By Anne Valdespino
From The Orange County Register
He’s the “Ace of Cakes” and Buddy Valastro’s worst nightmare on “Buddy vs. Duff.”
But Food Network’s new daytime series, “Duff: Ace of Taste,” which premiered on Sunday, April 24, reveals another side of celebrity chef Duff Goldman who’s best known for his baking. Now he’s expanding his horizons to share savory recipes too, drawing on all his culinary skills as a classically trained chef and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley.
Before becoming a stellar pastry entrepreneur who built two businesses, Charm City Cakes bakery in Baltimore and Los Angeles, and the DIY treats store Duff’s Cakemix with shops in Southern California, he worked in fine dining rooms such as French Laundry and Olives. For this show he’s keeping it down to earth with recipes drawn from his real life as a dad, husband and part-time rock musician who plays bass in a band with some of his chef buddies.
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