Booking Buddy Valastro

Buddy Valastro Biography

American chef and television personality Buddy Valastro, Jr. was born in 1977 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Today, Valastro is best known as the star of Cake Boss, the highly successful reality show series on the Learning Channel. But long before he became one of the most recognizable faces in culinary television, Buddy began learning to cook in his family’s own bakery, Carlo’s Bakery, alongside his father.

Sadly, Valastro’s father passed away when Buddy was only seventeen, but the loss paved the way for Buddy to step in as the new “cake boss,” launching his career. As the new head of Carlo’s Bakery, Buddy brought the business to new heights, opening six locations and becoming so well known in the New Jersey area that it eventually caught the interest of the Learning Channel for a new series. Cake Boss premiered in 2009, and led to the additional TLC spinoffs: Kitchen Boss, The Next Great Baker, Batalha dos Confeiteiros, and Buddy’s Family Vacation.

Buddy Valastro most recently expanded his business endeavors to include Whole Earth Sweetener Co., with which he has struck a partnership. The company and Buddy will together launch campaigns to “rethink sweet,” bringing lower calorie sweetener options to the market in an endeavor to give customers some alternative healthy choices.