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BY ALEX MITCHELL
Some of the city’s best cheesecakes
are made in the Bronx…in a
jar. T
hese fanciful creations come
from Kingsbridge native Justin
Gonzalez and his delicious modern
approach to a classic dessert.
He calls his business Cubano’s
Cheesecakes, derived from his
childhood nickname ‘Chef Cubano’,
about his love for cooking and his
Cuban heritage.
Fruity Pebbles, M&Ms, and
lately Krispy Kreme jarred cheesecakes
are just some of Gonzalez’s
delicious specialty works.
So, why put these cheesecakes
in jars?
“It’s just easier, it’s like a ‘to-go’
snack this way, the only difference
is how long you bake it for,” the
27-year-old baking afi cionado said,
adding that he does the traditional
boxed cheesecakes as well.
Believe it or not, when he was
just a kid, there was an incident
that made Chef Cubano shy away
from baking cheesecakes for years.
“One time I messed up baking a
cheesecake and my mom got so mad
she sent me to my room, I didn’t
make cheesecakes after that,” he
said.
It was only years later when
Gonzalez was assigned to make a
cheesecake at Star Career Academy
that he was forced to confront
his dairy-based demons.
From then on the ball started to
roll for Gonzalez. In 2014 he began
his ‘test runs’ for Cubano’s Cheesecakes
at a celebrity basketball game
at Baruch College in Manhattan.
“People loved it there and then it
just grew and grew,” Gonzalez said.
During that testing phase, Gonzalez
didn’t have a phone or anything,
he just went around the city
handing out cheesecakes to those
willing to give them a try.
“I was like one of those guys in
Times Square handing out comedy
show tickets,” he joked.
Fast forward to 2018 and it’s
a much different reality for the
Bronx-operating chef.
Now he has delivered cheesecakes
to Madison Square Garden
while the Knicks practice, caters
to the radio station Hot97 and even
made famed rapper Jadakiss a Patron
tequila birthday cheesecake.
Gonzalez also caters to The
Compound art gallery alongside the
Third Avenue Bridge.
One NBA player even reached
out to Gonzalez to deliver a cheesecake
to his hotel in the middle of the
night once.
“For me this is a dream come
true now, school was never my thing
and I was always in and out of jobs.
I fi nally found my thing and I love
making people happy and making
my family proud,” Gonzalez said.
To order one from Chef Cubano
visit his website: www.chefcubanoscakes.
wixsite.com/cubanoscheesecakes
or Instagram at cubanoscheesecake.
Cubano’s ‘Jarred’ Cheesecakes
becoming a celebrity favorite
Some of Cubano’s jarred cheesecakes. Photo courtesy of Justin Gonzalez
Cubano’s Krispy Kreme cheesecakes. Photo courtesy of Justin Gonzalez
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