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Sometimes I have a tough time getting along with myself. When I was a child, I needed a lot of attention... and I don't have a small ego. For me, appearing on a stage or presenting a cake is the same thing. You need a crowd around you to do it. Ron Ben-Israel

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We used to be referred to as bakers and then we became known as cake decorators and now we are known as cake designers. I teach at the French Culinary Institute in New York and cake design is a legitimate profession. Ron Ben-Israel

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For years, I survived as an artist on grants and touring as a dancer with dance companies, and I was living underground like so many artists, hand-to-mouth and so forth. And I never had the power to make decisions. Ron Ben-Israel

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Over the years, quite a few TV producers proposed that I do a program, but I refused. I didn't want to work on a set that looked like a theater; I wanted a kitchen of the sort every chef dreams about. Ron Ben-Israel

I have this problem - I don't have hobbies. Everything that's interesting becomes a vocation. Ron Ben-Israel

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I grew up going to bakeries in Tel Aviv; that's where we got our birthday cakes, they were always European baking and butter creams. We have such good baking in Israel, and we have the Diaspora of Jews from all over, and we learned early on to adapt and absorb flavors from all over. Ron Ben-Israel

I find that my Israeli background actually helps me to break some boundaries because we don't have such long traditions. We took traditions from Europe, from the Middle East, and we were encouraged to explore and adapt things. Ron Ben-Israel

In a bar mitzvah, you do the candle-lighting ceremony with the cake. Every birthday, the cake is the big moment. Ron Ben-Israel

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I've always been hooked on baking. Ron Ben-Israel

Hooked Baking Always Been

I have a very strong sense of who I am as a Jew and a strong sense of belonging. Ron Ben-Israel

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I'm a little old-school in that I think there's some value in the classics and the steps of achieving a certain profession. If we start slanging the word 'chef' on anybody and everybody who cooks, it takes away a lot. Roy Choi

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Cooking is not a craft to get into for money. The money may come, or it may not. But you must get into it for the craft and the culture. Roy Choi

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Myeong-dong in Seoul is an area that is crazy at night, just packed. Roy Choi

Crazy Area Just Packed Night

I don't really do that much office work. I just go to the office, and I'm like Steve Carell in 'The Office.' You know, like, I just go around and like - I don't know what I do in the office. I look at paperwork and act like I'm understanding what's going on there, and I shake my head and put my hand on my chin and like, 'Hmm.' Roy Choi

I've always wanted a straight-up cooking show since I was a child. Roy Choi

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