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The show aired 256 episodes over the course of 9 seasons from April 19, 2009 – April 11, 2020.
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The show aired 256 episodes over the course of 9 seasons from April 19, 2009 – April 11, 2020.
2020. In 2023, Buddy and Carlo's Bake Shop would have a SpiritualSuccessor show ''Buddy Valastro's Cake Dynasty'' airing on the A&E network that focuses on the growing Carlo's Bake Shop brand and Buddy's children becoming a part of it.
** Maurizio, Buddy's brother-in-law as well as baker and mechanic engineer guy, is the second most targeted.
** Many of the newly hired employees go through a slewful of pranks during their first couple of weeks (if not months).
** Many of the newly hired employees go through a slewful of pranks during their first couple of weeks (if not months).
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** Cousin Jay and delivery employee Joe driving a cake delivery to Florida fill the diesel-fueled truck with regular gasoline four times before they realize their error and the truck gets stuck in Savannah Georgia and it'll take at least a week to drain the gas out and figure out if the truck's engine is still viable or cost 15 grand to repair
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** Cousin Jay and delivery employee Joe driving a cake delivery to Florida fill the diesel-fueled truck with regular gasoline four times before they realize their error and the truck gets eventually getting stuck in Savannah Georgia Georgia, and it'll take at least a week to drain the gas out and figure out if the truck's engine is still viable or cost 15 grand to repairrepair.
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* GratuitousItalian: In the opening credits of the first two seasons, Buddy refers to the crew at Carlo's as ''"mia famiglia"'', but he's first-generation Italian-American. Both of his parents had immigrated to America from Italy.
* {{Holiday Episode}}s:
* {{Holiday Episode}}s:
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* GratuitousItalian: In the opening credits of the first two seasons, credits, Buddy refers to the crew at Carlo's as ''"mia famiglia"'', but he's first-generation Italian-American. Both of his parents had immigrated to America from Italy.
Italy. Italian natives Mauro and Danny will also drop some lines on occasion.
* {{Holiday Episode}}s: Being a bakery, holidays are popular times for baked treats and cake orders.
* {{Holiday Episode}}s: Being a bakery, holidays are popular times for baked treats and cake orders.
** EasterEpisode: A few, especially since the Valastros are Catholic and have family gatherings on Easter.
** "Hats, Hamantaschen & Head Baker" had a cake order that looked like a Hamantash (a Jewish triangular filled-pocket pastry) for the Jewish holiday Purim.
** "Hats, Hamantaschen & Head Baker" had a cake order that looked like a Hamantash (a Jewish triangular filled-pocket pastry) for the Jewish holiday Purim.
** In "Superheroes and Bakers Unite!" new intern Ashley Holt, the ''Next Great Baker'' season 3 winner, is three hours late to work with no notice in her first week. (It's not disclosed why other than "made an irresponsible choice...I went out last night") Joey makes it clear how [[DisappointedInYou disappointing and disrespective]] it looks to them.
* TheJerseyDevil: Unsurprising given the bakery is located in New Jersey, the episode "Spirits and Spumoni" has the bakery make a Jersey Devil cake for a group of paranormal investigators. Although Buddy and his crew are vocal skeptics of the supernatural, they go through a number of setbacks while working on the cake, such as the struggles to secure the structured base, baker Ralph feeling sick enough midway through to have to go home, and the wings falling off in the van during transport. Then the crew are only able to reattach one of the wings back on, though the paranormal investigators weren't any less impressed by that.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Buddy is the youngest of five children and the only son of his parents Buddy Sr. and "Momma" Mary Valastro. Sisters Grace, Maddalena, Mary, and Lisa also all work at the bakery selling at the front of the store.
* TheJerseyDevil: Unsurprising given the bakery is located in New Jersey, the episode "Spirits and Spumoni" has the bakery make a Jersey Devil cake for a group of paranormal investigators. Although Buddy and his crew are vocal skeptics of the supernatural, they go through a number of setbacks while working on the cake, such as the struggles to secure the structured base, baker Ralph feeling sick enough midway through to have to go home, and the wings falling off in the van during transport. Then the crew are only able to reattach one of the wings back on, though the paranormal investigators weren't any less impressed by that.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Buddy is the youngest of five children and the only son of his parents Buddy Sr. and "Momma" Mary Valastro. Sisters Grace, Maddalena, Mary, and Lisa also all work at the bakery selling at the front of the store.
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** Buddy's mother and one of his sisters are both named Mary, but his mother is only referred to as Mama.
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** Buddy's mother and one of his sisters are both named Mary, but his mother is only referred to as Mama. Momma. Mauro and Maddalena's oldest daughter is also Mary but she only makes occasional appearances.
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--> [Buddy] may be the Cake Boss, but I'm the ''Boss'' Boss!
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--> '''Momma Mary''': [Buddy] may be the Cake Boss, but I'm he ain't the ''Boss'' Boss!boss!
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* VacationEpisode: Three of them, covering a Valastro trip to Italy.
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* VacationEpisode: Three VacationEpisode:
** "Castles, Cannolis and Cartoon Characters" has Buddy and Mauro and Maddalena's families at Ride/WaltDisneyWorld for Carlo's Bakery's participation in [=EPCOT=]'s Food & Wine Festival and to celebrate Buddy's daughter Sofia's 6th birthday.
** Season 3 has three episodes ofthem, covering the Valastros' trip to Italy.
** "Cake Block, Cruise and a Carlo's Ceremony": the whole Valastrotrip to Italy.familiga are on the Disney Cruise Line's ship, the Disney Dream for Buddy and Lisa's marriage renewal ceremony.
** "Castles, Cannolis and Cartoon Characters" has Buddy and Mauro and Maddalena's families at Ride/WaltDisneyWorld for Carlo's Bakery's participation in [=EPCOT=]'s Food & Wine Festival and to celebrate Buddy's daughter Sofia's 6th birthday.
** Season 3 has three episodes of
** "Cake Block, Cruise and a Carlo's Ceremony": the whole Valastro
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The show aired 247 episodes over the course of 9 seasons from April 19, 2009 –
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April 11, 2020.
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2009 – April 11, 2020.
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* {{Bridezilla}}: Where there are wedding cakes, there will be Bridezillas making life miserable for the bakery (Buddy tries to avoid taking orders from them in the first place).
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* {{Bridezilla}}: Where there are wedding cakes, there will be Bridezillas making life miserable for the Only an early Season 1 episode "Bi-Plane, [[TitleDrop Bridezilla]] & Busting Buddy" has a proper example. Not only calling Buddy's work ugly in his own bakery but a day before delivery takes multiple tubes of icing and spewing it all over his work as a way to "give him an art lesson". The only reason he still remade a new one was because her mother whom Buddy knew begged him to and he thought he could win her over when he delivered the final work. Even then she refuses to get up from her chair and look at it when her mother calls her over and cusses one bridesmaid out over having to, while her mother and bridesmaids gave Buddy the genuine praises he hoped for. (Buddy reportedly tries to avoid taking orders from them in the first place).place) Notably, no other wedding clients filmed for the show are shown giving him grief or demands again.
* DeadGuyJunior: Buddy and Lisa name their fourth child Carlo Salvatore. Carlo after the name of the bakery which is also the namesake of the original founder of Carlo's Bakery before he sold it to the Valastro family, and Salvatore after long-time Carlo's baker since the Valastros' ownership who died from cancer on January 30, 2011.
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** The carousel cake for Atlantic City; played for drama.
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** The carousel cake for Atlantic City; City wrecked on route; played for drama.
** Cousin Jay and delivery employee Joe driving a cake delivery to Florida fill the diesel-fueled truck with regular gasoline four times before they realize their error and the truck gets stuck in Savannah Georgia and it'll take at least a week to drain the gas out and figure out if the truck's engine is still viable or cost 15 grand to repair
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** HalloweenEpisode: Several. One particular episode features the orders was from a girl who claimed that she was going to be turned into a vampire. Buddy, despite obviously not believing the girl, went through the order. The funny thing about the order was that it was a coffin cake with a sculpture of a corpse inside of it (like what you would find at an open-casket funeral), and the girl requested that the body inside of the cake to look like Buddy's employee, Danny (aka, "The Mule").
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** HalloweenEpisode: Several. One particular episode features the orders was from a girl who claimed that she was going to be turned into a vampire. Buddy, despite obviously not believing the girl, went through the order. The funny thing about the order was that it was a coffin cake with a sculpture of a corpse inside of it (like what you would find at an open-casket funeral), funeral) and the girl requested that the body inside of the cake to look like Buddy's employee, Danny (aka, "The Mule").Danny.
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* {{Pixellation}}: Used for the anatomically-accurate modeling chocolate figures on a cake for a bachelorette party--at least until Buddy's mom saw them and made the sculptors add shorts. They were however able to get away with one naked male figure by putting a cloth apron to cover its lower half then removed the apron once they delivered the cake to the party, still satisfying the client's wishes.
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* {{Pixellation}}: Used for the anatomically-accurate modeling chocolate figures on a cake for a bachelorette party--at least until Buddy's mom saw them and made the sculptors add shorts. They were however able to get away with one naked male figure by putting a cloth apron to cover its lower half then removed the apron once they delivered the cake to the party, so to still satisfying satisfy the client's wishes.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: A few times the crew partakes in challenges either amongst each other or with a client(s), occasionally the winner is not who you would expect. For example: A sixteen year old and a 36 year old, the latter of whom is very large, enter a wrestling ring. The winner of the match? [[spoiler:The sixteen year old as he is an actual wrestler.]]
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: A few times the crew partakes in challenges either amongst each other or with a client(s), occasionally the winner is not who you would expect. For example: A sixteen year old (Joey and Grace's son Rob) and a 36 year old, old (head baker Frankie), the latter of whom is very large, enter a wrestling ring. The winner of the match? [[spoiler:The sixteen year old as he is an actual wrestler.]]
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* TemptingFate: In "Tulips, Taxes & Take It Easy" after the pain from Buddy's hernia causes him to go home early Frankie discusses how lucky Buddy is he only has one because he knew a guy that had a double which he didn't think was possible. The next episode Buddy has his hernia operation--and the surgeon reveals Buddy turned out to have two hernias that they went and fixed up.
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* MeaningfulName: Buddy and his wife Lisa's name their fourth child Carlo Salvatore Valastro, "Carlo" being the name of the guy who originally founded the bakery before it was bought by the Valastro family back in the 1960s, and Salvatore after long-time Carlo's baker since the Valastros' ownership who died from cancer on January 30, 2011.
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''Cake Boss'' is a cooking/reality show airing on [=TLC=]. It follows events at Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, UsefulNotes/NewJersey.
Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro is the Cake Boss -- owner and head baker of Carlo's Bake Shop (commonly called "Carlo's Bakery"). It was originally started by an Italian immigrant named Carlo Guastaferro back in 1910--the bakery is still running to this day, but it was purchased by Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Sr. in 1964, and has been owned and operated by a the Valastro-family since then, with the current head of the bakery being Buddy Sr's son, Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr., who took over after his dad died. The shop is a family affair, as his sisters work at the front counter and the bakers include brothers-in-law and cousins. In earlier episodes, his mother is still handling the bakery's bookkeeping. In the latest seasons, the show afforded Buddy a new and more contemporary place to move their bakery into.
Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro is the Cake Boss -- owner and head baker of Carlo's Bake Shop (commonly called "Carlo's Bakery"). It was originally started by an Italian immigrant named Carlo Guastaferro back in 1910--the bakery is still running to this day, but it was purchased by Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Sr. in 1964, and has been owned and operated by a the Valastro-family since then, with the current head of the bakery being Buddy Sr's son, Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr., who took over after his dad died. The shop is a family affair, as his sisters work at the front counter and the bakers include brothers-in-law and cousins. In earlier episodes, his mother is still handling the bakery's bookkeeping. In the latest seasons, the show afforded Buddy a new and more contemporary place to move their bakery into.
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''Cake Boss'' is a cooking/reality show airing aired on [=TLC=]. It follows events at Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, UsefulNotes/NewJersey.
Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro is the Cake Boss -- owner and head baker of Carlo's Bake Shop (commonly called "Carlo's Bakery"). It was originally started by an Italian immigrant named Carlo Guastaferro back in 1910--the bakery is still running to this day, but it was purchased by Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Sr. in 1964, and has been owned and operated by a the Valastro-family since then, with the current head of the bakery being Buddy Sr's son, Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr., who took over after his dad died. The shop is a family affair, as his sisters work at the front counter and the bakers include brothers-in-law and cousins. In earlier episodes, his mother is still handling the bakery's bookkeeping.In the latest seasons, Later on, the show afforded Buddy a new and more contemporary place to move their bakery into.
Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro is the Cake Boss -- owner and head baker of Carlo's Bake Shop (commonly called "Carlo's Bakery"). It was originally started by an Italian immigrant named Carlo Guastaferro back in 1910--the bakery is still running to this day, but it was purchased by Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Sr. in 1964, and has been owned and operated by a the Valastro-family since then, with the current head of the bakery being Buddy Sr's son, Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr., who took over after his dad died. The shop is a family affair, as his sisters work at the front counter and the bakers include brothers-in-law and cousins. In earlier episodes, his mother is still handling the bakery's bookkeeping.
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As of February 24, 2014, there have been 151 episodes made over 6 seasons, in addition to 5 stand-alone specials.
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* FromBadToWorse: A hot-air balloon cake with moving parts was about to be delivered, only for the client to ''then'' decide to deliver it in s real hot-air balloon. The problem was that the cake was fragile due to the moving parts and the fact that it was very windy. They barely managed to deliver it without major damage.
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* FromBadToWorse: A hot-air balloon cake with moving parts was about to be delivered, only for the client to ''then'' decide to deliver it in s a real hot-air balloon. The problem was that the cake was fragile due to the moving parts and the fact that it was very windy. They barely managed to deliver it without major damage.
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* GratuitousItalian: In the opening credits of the first two seasons, Buddy refers to the crew at Carlo's as ''"mia famiglia"'', but he's first-generation Italian-American. Both of his parents had emmigrated to America from Italy.
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* GratuitousItalian: In the opening credits of the first two seasons, Buddy refers to the crew at Carlo's as ''"mia famiglia"'', but he's first-generation Italian-American. Both of his parents had emmigrated immigrated to America from Italy.
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** HalloweenEpisode: One of the orders was from a girl who claimed that she was going to be turned into a vampire. Buddy, despite obviously not believing the girl, went through the order. The funny thing about the order was that it was a coffin cake with a sculpture of a corpse inside of it (like what you would find at an open-casket funeral), and the girl requested that the body inside of the cake to look like Buddy's employee, Danny (aka, "The Mule").
** ChristmasEpisode: Two, as well as a ChristmasInJuly special with the Rockettes.
** ChristmasEpisode: Two, as well as a ChristmasInJuly special with the Rockettes.
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** HalloweenEpisode: Several. One of particular episode features the orders was from a girl who claimed that she was going to be turned into a vampire. Buddy, despite obviously not believing the girl, went through the order. The funny thing about the order was that it was a coffin cake with a sculpture of a corpse inside of it (like what you would find at an open-casket funeral), and the girl requested that the body inside of the cake to look like Buddy's employee, Danny (aka, "The Mule").
** ChristmasEpisode:Two, Several, as well as a ChristmasInJuly special with the Rockettes.
** ChristmasEpisode:
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: The show basically runs on this.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: The show basically runs on this.this, showcasing the big and often extravagant cake orders Carlo's gets.
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* {{Pixellation}}: Uswling team enter into a competition with ed for the anatomically-accurate modeling chocolate figures on a cake for a bachelorette--at least until Buddy's mom saw them and made the sculptors add shorts.
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** Buddy's mother and one of his sisters are both named Mary, but his mother is only referred to as Mama.
* {{Pixellation}}:Uswling team enter into a competition with ed Used for the anatomically-accurate modeling chocolate figures on a cake for a bachelorette--at bachelorette party--at least until Buddy's mom saw them and made the sculptors add shorts.shorts. They were however able to get away with one naked male figure by putting a cloth apron to cover its lower half then removed the apron once they delivered the cake to the party, still satisfying the client's wishes.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: A few time the crew partakes in sports events and in 3 time the winner is not who you would expect for example: A sixteen year old and a 36 year old the latter of whom is very large enter a wrestling ring. The winner of the match? [[spoiler:The Sixteen Year old as he is an actual wrestler.]] and on another occasion an YouGoGirl Bowling team enter into a competition with a RatedMForManly bowling team the obvious winner is [[spoiler:The Male bowling team as they actually were a bowling team and were not just made up on the fly.]]
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: A few time times the crew partakes in sports events and in 3 time challenges either amongst each other or with a client(s), occasionally the winner is not who you would expect for expect. For example: A sixteen year old and a 36 year old old, the latter of whom is very large large, enter a wrestling ring. The winner of the match? [[spoiler:The Sixteen Year sixteen year old as he is an actual wrestler.]] and on another occasion an YouGoGirl Bowling team enter into a competition with a RatedMForManly bowling team the obvious winner is [[spoiler:The Male bowling team as they actually were a bowling team and were not just made up on the fly.]]
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* SecretIngredient: on a couple of occasions, Buddy has ordered the cameraman to stop filming so Buddy can add a secret ingredient without the show's viewers learning what it is.
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* SecretIngredient: on On a couple of occasions, Buddy has ordered the cameraman to stop filming so Buddy can add a secret ingredient without the show's viewers learning what it is.
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* TitleDrop: Has happened quite a few times over the course of the series--one example is from a ParentalLecture that Buddy received from his mom:
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* TitleDrop: Has happened quite a few times over the course of the series--one example is from a ParentalLecture that parental lecture Buddy received from his mom:
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* UpToEleven: Some customers seem to be trying to raise the bar on what Buddy can do. (The tiki-cake guy was a regular customer, and admitted that he was doing this.)
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** Buddy and his nephew (also named "Buddy") are the youngest children and only sons in their families; older Buddy has four older sisters, while young Buddy has two older sisters.
** Buddy and Lisa's daughter, Sophia, is the oldest of four kids and the only daughter.
** Buddy and his nephew (also named "Buddy") are the youngest children and only sons in their families; older Buddy has four older sisters, while young Buddy has two older sisters.
** Buddy and Lisa's daughter, Sophia, is the oldest of four kids and the only daughter.
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* IAteWhat: When Buddy made a cake for an animal shelter's fundraiser, he also made a special animal-diet-safe cake for the dogs. One of the bakery's delivery drivers was pranked by giving him a sample of the "dog cake" (which included actual dog food).
