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With a 30+ year career in culinary arts and design, CIA trained chef, author and NJ resident, Kevin O'Malley has created ice sculptures for celebrities, corporations and caterers, as well as individuals that are looking to create a unique event. His ice carvings have been used on TV shows like The Today Show, Good Day New York and Channel 9 News. His reputation for reliability, customer service, and quality has been the key to his ongoing success.

December 19, 2021

Holiday Ice Sculptures Chiseled at Brick Plaza

Three 350 pound blocks of ice were sculpted in the shape of Frosty the snowman, Rudolph the rednosed reindeer and a snowflake at the boardwalk at Brick Plaza.

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August 17, 2020, Asbury Park Press

It's like living in your freezer': Ice Sculptor Won't Let Coronavirus Melt His Business

It’s 88 degrees with stifling humidity outside, but that’s not a problem for Kevin O’Malley. He has what must be the coldest workplace at the Jersey Shore, and maybe anywhere.

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March 2014, Swimming River Life

Carving Out His Own Niche: Sculptor Turns Ice Into Art

Describing Kevin O'Malley's job as "cool" is (pardon the pun) just the tip of the iceberg. He spends hours in ski pants, parka, wool hat, and gloves using a chainsaw and carving tools while working on 300-pound ice blocks in a freezer. What's cooler than that?

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September 2008, Monmouth Health & Life

At Your Service: Ice Capades

Check out the crystallized creations of Ice Sculptures by Kevin O'Malley in Tinton Falls. Under O'Malley's careful attention, 300-pound blocks of ice are transformed into team emblems, cars, comic characters, corporate logos—or just about any other creation you can conjure.

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March 2007, The Colts Neck Journal

Rumson Country Day 2007 Gala an Ice Palace

Rumson country day 2007 Gala An Ice Palace. The magnificent ice sculptures were created by Ice Sculptures by Kevin O'Malley in Tinton Falls.

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October 31, 2006, BiZBash New York

The Donald Hosts Spirited Vodka Lunch

Kevin O'Malley made icy interpretations of the evening's signature spirit.

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Summer 2006, Living in Colts Neck

People on the Move: Kevin O'Malley, Ice Sculptor

During O'Malley's career, his work has graced buffet tables and special events at upscale hotels and exclusive restaurants like the Pegasus Restaurant at the Meadowlands and New York's Rainbow Room.

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April 17, 2006, Asbury Park Press

At Your Job: Ice Sculptor

You can apprentice with an ice sculptor or take a class. You can work in a hotel's garde manger department. But the best thing to do is go to a local ice house and see if there's anyone who carves there. It might be a nonpaid position until you get some good experience. You're working with dangerous tools; you could lose a finger very quickly.

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