Kaori Ishibashi (石橋かおりIshibashi Kaori; born May 6, 1962) is a Japanese confectionery researcher, baking instructor, and author known for her specialty in cheesecakes. She has written 48 baking cookbooks and over 400 cheesecake recipes.
Biography Kaori Ishibashi was born in Chiba, Japan and raised in Nagano where she graduated from Suwafutaba High School. She went on to attend Meiji University of Integrative Medicine and graduated as a practitioner in acupuncture and moxibustion. After graduating, she worked at Tokyo Jiyugaoka Hospital as a chiropractor and practitioner of moxibustion.
Career Ishibashi began her confectionery career as a self-taught baker starting off with wholesale business to local restaurants and taking request orders for wedding cakes while working as an acupuncturist in 1992. Fascinated by the art of baking, she began reading cookbook after cookbook wondering why her finished product never turned out as expected. Unsatisfied with the conventional methods found in the cookbooks she read she decided to learn under confectioner and former house of representatives member Makiko Fujino. After 3 years under the training of Fujino, she received a diploma from Makiko Foods Studio. Thereafter she attended various culinary schools around the world such as Bellouet Conseil in France, The Culinary Institute of America, Valrhona Chocolate School in France, and received training under various French chefs visiting Japan. In 1996 through collection of data from hundreds of baking experiments she was able to compile them into her first published book "絶対失敗しないシッフォンケーキ" (zettai shippai shinai shifon kēki; "Chiffon cake never fails"). She also runs her own baking studio "Cake" (ケイク） in her newly renovated house in Nagano where she offers a year long class on the fundamentals of baking.
Current projects Ishibashi is currently living and working in Nagano, Japan as a confectionery researcher and author. She regularly publishes recipes in various magazines such as "レタスクラブ (retasukurabu), "Saita", "おはよう奥さん" (ohayō okusan), "天然生活" (tennen seikatsu). She is also president of Cake Freak Inc. Ishibashi is currently focusing her efforts on opening her own cheesecake shop in New York City.
Bibliography Cookbooks Title YearPublisher zettai shippai shinai shifon kēki 1996雄鶏社 zettai shippai shinai suponji kēki 1996雄鶏社ja|型とサイズで選ぶお菓子}< kata to saizu de erabu okashi 1997雄鶏社 suītohāto kēki 1998主婦と生活社 zettai shippai shinai pai to taruto 1998雄鶏社 shinpuru sutairu no chīzu kēki 1988雄鶏社 chokorēto no chīsana okashi 1998主婦と生活社 zettai shippai shinai shifon kēki II 1999雄鶏社 wan bōru de dekiru okashi 2000雄鶏社 nyūyōku sutairu no chīzu kēki 2000雄鶏社 ishibashi kaori no hinyari dezāto 2001雄鶏社 shinpuru choko 2002雄鶏社 puresento shitai! choko no okashi 2003大泉書店 ishibashi kaori no okashi ressun yaki kashi2003雄鶏社 ishibashi kaori no okashi ressun dezāto 2004雄鶏社 ishibashi kaori no okashi ressun yaki kashi 2004雄鶏社shokukan ga kimete! chīzu kēki2004サンリオyottsu no kisetsu no shinpuru chīzu kēki 2004主婦と生活社ishibashi kaori no okashi ressun chokorēto 2004雄鶏社kudamono no okashi 2005雄鶏社tamago no okashi 2005雄鶏社kurukuru choko to mizutama shokora2006主婦と生活社chīzu no kēki2006MCプレスhottokēkimikkusu de kihon no okashi2007レタスクラブdeirīmafon & omekashi kappu kēki2007MCプレスoishi chīzu kēki no tsukurikata2007雄鶏社食感が決め手！焼き菓子 shokukan ga kimete! yaki okashi2008サンリオpai to taruto2008MCプレスPink！2009アスペクトべイクドチーズケーキ&レアチーズケーキ
beikudo chīzu kēki & rea chīzu kēki2010主婦の友社男子スイーツレシピ
danshi suītsu reshipi2010主婦の友社米粉の焼き菓子
komeko no yaki kashi2010主婦の友社シフォンケーキとシフォンロール
shifon kēki to shifon rōru2010主婦の友社ハッピーチーズケーキレシピ happī chīzu kēki reshipi2011主婦と生活社ハッピーチーズデザートレシピ happī chīzu dezāto reshipi2011主婦と生活社ハッピーチーズケーキシーズンレシピ春夏編
happī chīzu kēki shīzun reshipi harunatsu hen 2012主婦と生活社ハッピーチーズケーキレシピ秋冬編 happī chīzu kēki reshipi akifuyu hen2012主婦と生活社ハッピーチーズケーキハートフルレシピ happī chīzu kēki hātofuru reshipi2013主婦と生活社はじめてのナチュラルスイーツ hajimete no nachuraru suītsu2013講談社ハッピーチーズケーキギフトレシピ happī chīzu kēki gifuto reshipi2014主婦と生活社卵黄・卵白使い切る！シフォンケーキシフォンロール+10レシピ 改訂版 ranō ranpaku tsukaikiru! Shifon kēki shifon rōru + 10 reshipi kaiteiban2014主婦の友社ベストオブチーズケーキ besutōbu chīzu kēki2015講談社ブラウニーとガトーショコラ buraunī to gatōshokora2015文化出版局アイス1年中 天然生活ムック aisu ichi nen chū tennen seikatsu mukku2016地球丸チーズのケーキ 改訂版 chīzu no kēki kaiteiban2016マイナビ出版チーズケーキとチョコレートケーキ chīzu kēki to chokorēto kēki2016地球丸米粉のお菓子
komeko no okashi 2017主婦の友社 +Radio Appearances Channel ラジオ東京FM FM Tokyo radio FM長野 FM NaganoSBCラジオ SBC radio +TV appearancesProgramはなまるマーケット hanamaru mākettoさんま大先生
sanma daisenseiイマジカTV Imajica TV 料理コーナーを担当 lead on ryōri kōnā
+Magazine NameMOM vol.109 5/1/2014プラス1リビング NO.21 "Plus 1 living"
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