Ron Ben-Israel Biography
Ron Ben-Israel is a pastry chef who is both Israeli and American. In New York City, he is the executive chef and proprietor of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes. He’s well-known for his wedding and special occasion cakes, as well as his attention to detail with sugar paste flowers.
How old is Ron Ben-Israel? – Age
He is 65 years old as of 30 June 2022. He was born in 1957 in Israel.
Ron Ben-Israel Family – Education
His mother was born in Vienna and eventually immigrated to Israel after being rescued from the ghetto by American rescuers. Moshe, his father, lost most of his family during the Holocaust but survived Auschwitz. His father worked in the printing sector, and his mother was a government mapmaker. As a child, he enjoyed baking in the kitchen. He studied dancing at the Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts.
Ron Ben-Israel Partner
Ben-Israel is gay. He is not married.
Ron Ben-Israel Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Ron Ben-Israel Nailed It!
Ben-Israel was a guest judge on Season 2 of Netflix’s Baking-Parody Show Nailed It!. Nailed It! is a reality television show that debuted on March 9, 2018. The show is only available on Netflix. The series is a reality-style bake-off competition in which three amateur bakers compete to duplicate intricate cakes and confectionary in order to win a $10,000 cash prize and the “Nailed It” trophy.
Ron Ben-Israel Sugar Rush
He has served as a guest judge on Season 3 of Netflix’s Sugar Rush and The Big Bake on Food Network. Sugar Rush is a Netflix-baking reality television series that premiered on July 13, 2018. The series involves four professional two-person teams participating in a baking competition for a $10,000 prize. In three rounds, teams of two bakers compete. The first round consists of cupcakes, the second of confections, and the third of cake. Sugar Rush: Extra Sweet, the third season, is the series’ first spin-off season, in which if a team wins either a cupcake or confection competition, they can pick between an additional 15-minute time in the final cake challenge or a $1,500 prize.
Ron Ben-Israel Career
Ben-Israel stopped dancing in 1993 while he was living in New York City because he had arthritis. He began a new culinary career by working part-time as a cake designer and window designer for retail establishments. He fell in love with baking in 1996. Betty Van Nostrand and Martha Stewart, who saw one of his cakes in a window, found him and gave him advice.
Ben-Israel’s confections have been part of events at other New York hotels like the St. Regis, the Pierre, and the New York Palace, as well as at the openings of the Mandarin Oriental, New York, and The Ritz-Carlton. His cake designs have been commissioned by Modern Bride, Town & Country, Martha Stewart Weddings, InStyle, The New York Times, and Vogue. Martha Stewart, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Food Network, and The Late Show with David Letterman are among his television appearances.
Ben-Israel hosted and served as a judge on the Food Network competition show Sweet Genius from 2011 to 2013. Ben-Israel teaches pastry at The International Culinary Center in New York City as a Visiting Master Pastry Instructor. His approach to sugar paste is taught in the Cake Techniques & Design class and the Classic Pastry Arts class.
Ben-Israel began his dance career when he was 21 years old, shortly after leaving the army. He was an expert in modern dance. Over the course of roughly 15 years, he performed on international tours with the Israeli dance companies Batsheva and Bat-Dor. He moved to the United States near the end of his dancing career.