Date of Birth:

Jun 30, 1957 (69 years)

Place of Birth:

Israel

Biography:

Ron Ben-Israel is an Israeli-American pastry chef. He is the executive chef and owner of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes in New York City. He is known for his wedding and special occasion cakes and for his detail in sugar paste flowers. From 2011 to 2013, he hosted the cooking competition TV show Sweet Genius. Ron has also been a judge on a variety of Food Network shows including Cake Wars, Chopped, Guy's Grocery Games and Worst Cooks in America. He also appeared as a guest judge on Season 2 of the Netflix Baking-parody show Nailed It!, Season 3 of Netflix's Sugar Rush and on Food Network's The Big Bake.