Buddy Valastro Wiki Biography

Bartolo Valastro Jr., simply known as Buddy Valastro, is a famous Italian-American entrepreneur, television personality, as well as a celebrity chef. Buddy Valastro is perhaps best known as the main star of the reality television series entitled “Cake Boss”. The show focuses on the business operated by Valastro and his siblings, as they run “Carlo’s Bake Shop”, where they combine their professional careers, as well as interpersonal relationships. The series first aired in 2009 and enjoyed a large success with an average audience of 2.3 million during its first season. Since then, “Carlo’s Bake Shop” has become a tourist attraction, as hundreds of people line-up to enter the bakery in order to try the famous cakes, which has in turn increased business for the shop, as well as tourism in the area.

Buddy Valastro Net Worth $10 Million

The popularity of “Cake Boss” inspired several spin-off series, namely “Next Great Baker” presented by Buddy Valastro, and “Kitchen Boss”, which is also hosted by Valastro. Valastro then went on to release several books related to the show, the first one being “Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes from Mia Famiglia”, which was followed by “Baking with the Cake Boss”.

A famous celebrity chef, how rich is Buddy Valastro? According to sources, Buddy Valastro’s net worth is estimated to be $10 million. With the money collected from the shows, Valastro was able to purchase several valuable assets. His most expensive asset is a house in New Jersey, the value of which exceeds $1.3 million.

Buddy Valastro was born in 1977, in Hoboken, New Jersey. When he was 11 years old, Valastro started working at “Carlo’s Bake Shop”, a bakery owned by his father. Valastro’s father died in 1994 and as a result of this, Buddy became the owner of the bakery at the age of 17. It was in this bakery where Valastro launched his famous “Cake Boss” reality series. “Cake Boss” proved to be so popular that it opened many business opportunities for the Valastro family. “Carlo’s Bakery” expanded to 5 locations in New Jersey, that is in Hoboken, Ridgewood, Morristown, Westfield and Red Bank.

Considered to be among the 50 most influential people in Hudson’s County, Buddy Valastro went on to open other businesses as well. Currently, he is focused on running “Buddy V’s Events”, which is a company, co-owned with Jeffrey Spivack, that provides catering and event planning. In addition to this, Valastro is an owner of “Buddy V’s Ristorante”, his very first restaurant venture, located in Las Vegas. The restaurant enjoys a 4 star out of 5 rating, as well as a large attendance.

Buddy Valastro is a truly busy entrepreneur. As previously mentioned, Valastro is currently a host and main star of three cooking series. However, more recently, in 2013, he launched yet another television show called “Buddy’s Bakery Rescue”, also known as “Bakery Boss”, where Buddy tries to help “Friendly’s Bake Shop”, a bakery which is struggling with finances. The show has a similar format to that of “Kitchen Nightmares” run by Gordon Ramsey.



Full Name Buddy Valastro
Net Worth $10 Million
Date Of Birth March 3, 1977
Place Of Birth Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Profession Television Producer
Nationality United States of America
Spouse Lisa Valastro (m. 2001)
Children Sofia Valastro, Marco Valastro, Carlo Valastro, Buddy Valastro, Jr.
Parents Buddy Valastro, Sr., Mary Valastro, Mary Valastro Pinto, Bartolo Valastro, Sr.
Siblings Grace Faugno, Mary Sciarrone, Maddalena Castano, Lisa Gonzalez
Nicknames Bartolo Valastro, Jr. , Bartolo Valastro
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TV Shows Next Great Baker, Cake Boss, Kitchen Boss, Batalha dos Confeiteiros, Next Great Baker: Latin America
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1 Makes amazing cakes
Fact
1 He was nominated for the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Enterprise category.
2 In Hoboken, NJ, filming Cake Boss (2009) and managing Carlo’s Bakery. [September 2010]
3 Buddy’s wife, Lisa Valastro, gave birth to their fourth child on 2/14/11, the little boy was named Carlo Salvatore Valastro and he weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz.
4 He and Lisa have four children: Sofia Valastro (b. April 2003), Bartolo Buddy Valastro Jr. (b. September 2004) Marco Valastro (b. February 2007) and Carlo Salvatore Valastro (b. February 2011).
5 Has four sisters: Grace Faugno, “Madeline” Maddalena Castano, Mary Sciarrone and Lisa Gonzalez.
6 Lost his father in 1994, at the age of 17.
7 Has three brothers-in-law, including Joseph Joey Faugno (Grace’s husband), and “Chef Mario” Mauro Castano (Madeline’s husband).
8 Cousin of Frank Amato Jr. and Anthony Bellifemine.
9 Son of Mary Valastro Picinich and Bartolo ‘Buddy’ Valastro Sr..
10 Owner/baker of “Carlo’s Bakery” in Hoboken, N.J.
11 Is the third owner of Carlo’s Bakery, the second being his father. The bakery is named after the original owner.
12 Carlo’s Bakery has been in his family since 1964.

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Bakers vs. Fakers 2016 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode
Cooks vs. Cons 2016 TV Series executive producer – 18 episodes
Cake Boss 2016 TV Series executive producer – 8 episodes
Cake Boss: Next Great Baker 2010-2012 TV Series producer – 6 episodes
Kitchen Boss 2011 TV Series producer – 40 episodes

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Billie Bob Joe 2015 Chef Buddy

Self

Title Year Status Character
Bakers vs. Fakers 2016-2017 TV Series Himself – Host / Himself – Judge
Rachael Ray 2009-2017 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Co-host
The Chew 2017 TV Series Himself
Good Morning America 2011-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Harry 2016 TV Series Himself
The Wendy Williams Show 2009-2016 TV Series Himself
Batalha dos Cozinheiros 2016 TV Series Himself – Host
Cake Boss 2009-2016 TV Series Himself – Cake Boss / Himself / Himself – Buddy and Lisa’s First Son / …
Guilty Pleasures 2015-2016 TV Series Himself
Susana Giménez 2016 TV Series Himself – Guest
WGN Morning News 2016 TV Series Himself
Buddy’s Family Vacation 2016 TV Series Himself – Host
Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest, It’s Neil’s Mom
Ok! TV 2015 TV Series Himself
The Apprentice 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest Judge
Cake Boss: Next Great Baker 2010-2014 TV Series Himself – Host / Himself
The Noite com Danilo Gentili 2014 TV Series Himself
A Tribute to David Zaslav: Newhouse Mirror Awards 2014 Documentary short Himself
Mike & Mike 2014 TV Series Himself – Cake Boss
Southern Fried Everything 2014 TV Series Himself – Baker, Carlos’s City Hall Bake Shop
Quiet on the Set 2014 TV Series Himself
Fox and Friends 2013 TV Series Himself
Bakery Boss 2013 TV Series Himself – Host
Mario & Courtney’s Wedding Fiesta 2012 TV Special Himself
Live with Kelly and Ryan 2010-2012 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Kitchen Boss 2011-2012 TV Series Himself – Host
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2010-2011 TV Series Himself
The Nate Berkus Show 2011 TV Series Himself
ESPN Friday Night Fights 2011 TV Series Himself – Teddy’s Fight Plan Partner
Buzz: AT&T Original Documentaries 2011 TV Series documentary Himself
The Bonnie Hunt Show 2010 TV Series Himself
Food Network Challenge 2007-2009 TV Series Himself – Competitor
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart 2005 TV Series Himself