Ron Ben-Israel was born in 1957 in Israel, into a family of Jewish ancestry. He is best known as a pastry chef, and the owner of ‘’Ron Ben-Israel Cakes’’ in New York City.
So just how rich is Ron Ben-Israel, as of late 2017? Authoritative sources report that Ron’s net worth is as high as $5 million, accumulated from his career as a pastry chef, but also from being a television personality and actor as well. In addition to that, he had a career as a dancer.
Ron Ben-israel Net Worth $5 million
Ron grew up in Tel Aviv, and reportedly loved baking and cooking from an early age. He went on to attend Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, and specialized in the field of dancing. During the mid ‘70s he served as a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces; he later admitted that being in army helped him gain discipline. Due to arthritis, Israel had to retire from dancing, but was then able to concentrate on establishing a career as a baker and chef in New York. His career expanded when Martha Stewart, an American businesswoman discovered his talent for making and decorating cakes when she was walking past his cake shop. Stewart and Israel established a successful partnership, and continued working together, with Ron’s food subsequently included in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, and his food would be found on places such as St. Regis, The Pierre and the New York Palace. His wedding cakes gained a lot of recognition and were included in Modern Bride and Martha Stewart Weddings.
Gaining recognition, shortly after he started to appear as a guest star in several television shows, including in 2003 appearing in ‘’The Late Show with David Letterman’’ alongside Carson Daily and Eddie Griffin. He then played the role of Walter in ‘’Everyday People’’, and he was the host of ‘’Sweet Genius’’, from 2011 until 2013, although the show received mediocre and mixed reviews, and holds a score of six point seven out of ten stars on IMDB.
As of the more recent past, Israel appeared in the two episodes of ‘’The Best Thing I Ever Made’’ in 2012, and was a guest star on ‘’Worst Cooks In America’’ and ‘’The Lookout’’. He was the host and the judge of the television series entitled ‘’Chopped’’ from 2013 until 2014, then made an appearance in ‘’America’s Best Cook’’, in an episode entitled ‘’Sugar Rush’’, on which he was a guest judge. He continued appearing in several other television shows; in 2015, Israel served as a judge and master pastry chef on ‘’Cake Wars’’, a reality cooking television series. Two years later, he joined the cast of ‘’Burgers, Brew and ‘Que’’, a show focused on the best food in the US.
As of today, Ron is fully dedicated to creating and decorating cakes. He launched a website WeddingCakes.com on which customers can see his creations.
In conclusion, Ron Ben-Israel is critically acclaimed in his business field and was called ‘’the Manolo Blahnik of wedding cakes’’ by ‘’The New York Times’’. He is a member of City Harvest Food Council, organization focused on food rescue.
In his personal life, Ron is openly gay, but there is no public info of any relationships.
