Buddy Vastro Family History

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Buddy Valastro once said, “No matter what the recipe, any baker can do wonders in the kitchen with some good ingredients and an upbeat attitude.” I will be talking about Buddy Valastro’s family background, what inspired him to get into baking, and about his pastry specialty, which are cakes.
Buddy valastro, family is originally from Lipari, a small island to the north of Sicily, Italy. His father Buddy Sr. migrated to America with his family at the age of thirteen and started a new life here. The Valastro family had a variety of Bakers in the family, but his father did not want the same future for his child. Buddy Sr. started his baking career at “Carlo’s Bakery” and eventually bought it and moved it to Washington Street, where it resides today. Buddy “Bartolo” Valastro Jr. was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA on March 3, 1977.
Buddy Valastro started working in the bakery at the age of 17, he is the fourth-generation baker in his family. Buddy’s inspiration and role model was his father Buddy Senior. After his father’s death on March 21, 1994, buddy took over the bakeries responsibilities. Although, it was a lot of responsibility and a lot of pressure, buddy took the bakery to new heights it had never been in before and knew that baking …show more content…

He says, “I wanted to be creative, and thought if I can make cakes that do not look like normal cakes, and taste the way my dad’s cakes tasted… then I might be onto something.” By experimenting with his father’s recipes and mastering fondant icing, Buddy took cake decorating to a whole new level and many people recognized it. Buddy appeared in many food network shows and because he was a natural on camera, they offered him his own show “Cake Boss”. The show helped Carlo’s Bakery to become world wide known, and welcomed many tourist to go get a taste of their famous “Lobster Tails”. Carlo’s Bakery is expanding quickly and Buddy continues to open up more

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