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Cake Boss

Premieres: Southeast Asia on Mar 8 at 8:00 pm; North Asia on Mar 1 at 7:00 pm

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HIGH-PROFILE CLIENTELE, IMPOSSIBLE DEADLINES, AND AWARD-WINNING DESIGNS - IT'S NO PIECE OF CAKE!
­- Renowned cake artist Buddy Valastro shows why he's the CAKE BOSS -

Meet award-winning pastry chef and cake decorator Buddy Valastro. Buddy has created some of the most mouthwatering and elaborate cakes, including Britney Spears' circus-themed 27th birthday cake. Now he is geared to serve up the perfect recipe for TV entertainment on Discovery Travel & Living's new series CAKE BOSS. Witness the sugar-charged drama Buddy and his big Italian family experience as they manage their booming business at Carlo's City Hall Bake in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Buddy Valastro is one of the most successful and renowned cake artists in the United States. Master baker of Carlo's City Hall Bake, he is undeniably the CAKE BOSS. At his family-owned bakery, Buddy supervises a team that includes his mother, four older sisters and three brothers-in-law. And when one is working with family on a daily basis, this could be a recipe for disaster.

CAKE BOSS
chronicles Buddy's over-arching desire to achieve his late father's dream of making Carlo's a household name and the obstacles that threaten to stifle his ambition. Shot mostly in the back of the store, CAKE BOSS offers a fascinating look at the behind-the-scenes process of creating edible art out of flour and sugar, churning out old-school recipes and remarkably modern cakes.

From dealing with Bridezillas and taking a trip to the museum to research a prehistoric cake, to creating wedding cake containing live birds and taking on the challenge of icing a cake while blindfolded, catch the intriguing mix of drama and frosting-topped cake galore with Buddy and his family on CAKE BOSS.

CAKE BOSS episode descriptions:

Episode 1: A Bride, A Boat and Bamboozled!
After beginning a week completely jam-packed with cake orders, Buddy gets a call from a customer he cannot possibly turn down. Brides Magazine is offering Buddy an inside cover photo spread but he's going to have to create a cake unlike any he's ever done before. Between arguing with his family, producing the standard 300-plus cakes the bakery makes in any given week and running out of sugar, is there any way Buddy and company are going to get this opportunity-of-a-lifetime cake done in time?

Episode 2: A Fire, A Fashionista and Family
Buddy and his team learn that where there's smoke, there's fire when they have to build a fire engine cake complete with working lights, siren and smoke! They also have to create a 30th birthday cake for two trendy fashionistas. This week also marks the 15th anniversary of Buddy's father's death so emotions are high as he recreates his father's trademark cake for the family memorial dinner.

Episode 3: Bunny, Birthday and Burnt Food
It's one of the busiest weeks of the year at Carlo's with orders pouring in for Easter, and a last-minute Easter Bunny cake turns out to be more than what the team bargained for. There are also three members of the family celebrating birthdays this week and Buddy's sister Grace, who's never cooked for the family before, decides she's going to make Easter dinner.

Episode 4: Weddings, Water and Whacked!
The team at Carlo's is hoping not to get whacked when they're asked to make a huge roulette table cake for a local businessman. It's also the start of wedding season and the time-consuming wedding cake orders are piling up. A mix-up by the sisters not keeping cake orders organised throws Buddy off the handle when a customer comes in to pick up a cake that's not ready.

Episode 5: Bi-Plane, Bridezilla and Busting Buddy
It's another busy week at Carlo's Bakery but Buddy can't say no to a charity bi-plane cake for a local hospital. An unreasonable Bridezilla makes everyone's life difficult after the bakery crew makes a cake that she's not pleased with, and Stretch, the bakery's delivery driver, plots a revenge prank against Buddy with unexpected results. 

Episode 6: Undead, Unclothed and Unhappy Mama
Buddy is thrown out of his comfort zone when he's asked to make a zombie cake for a couple of undead clients. This week the team also has to make an erotic bachelorette cake for some wild women. This cake seems likes it's going to be all fun and games until Mama finds out and bans the bakery staff from making sexy cakes.

Episode 7: Doves, Ducks and Delicacies
Buddy is excited to create an old-school wedding cake like the kind his father used to make - tall, ornate... and filled with live birds?! A dad-to-be comes to the bakery to order a giant lobster tail pastry for his pregnant wife. Little Frankie goes on a mission to catch live birds for the wedding cake.

Episode 8: Museum, Mistakes and Mother Mary
The Carlo's team gets to take a field trip to a local museum to find inspiration for a prehistoric mammal cake. A Sweet 16 cake proves to be more work than anyone planned on and Frankie makes and decorates a cake all by himself for a very hard to please client... his cousin Mary!

Episode 8: Soldiers, Sand and Salads
Buddy and company are like kids loose in a toy store, literally, when they are asked to make an FAO Schwarz-themed cake for a twin's birthday party at the store. They also have a beach-themed cake to create for a local beach club, and Buddy and his main men challenge the sisters to a weight-loss challenge.

Episode 10: Chinese Culture and Cannolis
The Carlo's team has a unique and challenging cake to make this week, a traditional Chinese dragon cake for a dragon boat racing team. It's also a big week at the bakery preparing hundreds of cannoli shells for the annual $0.25 Throw Back Cannoli Day and on top of all that, Buddy and Lisa are celebrating their eighth wedding anniversary.

Episode 11: A Blindfold, A Bikini and Breathing Fire
Buddy is used to putting out fires, not starting them, but all that changes when he's asked to make a tiki cake that spits fire. Buddy also has to make a bridal shower cake for his sister-in-law and Mauro challenges him to ice a cake while blindfolded... or he'll have to walk around the bakery in a grass skirt and coconut bra!

Episode 12: Leaning, Lobsters and Lectures
Buddy has to channel his inner-Italian to create a Leaning Tower of Pisa wedding cake. Then, he gets into hot water when he must pull together a show stopping lobster bake-themed cake at the last second after a client mixes up the date!

Episode 13: Fireworks, Falling Fondant and Fathers
A fellow family owned business asks Buddy and the Carlo's team to honour their patriarch by creating a special cake featuring their company's product... fireworks! It's also "Bring Your Dad to School Day" at Buddy's son's school and he's got a surprise for all the kids.