In the past few years, we've been doing amazing stuff with desserts. Pastry chefs have been using herbs and spices in their desserts. So vanilla cake doesn't have to be just vanilla, it can have a little thyme. Or you could have a custard with a little lavender in it, which is just amazing.

Ben-Israel is a Visiting Master Pastry-Instructor at The International Culinary Center in New York City. He loved baking in the kitchen as a child. Memberships
He is an active member of City Harvest Food Council a New York food rescue organization.

He is known for his wedding and special occasion cakes and for his detail in sugar paste flowers. Ron Ben-Israel is an Israeli pastry chef.