Valastro at the 2013 Jersey City Mayoral Inauguration
Born
Bartolo Valastro, Jr.
(1977-03-03) March 3, 1977 (age 47)
Hoboken, New Jersey
Occupations
Baker
television personality
businessman
Known for
Baker, cake designer and host of Cake Boss
Television
Cake Boss
Title
Owner of Carlo's Bakery, Buddy V's Events, The Boss Cafe, Pizza Cake, & Buddy V's Ristorante
Spouse
Lisa Valastro
Children
4
Parent(s)
Bartolo Valastro Sr. and Mary Valastro
Website
carlosbakery.com
cakehousemedia.com
Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr.[1] (born March 3, 1977)[2] is an American baker, reality television personality, and businessman. He has taken his small, family-owned bake shop, Carlo's Bakery, and turned it into a baking and restaurant empire. Valastro is best known as the star of the reality television series Cake Boss, which ran on the TLC cable channel from April 2009 until April 2020. He has also starred in Next Great Baker (2010), Kitchen Boss (2011), Buddy's Bakery Rescue (2013), Bake You Rich (2013), Bakery Boss (2013), Buddy vs. Duff (2019), Buddy vs. Christmas (2020) Buddy Valastro's Cake Dynasty (2023-present) and Legends of The Fork (2023-present)
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won $100,000 and a spread in Redbook magazine, and will work beside BuddyValastro in the bakery. Thirteen contestants competed during this season: As...
opening. Team Sandtastic made a sand sculpture of Price. Also, Cake Boss BuddyValastro from TLC helped produce a 10-foot 1200-pound cake in the shape of a...
network's Supermarket Stakeout. Allen also hosted Buddy vs Duff, a competition between BuddyValastro and Duff Goldman. He has appeared in episodes the...
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