Master cakemaker Ron Ben-Israel wheeled out a masterpiece gateau…
-Liz Smith, syndicated columnist, NY Post February 2004
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Ron Ben-Israel started his confectionery adventure towards the end of a successful 15-year career as a professional ballet/modern dancer, during which he performed with dance companies in three continents.
“Ron Ben-Israel does amazing sugar work…formed flowers – so perfect!
I love this cake… His cakes taste as good as they look!”
- Martha Stewart presenting Ron Ben-Israel’s cakes on the Oprah Winfrey show.
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Studies and work in Toronto, Canada and Lyon, France, led him to establish his specialty cake business in New York City. His cakes were discovered when they were displayed in Mikimoto’s window on Fifth Avenue. Commissions followed for store displays at Villeroy & Boch, Baccarat, DeBeer’s, Bloomingdales, and Bergdorf-Goodman; and in bridal salons such as Vera Wang, Yumi Katzura, and Michelle Roth.
"Rest assured that you can have your cake and
eat it too…particularly amazing are his incredibly lifelike sugar flowers."
-Zagat Survey, 2000/2001/2002
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Ron’s cakes have been featured in the following publications:
The New York Times, New York Magazine, Town and Country, People, Daily News, Martha Stewart Living, In Style, Victoria, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Elegant Bride, For The Bride, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, The Knot, and TimeOut, to name a few. “Vogue” has named Ron Ben-Israel the number 1 best baker in 2004. Many books have featured his cakes, including Vera Wang on Weddings, Kate Manchester’s The Perfect Wedding Cake, Bette Matthews’ For Your Wedding – Cakes, and Joan Hamburg’s City Weddings. Zagat Survey’s have published glowing reviews on Ron’s cakes for the past four consecutive years. Ron’s personae and operation have been thinly disguised as a feature character in the New York Times’ bestseller novel “Shopaholic Ties The Knot” by Sophie Kinsella.
“Ben-Israel has mastered the art of the sugar flower.
Glamorous but tasteful cakes…”
-New York Magazine, Weddings issue, Spring 2002
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Television credits include:
The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC News, Fox News, ABC “Good Morning America”, NBC “The Today Show”, WB “The Morning Show”, CBS “Eye To Eye”, CNBC “How To Succeed In Business”, HBO Oxygen TV, MTV “TRL”, Japan’s SheTV , ABC’s “The View”, ABC’s “Nightline”, and The “Late Show with David Letterman”. He is a favorite guest of “Martha Stewart Living”. Movie credits include: Paramount's “In And Out”, Woody Allen’s “Celebrity”, and recently “Brooklyn” – acting role (in production).
“Amazing one-of-a-kind cakes."
-Joan Hamburg, WOR Radio, author of City Weddings
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Prestigious gold medals were awarded for his confectionery achievements, most notably from the New York Guild of Chefs, The Societe de Saint Michelle, and the Societe Culinaire Philantropic.
“A Piece of Perfection!”
-Modern Bride Magazine, August/ September 2002
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Ron has been a guest lecturer at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, and is currently an adjunct professor at the French Culinary Institute in New York. He also serves on FCI’s advisory board and regularly judges the pastry class’ graduation. Upon graduation, students from these culinary institutions frequently spend three to five months at his facilities further developing and refining their skills.
“One of the arbiters of high-fashion edibles. The Cartier of the pastry set…”
-Elegant Bride Magazine, Fall 1999
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Charity endeavors have included “Seeds Of Peace”, “The Hatter’s Ball”, “Children’s Museum of the Arts”, “Boston University - School Of Hospitality”, “City Of Hope”, “The Jewish Museum – Centennial Celebration”, and Mayor Bloomberg’s “Design For Our City”. He is a member of the Food Council of “City Harvest”, and a Maitre Rottisseur of the New York City Baillage of the Chaines de Rottiseurs.
“Mr. Ben-Israel is the Manolo Blahnik of wedding cakes…”
-The New York Times, 2003
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Ron Ben-Israel Cakes, located in the fashionable SoHo district of New York City, features a commercial bakery, showroom, and design studio. The facilities are certified for the production of Kosher cakes. Clients include some of New York’s premier hotels, such as The St. Regis, The Pierre, The New York Palace, The Waldorf-Astoria, The Mark, The Plaza, and the Mandarin Oriental. Aside from serving the New York City tri-state area, his cakes have also been flown to locations both domestic and international.