Robert Ellinger
Owner, Baked to Perfection
Port Washington, NY
Classes Taught
2010 - Classic Italian Pastries and Cookies (with Biagio Settepani)
Born In Jerico, New York, Robert Ellinger had an early interest in pastry and food science, and graduated from Highbury Technical College in Portsmouth, England with degrees in both. He then went on to graduate with a B.S. degree in hotel and restaurant management from the Florida International University in Miami.
After deciding on a career in pastry, Ellinger eventually served as Executive Pastry Chef of the Metropolitan Opera, The United Nations, The Water Club and the Garden City Hotel in New York. In 1986, Ellinger opened his own business, Baked To Perfection, a retail and wholesale bakery operation in Port Washington, New York which he still owns and operates. Ellinger is known to be a leader in the technical knowledge in the field of the pastry arts. He is also a partner in Ice Cream University, which holds training seminars all over the country.
Throughout his career, Ellinger has won numerous awards, including the Medal of the French Government, New York Guild of Chefs’ Pastry Chef of the Year Award in 2009 and Pastry Art & Design’s Ten Best Pastry Chefs in America 2002 and 2009. Ellinger also has a bi-monthly column called In My View featured in Dessert Professional Magazine.
