Cake o’clock: Buddy Valastro premieres two new shows on A&E
It’s time to have your cake and eat it, too! Buddy Valastro is joining A&E’s Home.Made.Nation with two new series, premiering on the network this Saturday, Nov. 11: “Legends of the Fork” and, immediately following, “Buddy Valastro’s Cake Dynasty.”
“We’re back on TV, baby!” the infamous cake boss himself said. “I’m excited to bring not one, but two brand-new shows to A&E starting this November. Viewers are going to love ‘Buddy Valastro’s Cake Dynasty,’ featuring the whole Valastro family, just a little older and maybe a little more grown-up (maybe!).
“And I hope people enjoy all the great culinary stories I showcase on ‘Legends of the Fork,’ while traveling throughout the country looking for the most iconic food and flavors,” Valastro concluded, giving viewers a taste of his first new series. During each half-hour episode of “Legends of the Fork,” the superstar baker travels from Los Angeles to New Jersey, out to “see, hear and taste the stories, histories, legacies and flavors of America’s iconic restaurants,” according to the network. “Buddy explores how these historic eateries offer diners an astonishing panorama of the country’s social, cultural and demographic history, as well as its culinary traditions.”
Following the premiere of his tasty travel series, Valastro invites viewers behind the scenes at Carlo’s Bake Shop in “Buddy Valastro’s Cake Dynasty,” in which Buddy and his extended family work together in order to balance the nonstop demands of their cake empire with their always-hectic home life. “The business is growing with restaurants, nationwide shipping, automated cake vending and more,” a news release from A&E describes. “[While] baking thousands of cakes, Italian specialty desserts and cookies each day, while also creating the most brain-busting, innovative cakes around,” this new series takes Buddy and the bakery to a whole new level. During this first season, Carlo’s welcomes high-tier clientele, crafting massive cakes for Neil Patrick Harris’ 50th birthday, the 20th anniversary of “Wicked” on Broadway, the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s legendary win, and even a massive anniversary cake for Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
With sugar, spice and everything nice, Home.Made.Nation welcomes Buddy to the family, as “Legends of the Fork” and “Buddy Valastro’s Cake Dynasty” premiere back-to-back, Saturday, Nov. 11, on A&E.