It's been 10 years since Buddy Valastro, the owner and head baker at Hoboken, New Jersey's Carlo's Bakery, became an unlikely television star on TLC's Cake Boss. Since then, Valastro has opened 18 additional Carlo's locations as well as an event planning and catering company, and he's gone on to star in more than a half-dozen Discovery Networks programs including TLC's Next Great Baker, Food Network's Buddy vs. Duff, and Food Network's newest, Bake You Rich, which premiered on April 14 and airs Sundays at 10 PM. In a first-time move for Food Network, Bake You Rich has incorporated e-commerce into the program by offering the winning dessert for sale on the Carlo's Bakery website immediately following each episode's airing.
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