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Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr.[1] (born March 3, 1977)[2] is an American baker and reality television personality of Italian heritage. He is the owner of Carlo's Bakery, as well as the face of Buddy V's Ristorante. Valastro is best known as the star of the reality television series Cake Boss, which premiered in April 2009. 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), and Buddy vs. Christmas (2020).

Buddy Valastro
Valastro at the 2013 Jersey City Mayoral Inauguration
Born	Bartolo Valastro, Jr. (1977-03-03) March 3, 1977 (age 45) Hoboken, New Jersey
Occupation	Owner of Carlo's Bakery, Buddy V's Events & Buddy V's Ristorante
Known for	Baker, cake designer and host of Cake Boss
Television	Cake Boss
Spouse	Lisa Valastro ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	4
Parents	Bartolo Valastro Sr. Mary Valastro
Website	carlosbakery.com cakehousemedia.com

Early life

Valastro was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, and grew up there[3] and in Little Ferry, New Jersey.[4][5] His mother was born in Altamura, Italy, and is the daughter of Italian-American immigrants who moved to New Jersey when she was six years old.[6] His father, Buddy Sr was born in Lipari, Italy. Valastro grew up with four sisters: Grace, Mary, Maddalena and Lisa.[7]

He attended Ridgefield Park High School and took baking courses at the Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus.[8]

Valastro began working at his family's business, Carlo's Bakery at age 11, alongside his father. When his father died in 1994, Valastro was 17. Valastro took over the family business.[9]

Career

Valastro is the owner and head baker of Carlo's Bakery, the bakery featured on the TLC show Cake Boss. Carlo's has since opened 17 more bakeries due to the popularity of the show. In January 2012, as a result of the attention that the shop and the TV series had brought to the city of Hoboken, the Hudson Reporter named Valastro as an honorable mention in its list of Hudson County's 50 most influential people.[10]

Carlo's Bakery has seven locations in New Jersey—Hoboken, Marlton, Morristown, Red Bank, Ridgewood, Wayne, and Westfield. Outside of New Jersey, the bakery operates locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Westbury and New York, New York; Orlando, Florida; San Antonio, and The Woodlands, Texas; São Paulo, Brazil; Uncasville, Connecticut; Las Vegas and most recently in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[11] The Lackawanna Factory in nearby Jersey City serves as the corporate office for the business and is used as additional space to create wedding and specialty cakes, and to bake specialty baked goods for shipment across the country.

Valastro launched an event planning and catering company, Buddy V's Events, in June 2014.

In 2016 Valastro partnered with Whole Earth Sweetener Co. on the campaign "Rethink Sweet." The company said Valastro would serve as brand ambassador for a "new line of zero- and lower-calorie sweeteners, and will work to help his fans make healthy lifestyle choices", and provide recipes using the product.[12]

In 2018 Valastro partnered with The Pound Bakery, a pet treat manufacturing company to redesign and launch a new line of pet treats. "We wanted to create palatable treats for dogs that are inspired by classic Italian entrees and desserts," said Lexie Berglund, President of The Pound Bakery.[13] Buddy also worked with several other companies to launch a full line of ready-to-use fondant, buttercream icing, and Italian Biscotti cookies under the new brand name Buddy Valastro Foods in 2018.

Valastro, a supporter of the Special Olympics, baked a commemorative cake for the 2011 announcement that the 2014 Special Olympics USA National Games would be held in New Jersey.[14]

Personal life

Buddy and Lisa Valastro married on October 14, 2001.[15] Until 2014, Valastro resided in East Hanover Township, New Jersey, with their four children: Sofia, Bartolo "Buddy" III, Marco, and Carlo. He has four sisters[16] and a stepfather, Sergio. His brother-in-law is Maurizio Belgiovine.[17] As of 2014, he resided in Montville, New Jersey.

On November 13, 2014, Valastro was arrested for driving while intoxicated. His driver's license was suspended for 90 days, and he paid a $300 fine.[18]

In September 2020, Valastro had his right (dominant) hand impaled by a pinsetter at his home bowling alley. His sons and other family members rescued him by cutting him out of the machine.[19] He underwent two emergency surgeries.[20]

Politics

Valastro supported and campaigned for Republican Governor Chris Christie in his 2013 re-election bid, and in 2014 baked his birthday cake.[21] He also endorsed Christie's 2016 presidential campaign.[22]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Food Network Challenge	Guest mentor	Episode: "Battle of the Brides"[23]
2009–2020	Cake Boss	Host
2010–2014	Next Great Baker	Host / Judge
2011–2012	Kitchen Boss	Host
2013–2014	Buddy's Bakery Rescue
2015	The Apprentice	Guest judge	Episode: "May the Gods of Good Pies Be with Us"
2015–2018	Batalha dos Confeiteiros	Host / Judge
2016	Batalha dos Cozinheiros
	Buddy's Family Vacation	Host
	Bakers vs. Fakers
2017	Dancing with the Stars Brazil	Judge	Christmas special
2018–present	Buddy's Big Bakedown	Host
2018	Impractical Jokers	Himself	Episode: "Pulling the Rug"
2019	Buddy vs. Duff		Lost to Duff 258-254
2019	Bake You Rich	Host / Judge
2019	Beat Bobby Flay	Guest Judge	Episode: "Grapes of Wrath"
2020	Beat Bobby Flay	Contestant	Episode: "No Cake Walk". He challenged Bobby with his signature Multi-Layered Cake. He also won that challenge.
2020	Nickelodeon's Unfiltered	Himself	Episode: "Avocado Toasted Piñatas!"

As producer

Year	Title	Notes
2010–2012	Next Great Baker	6 episodes
2011–2012	Kitchen Boss	All episodes
2015–2018	Batalha dos Confeiteiros
2016	Batalha dos Cozinheiros
	Cake Boss	8 episodes
	Cooks vs. Cons	1 episode
	Bakers vs. Fakers	All episodes

In popular culture

Comedian Paul F. Tompkins plays a parody of Buddy Valastro on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast and the IFC TV show.

See also

• List of pastry chefs

References

External links

• Carlo's Bakery Shop official website
• Buddy V's Events official website
• CakeHouse Media official website
• Buddy Valastro Foods official website

На других языках

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- [en] Buddy Valastro

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[ru] Валастро, Бадди

Барто́ло Вала́стро-младший (англ. Bartolo Valastro, Jr., род. 3 марта 1977, Хобокен, Нью-Джерси, США), более известный как Бадди Валастро (Buddy Valastro) — американский шеф-повар итальянского происхождения, предприниматель, получивший известность благодаря нескольким реалити-шоу с его участием. Владеет кондитерской своего отца Carlo’s Bakery. Наибольшую популярность ему принесли съемки в реалити-шоу «Король Кондитеров», премьера которого состоялась в апреле 2009 года на канале TLC. Благодаря большому успеху передачи, появились другие не менее популярные проекты с его участием: «Босс на кухне» (2011), «Великий Пекарь» (2010), «Спасение пекарни Бадди» (2013) и другие.

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