Ron Ben-Israel Quotes

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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…
• 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 most successful person is the one who is most inspired. That is true in food and in life.
• After I quit dancing, I tried a lot of jobs. But I could always bake.
• For months I've been working on creating techniques to reproduce Swarovski crystals in sugar using the real stones to guide me.
• 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.
• I like crazy, childlike, candy bar-filled cakes with gooey caramel, chocolate-covered nuts, marshmallows, and the like.
• 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…
• 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…
• Repetitiveness and discipline are the secrets of cake decorating. The art comes from the meticulous technique, the way it does for a dancer.
• 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…
• I don't follow trends. I make each cake for a particular wedding, or event.
• Sweet Genius'' viewers will be on the edge of their seats as we continue to push the limits with inspirations and ingredients, while showcasing the…
• 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…
• When I celebrated my bar mitzvah, there was no cake. Today, there is no such thing as a bar mitzvah in the United States without…
• 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…
• 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…

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