A Thriving Culinary Scene The opportunities to expand your palate in LA while studying at ICE are endless. The culinary world agrees: Los Angeles is the most exciting food city in America right now. With the opening of ICE Los Angeles in the historic Playhouse District of Pasadena, California, we’re excited to hang our toque in the City of Angels. Between the delicious cuisine and the vibrant culture, not to mention year-round sunny weather, Los Angeles is the ideal second location for “America’s Best Culinary School.”

A Hub of Culinary Innovation What makes LA so exciting as a destination for future chefs? As Jonathan Gold — the prolific, Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times restaurant critic — told Food & Wine, “It’s a combination of things: the mosaic of cultures, that we are at the center of a vast agricultural region and the fact that LA is very friendly to entry-level capitalism." Learn More