Cake Boss is an American reality television series airing on TLC. The show follows the operations of Carlo's Bake Shop, an Italian-American family-owned business in Hoboken, New Jersey owned and operated by siblings Buddy Valastro (to whom the series' title refers), Lisa Valastro (Buddy's sister), Maddalena Castano, Grace Faugno and Mary Sciarrone. The show focuses on how they make their edible art cakes, and the interpersonal relationships among the various family members and other employees who work at the shop. The series premiere on April 19, 2009, and ended on December 2, 2017. and has spawned four spin-offs: Next Great Baker, Kitchen Boss, Bake You Rich, and Bakery Boss.
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Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr. - The star of the show, who has worked at the bakery since age 17 in 1994. He is the only son and the youngest child of Bartolo "Buddy" Sr. and Mary Valastro. He grew up in Little Ferry, New Jersey. He is married to Elizabeth "Lisa" Valastro (nee Belgiovine) with whom he has four children: Sofia, Bartolo "Buddy" III, Marco, and Carlo. In 2012, as a result •
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Mary Sciarrone (née Valastro) is the third-from-oldest of Buddy's sister. In the fifth season episode "Stained Glass & A Surprised Danny," she had to be removed from the bakery for a short time after being accused of being unkind to some of the employees. She and Buddy later patched things up, and Buddy rehired Mary as a cake consultant, and in the episode, "Silly Seuss & Surprise!", Mary returned to full-time work at the bakery.
Mary has two children who're fraternal twins: a son named Joseph Jr. and a daughter named Lucia. Mary's husband, Joseph "Joe" Sciarrone Sr., is the only one of Buddy's brothers-in-law to not work at the bakery--Joey's the head baker, Mauro is Buddy's current right-hand man, and Lisa's ex-husband, Remy, Buddy's former right hand man, also worked at the bakery.
According to Mary in the "Family Secrets" special, Joe already had a job back when they first met, so it's not like he needed a job--although Joe still helps with the bakery business itself, so even if he doesn't work there, he's still involved with it.