-on and in-depth course, amateur bakers who aspire to take their pastry chef skills to new heights will acquire the skills and techniques to create a wide range of beautiful, delectable desserts.

Artisanal Bread Baking

In this fun and inspiring class, The International Culinary Center’s pastry chef-instructors will teach you the proper mixing, kneading, and baking techniques to make a wide variety of crusty breads from around the world.

Breakfast Breads and Pastries

Bake up a bounty of scrumptious breakfast favorites, including crumb muffins, sweet and savory biscuits, and glazed sticky buns.

Chocolate Candy and Confections

In 25 hours, attain the chocolate-making skill to make melt-in-your-mouth delights including truffles, bonbons, chocolate-dipped toffee, and more.

Chocolate Desserts

Get the techniques and recipes to make deep, dark, and decadent chocolate desserts, plus a few decorating tips to make your creations shine.

Fondant and Royal Icing

Learn how to put the “icing on the cake” by employing fondant and royal icing to add polish and dimension to any cake. In this course, you’ll bake, construct, and decorate your own three-tier cake to spectacular effect.

Introduction to Tarts and Shortbreads

Acquire the skills to make buttery crusts, luscious tart fillings, and tantalizing embellishments for a variety of tarts.

Parisian Breads

Spending just 12 hours at our New York pastry school, learn how to mix, shape, proof, and bake a variety of delicious French breads at home.

Sugar Paste Flowers

Watch your creativity bloom as you progress through this 15-hour course. Learn the techniques to construct beautiful flowers, complete with petals, centers, leaves, and fine touches of color.

Whole Grain & Flat Breads

In one intensive week, explore the flavorful world of delicious—and good-for-you—fresh whole grain and flat breads, and enjoy the richly satisfying experience of baking them.

One-Day Classes

Chocolate Treats and Truffles

Learn the art of working with chocolate, while making your own truffles and other chocolate candies, plus designing your own container to put them in.

Classic Croissants

Take the mystery out of laminated doughs and learn how to make this pastry favorite.

Cream Puffs, Eclairs, and More

Become skilled in the art of preparing these delicate French pastries by learning recipes and techniques for creating sweet and savory pâte a choux dough.

Cupcake Decorating

Learn the finer points of piping and decorating cupcakes of your own design.

Macarons and Madeleines

Learn how to make these quintessentially French confections at home for new go-to favorites for celebrating any special occasion.

The New York Bagel

Learn the skills to make this unique boiled-then-baked bread with all the trimmings in our four-hour hands-on class.

The Perfect Baguette

Technique is the key to making this classic bread. In this class, you'll learn the ins and outs to making your own baguettes at home like a pro.

For Teens

Cooking Camp for Teens

Chocolate Treats and Truffles

Learn the art of working with chocolate, while making your own truffles and other chocolate candies, plus designing your own container to put them in.

Cream Puffs, Eclairs, and More

Become skilled in the art of preparing these delicate French pastries by learning recipes and techniques for creating sweet and savory pâte a choux dough.

Cupcake Decorating

Learn the finer points of piping and decorating cupcakes of your own design.

Macarons and Madeleines

Learn how to make these quintessentially French confections at home for new go-to favorites for celebrating any special occasion.

Italian Studies

Study Abroad

Italian Culinary Experience

Serious Amateur

Essentials of Italian Cooking

Expand your repertoire well beyond the basics with this hands-on intensive in authentic Italian cooking techniques.

Italian Classics: Carne

In this Italian cooking class you will learn techniques and get the recipes to create a variety of hearty regional dishes.

Italian Classics: Pasta

Learn the time-honored techniques for Italian pasta preparation by mixing, kneading, and rolling dough by hand.

Italian Classics: Pesce

In this Italian cooking class, you'll explore a bounty of regional Italian seafood recipes. Under the guidance of our expert chef-instructors, learn the Italian cooking methods of sautéing, roasting, and stewing fresh ingredients from the sea.

Spanish Studies

Study Abroad

Spanish Culinary Arts

Wine and Beverage

Total Immersion Sommelier Training

Intensive Sommelier Training

The first wine sommelier school in the world to be approved by the renowned Court of Master Sommeliers®, our wine program combines lecture with intensive tastings, food pairings, and practice of service techniques. Students learn how to taste and evaluate bottles from around the world and have the option to take the Court of Master Sommeliers' Certified Sommelier Examination on-site at the end of the course.

Serious Amateur

Coffee Expert: From Plant to Cup

Covering everything from raw materials and processing to the intense study of proper preparation techniques for restaurant and home (including the aesthetics of coffee-tasting), this rich, challenging course is designed to transform coffee professionals and coffee lovers of all stripes into veritable ambassadors of high-quality coffee standards.

Fundamentals of Wine

Wine. It can be intimidating, mysterious, challenging… and profitable. In this eight-week wine course, led by instructors who have taught thousands within the culinary industry, you’ll learn how to taste, sell, and enjoy wines from all around the world.

Food and Wine Pairing

Through hands-on and "forks-on" learning, you'll explore wines from a variety of regions and learn how to enhance any meal with complementary wine pairings.

One-Day Classes

Wine Uncorked

A terrific place to start, this course will introduce you to pairing and tasting basics everyone interested in wine and food should know.

Own Your Own Restaurant

Open and Run a Restaurant

Do you dream of owning your own restaurant, cafe, bakery, or other culinary establishment? Or perhaps you want to take your current business to the next level? Our Restaurant Management course, taught by key players in the industry and The International Culinary Center’s own faculty, delivers real world knowledge to help you achieve your goals.

Food Media

Essential Techniques for Food Styling

Food Writing and Blogging Intensive

Learn the craft of food writing and blogging from two award-winning authors and critics, Alan Richman, our dean of Food Journalism, and Steven Shaw, founder of eGullet. This 10-week course combines two of our popular media courses into one convenient, comprehensive package, providing you with a fundamental understanding of how to be a successful food writer for both print and online media.

One-Day Classes

Culinary

The Secrets of Spices

Learn to use a variety of spices and herbs to elevate the flavors of food. In just four hours, you'll have the know-how to create complex and deliciously seasoned dishes at home.

Spring Fling with Dave Martin

Wine and Beverage

Coffee Expert: From Plant to Cup

Wine Uncorked

A terrific place to start, this course will introduce you to pairing and tasting basics everyone interested in wine and food should know.