Meet The Culinary Entrepreneurs: Ken Oringer

Institute of Culinary Education|May 22, 2014 5:52 pm EST

By Dana Mortell

This spring, ICE was thrilled to invite renowned Chef/Restaurateur Ken Oringer to share his experience and insight with our students. As a James Beard award-winning chef of four celebrated Boston restaurants and one New York location, Oringer has helped shape the national culinary scene, using his passion for travel and exotic cuisines to inform his creativity in the kitchen.

Oringer's most recent project was opening a second location of Toro in New York City on 15^th Street and 10^th avenue—the same block as Mario Batali's Del Posto and Tom Colicchio's Colicchio & Sons. The restaurant opened in 2013 in a 9,000 square foot space with a private dining room, offering house-made charcuterie and 65 items on the menu. Oringer is thrilled to have his business translate to the competitive culture of New York dining, and the restaurant has proved a fantastic success.