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Ron Ben-Israel
Israeli Chef
Born: 1957
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Pastry is different from cooking because you have to consider the chemistry, beauty and flavor. It's not just sugar and eggs thrown together. I tell my pastry chefs to be in tune for all of this. You have to be challenged by using secret or unusual ingredients. Ron Ben-Israel
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Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind. Ron Ben-Israel
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People do need to stay healthy and eat right to keep the body fit and functioning. But, our sweet tooth is a part of this wonderful machine, so we have to honor it and spoil it from time to time... to time. Ron Ben-Israel
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I like crazy, childlike, candy bar-filled cakes with gooey caramel, chocolate-covered nuts, marshmallows, and the like. Ron Ben-Israel
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There are divisions between a culinary chef and a dessert chef, also called a pastry chef. There are specializations within the pastry chef field. Some pastry chefs specialize in baking breads, while others are master cake designers. Each field requires an exceptional level of creativity and attention to detail. Ron Ben-Israel
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The most successful person is the one who is most inspired. That is true in food and in life. Ron Ben-Israel
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In the past few years, we've been doing amazing stuff with desserts. Pastry chefs have been using herbs and spices in their desserts. So vanilla cake doesn't have to be just vanilla, it can have a little thyme. Or you could have a custard with a little lavender in it, which is just amazing. Ron Ben-Israel
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I have a showroom where we experiment with twelve cakes. We develop sketches and ideas for cakes for the next season. We work with the top fashion designers to see what type of lace they are using or work with the top florist for us to be able to make various sugar roses or flowers. Ron Ben-Israel
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The product I deliver is a luxury item. It's not cupcakes. A team of 10 works on my cakes. Ron Ben-Israel
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The process of making a wedding cake is complex on its own, from designing, mis-en-place, baking, frosting, structuring, decorating, to delivering. Ron Ben-Israel
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Regrettably, people today don't watch many programs that actually teach people how to cook, so I agreed to do a competitive show that I think will provide inspiration. Ron Ben-Israel
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I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears' 27th birthday and for the 'Circus' album she put out - the cake had circus themes. I prepared a cake for a surprise 82nd birthday event for the architect Frank Gehry; the cake was comprised of mini-replicas of his buildings. Ron Ben-Israel
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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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I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't taste good if you know what you're doing. 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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I had - like a cat with nine lives, I've had so many different careers and tried so many different things. 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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Really, a wedding is the first and biggest party people throw in their lifetime, so there's a lot of challenges and a lot of pressure. 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
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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
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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
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My parents were artists, so my salvation was to make pretty things - and ultimately delicious things at the same time. Ron Ben-Israel
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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
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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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