# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-valastro
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:31:00.579Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-valastro"
name: "Buddy Valastro"
slug: "buddy-valastro"
description: "Bartolo \"Buddy\" Valastro Jr. is an American baker, reality television personality, and businessman. He has taken his small, family-owned bake shop, Carlo's Bakery, and turned it into a baking and restaurant empire. Valastro is best known as the star of the reality television series Cake Boss, which ran on the TLC cable channel from April 2009 until April 2020. He has also starred in Next Great Baker (2010), Kitchen Boss (2011), Buddy's Bakery Rescue (2013), Bake You Rich (2013), Bakery Boss (2013), Buddy vs. Duff (2019), Buddy vs. Christmas (2020) Buddy Valastro's Cake Dynasty (2023–present) and Legends of the Fork (2023–present)"
tagline: "American television host"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_Valastro_at_the_Jersey_City_Mayoral_Inauguration.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Chefs"
  slug: "chefs"
profileType:
  name: "Chef"
  slug: "chef"
birthDate: "1974-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.4
  momentum:             1.770323212536729
  historical:           11.45412533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 44
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/cakebossbuddy"
    handle:    "cakebossbuddy"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2941415/"
    handle:    "nm2941415"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://carlosbakery.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Buddy Valastro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "بادي فالسترو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badi_Valastro"
    title: "Badi Valastro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Valastro"
    title: "Buddy Valastro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Valastro"
    title: "Buddy Valastro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Valastro%2C_Jr."
    title: "Buddy Valastro, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Valastro"
    title: "Buddy Valastro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%A4%D5%AB_%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%B8"
    title: "Բադդի Վալաստրո"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Valastro"
    title: "Buddy Valastro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Valastro"
    title: "Buddy Valastro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%2C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Валастро, Бадди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Valastro"
    title: "Buddy Valastro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12156234"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1877241"
    title: "Buddy Valastro"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump