Buđy Valastro

Buddy Valastro Net Worth, Wife Lisa Valastro, Kids, Mother, Family, Siblings

Buddy Valastro is one of TLC's golden boys — and he has been for years. You know him as the Cake Boss, the down-to-earth, Italian baker who creates some of the wildest, most extravagant cakes in the country. It's an odd niche, perhaps, but it's one that he's made work beyond most people's wildest dreams. 

He took his father's tiny New Jersey bakery and turned it into an empire — with a chain of shops and restaurants, several published books, a line of cookware, and more than one TV show — and he's brought his entire family along for the ride. 

Today, he sits at the top of a throne built on frosting and fondant, but it was a long journey for this ambition baker from Hoboken, and he ran into quite a few potholes along the way. Let's look at how he got where he's at and see what it really takes to be the Cake Boss.