Food Network's new Ice Brigade TV show features Grand Rapids ice sculptors

The Chicago Tribune reports that a new Food Network television series will feature a Grand Rapids ice sculpting company, giving viewers a chance to see daily life of these artists and their art.

According to excerpts from the story:

A piano carved from ice is heading to a west Michigan hotel as part of a new TV show featuring a Grand Rapids company.

The Kalamazoo Gazette says the Food Network's new "Ice Brigade" show will deliver the sculpture to the Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites in Kalamazoo on Friday afternoon.

"Ice Brigade" will feature Grand Rapids-based Ice Sculptures Ltd., and travel to Niles and Detroit.

Story producer Bradley Scott says the new show that's in its first of seven weeks of filming allows viewers to peek inside the daily rituals of ice carvers throughout Michigan.

Scott said the piano will be assembled in the Radisson's lobby and is expected to be finished by 5 p.m. Friday for the beginning of Art Hop.


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