Kaori Ishibashi

Kaori Ishibashi (, Ishibashi Kaori; born May 6, 1962) is a Japanese confectionary researcher, baking instructor, and author known for her specialty in cheesecakes. She has written 47 baking cookbooks and over 400 cheesecake recipes.

 Biography 
Kaori Ishibashi was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She raised in Nagano Prefecture where she graduated from Suwafutaba High School. She went on to attend Meiji University of Integrative Medicine. She 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 confectionary career as a self-taught baker starting off with wholesale business to restaurants and taking request orders for wedding cakes while working as an acupuncturist. 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.

 Current Projects 
Ishibashi is currently living and working in Nagano, Japan as a confectionary 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
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sanma daisenseiイマジカＴＶ
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 References 

Category:1962 births
Category:People from Chiba Prefecture
Category:Living people
Category:Japanese academics
Category:Food writers