Elisa Strauss
{{Short description|Proprietor, author and television personality (born 1976)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|06|09}}
| birth_place = Roslyn, North Hempstead, New York, U.S.
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| alma_mater = School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Vassar College
Institute of Culinary Education
| education = Roslyn High School
| known_for = Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars
| occupation = {{hlist|Businesswoman|author|television personality}}
| relatives = Eric M. Strauss (brother)
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| website = {{URL|confetticakes.com}}
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Elisa Strauss, (born June 9, 1976) is the proprietor of Confetti Cakes, a New York City-based bakery specializing in custom-designed cakes. Confetti Cakes enjoys a large celebrity following, and Strauss has been featured on numerous television shows, including three Food Network Challenge series, Martha, and Today. One of her cakes was also featured on HBO's Sex and the City as Charlotte and Harry's wedding cake.
Strauss is the author (with Christie Matheson) of an instructional cookbook featuring many recipes and methods for decorated cookies, cupcakes, mini cakes, and more elaborate sculpted cakes.{{cite web|url=https://pastryartsmag.com/podcast/elisa-strauss/ |access-date=December 14, 2023|title=Elissa Strauss: From Cake Artist to Owner, Author, Consultant & Teacher|date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214015730/https://pastryartsmag.com/podcast/elisa-strauss/ |archive-date=December 14, 2023}}
Childhood
Strauss grew up in Roslyn, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. She is the daughter of Karen and Elton Strauss. Her mother is a professional harpist and her father is an orthopedic surgeon. She has one brother, Eric M. Strauss, a producer at ABC News.{{cite web|url=https://moneyinc.com/elisa-strauss/|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Elisa Strauss|first=Garrett|last=Parker|date=July 30, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524170642/https://moneyinc.com/elisa-strauss/|archive-date=May 24, 2024}}
Strauss started to draw at a young age and learned to bake from her grandmother Pearl Gustin.
Life before the business
Strauss graduated from Roslyn High School in 1994 and Vassar College in 1998 with a degree in Studio Art. She also spent a semester during her junior year at The Art Institute of Chicago. Before starting her bakery, Strauss worked as a textile designer at Polo Ralph Lauren and a handbag and hair accessory designer at Frederic Fekkai. While working in fashion, Strauss attended pastry school at the Institute of Culinary Education and graduated with a degree in baking and pastry arts in 2000.{{cite web|url=https://www.ice.edu/about/alumni-profiles/elisa-strauss|title=Elisa Strauss - Alumni Profile|website=Institute of Culinary Education|access-date=May 24, 2024}} While working and going to school, Strauss was asked to make Ralph Lauren's 60th birthday cake in the shape of his Bugatti sports car. Soon after she was asked to design a shoe cake for the famous shoe designer Manolo Blahnik
Career
She launched her business Confetti Cakes in 2000.
Strauss is a world-renowned baker who has appeared in numerous magazines including Elle, InStyle, Marie Claire, Modern Bride, Vogue and more. She has appeared on television on the Food Network Challenge and Rachel Ray's 30 Minute Meals. Strauss was on the Food Network Challenge where she won an episode in season 5 (episode 7) called "Extreme Cakes".
Custom Cake Shop
In 2001, Strauss incorporated her company, Ltd and began working out of a commercial space on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Filmography
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| 2023
| Herself – Contestant | |
Books
The Confetti Cakes Cookbook: Spectacular Cookies, Cakes, and Cupcakes from New York City's Famed Bakery (2007) Little, Brown and Company {{ISBN|0-316-11307-7}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070912065721/http://books.monstersandcritics.com/nonfiction/reviews/article_1298125.php/B_ook_Review_The_Confetti_Cakes_Cookbook Review]
Confetti Cakes For Kids: Delightful Cookies, Cakes, and Cupcakes from New York City's Famed Bakery (2008) Little, Brown and Company {{ISBN|978-0316118293}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|14730053}}
- [http://confetticakes.com Confetti Cakes Online]
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Category:People from Roslyn, New York
Category:American women restaurateurs
Category:American restaurateurs
Category:American television personalities
Category:Roslyn High School alumni
Category:Participants in American reality television series