Food business class at Institute of Culinary Education.

Food Business Workshops

Culinary Management Career Development Classes

Whether you're looking to create a business plan for your forthcoming restaurant or to introduce your new food product to the market, ICE's food business experts can help you accomplish your entrepreneurial ambitions. 

Management Offerings

Meet culinary entrepreneurs at the Institute of Culinary Education.

Meet the Culinary Entrepreneurs

Meet The Culinary Entrepreneurs is an innovative lecture series featuring some of America's top culinary business owners. The sessions, held monthly at ICE’s lower Manhattan facility, introduce audience members to restaurateurs, specialty food retailers, caterers and other proprietors who have established highly regarded local and national brands. The ongoing series was designed to supplement ICE’s culinary management diploma program.

Students in a business class at the Institute of Culinary Education.

Culinary Management & Restaurant Business Classes

Develop your business skills, from financial fundamentals to marketing and digital presence. Prepare for restaurant or food business management or ownership with advice from industry leaders, including lectures in ICE’s Meet the Culinary Entrepreneur series.

A business class at the Institute of Culinary Education.

How to Open or Start a Culinary Business

ICE’s experienced restaurateurs and consultants can help you develop, launch and market your food business idea with classes like Home Cooking to Home Business and Beyond, Business Plans for Food Concepts and Turn Your Side Hustle Into $$$. Find the class to that fits your vision, whether a bakery, specialty food shop or food product.