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Exclusive Interview: Cake Boss Buddy Valastro
Hard work, baking and giving back… The Cake Boss’s recipe for success
November 2010 – For Buddy Valastro, 33, mixing eggs, sugar, butter and flour mean a lot more than “making a cake.” As a fourth generation baker, it’s a constant source of pleasure, pride and creativity. Creating amazing cakes connects Buddy with the memory of his father Buddy Sr. and his extended Italian family history. His talent and passion for the family business, Carlo’s Bakery, has earned the straight-talking cake expert the moniker, and TLC TV show, Cake Boss .
In between spending time with his wife Lisa and their three children, filming Cake Boss and the upcoming TLC spin-off search for an apprentice Next Great Baker (airing in December), Buddy has added a writer credit to his repertoire. He released his first book Cake Boss, Stories and Recipes from Mia Famiglia , on November 2nd. That same month, he will also embark on the
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Famiglia|Together|Success|Carlo's Bakery
Carlo’s is a family owned bakery featured on the TLC hit show Cake Boss. Carlo’s, originally opened by Carlo Guastaffero in 1910, was acquired by Bartolo Valastro Sr. in 1964. Since the untimely passing of Bartolo Sr. in 1994, matriarch Mary Valastro and her children Grace, Maddalena, Mary, Lisa and master baker Bartolo Jr. “Buddy” Valastro have expanded the business with the help of their spouses.
Because of the Valastro family’s dedication to quality and excellence, Carlo’s has received national recognition. Master Baker Bartolo Jr. “Buddy” has been featured in numerous publications, such as Modern Bride, and The Knot. Buddy’s cake design was voted by the Today’s Show viewers as best cake in America. He has also appeared in many other media outlets, including multiple appearances on the Food Network, for his intricate sugar art designs specialty cakes and wedding cakes that look just as good as they taste.
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Cake Boss kompis Valastro Tells the Story of His First Kitchen Job
In this series, we're asking celebrity chefs to tell us about their first kitchen jobs. Our latest subject is vän Valastro, the man behind Carlo'sBakery. Even if you've never been to one of the shop's eight locations, you might've seen Buddy and his family at work on TLC's Cake Boss.But we're going back to the early days of Buddy's career, when he was just a kid learning the ropes from his Dad. We'll be publishing more first-job installments in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out for interviews with your favorite TV chefs about their humble beginnings.And check out the first edition here.
It was kind of awesome. It was a lot of work and a lot of hours, but it was our family, our norm. You know, even on Christmas growing up, we’d be working. But it felt normal.
It was funny, my first day of work, my Dad brought me in and he made me clean the toilet bowl. Because he wanted to show that just because I w