Buddy Valastro Research Paper

Have you ever received a simple cake for your birthday and thought it had potential for something bigger or better? Buddy Valastro, 36, is known as the “Cake Boss". Valastro and his crew can create almost any and every cake design you desire. He is a fourth-generation baker who started baking alongside his father at the age of 11. When Valastro was only 17 years old, his father passed away. Thus, Valastro took over their family bakery, Carlo's Bake Shop, changing his life forever. He wanted something that showed that his bakery was unique. Valastro does not just bake cakes for a living, he creates fundamental innovations that not only taste good but serve as entertainment for those who consume them. He creates cakes in motion and life-size

With Valastro’s dedicated mindset, he is able to think outside the box and create gastronomic innovations. The gastronomic innovations he creates are his specialty cakes. His innovations include making a cake light up, making the cake move, or making a life size car (Edwards). Buddy Valastro and his crew are always up for the challenge. One main extraordinary innovation Valastro and his crew created was the Transformer cake. (See image number one) Chevrolet hired Carlo's Bakery to make a cake featuring a Camaro and Bumblebee for the New York International Auto Show. The cake weighed about 2,000 pounds and was made out of cake and included hydraulics. The eyes glowed, the cake had special effects, and it was over seven feet tall. Because of the size and weight of the cake, they had to go off premises to build it because it would not fit into the bakery (Edwards). It is one thing to just make a really big cake with a printed picture on edible paper to put on the cake but, another to actually create a life-sized cake that requires more than a dozen people helping out to put together. After being entertained with the special effects of the cake, everyone at the New York International Auto Show got to enjoy a piece of the cake.