Marissa Lopez – Buddy's intern (winner of Season 2 of Next Great Baker), later becoming manager of Carlo's Bakery's new location in Ridgewood, New Jersey.Ralph Attanasia III (born September 6, 1984) – bakery sculptor.He is Buddy's brother-in-law and a graduate of Rutgers Business School. Maurizio Belgiovine – delivery boy and structure builder.Her parents, Gloria Tammacco and Mauro Belgiovine, who are seen in the show, are from Molfetta, Puglia. They have four kids, Sofia Valastro, Carlo Valastro, Marco Valastro and Buddy Valastro, III. Elisabetta "Lisa" Valastro (née Belgiovine) (born March 9, 1979) – Buddy's wife.She has three kids Teresa "Tessy" Colegrove, John Colegrove and Isabella Valastro. Manages the storefront and sometimes handles billing. Lisa Valastro (born December 31, 1974) – Buddy's youngest sister.She returned to full-time work at the bakery in the episode "Silly Seuss & Surprise!". Mary was rehired as a cake consultant a few weeks after being fired. In the fifth-season episode Trash, Twirls & Tough Love ", she was fired because of multiple incidents involving her making inappropriate statements. She is married with two children: Joseph and Lucia. Mary Sciarrone (née Valastro) (born September 30, 1969) – Cake Consultant and Buddy's third-oldest sister.They have three children: Dominique, Bartolo "Buddy", and Mary. Maddalena Castano (née Valastro) (born August 15, 1967) – manages the front counter.They have two children: Robert and Bartolina. She is married to Joey Faugno, the shop's head baker. She works the front counter and in later season in the decoration and delivery from special orders.
Grace Faugno (née Valastro) – (born June 30, 1966) Buddy's oldest sister.He is nicknamed "the mule" for his versatility. He is a close family friend, and his daughter, Tatiana, works at the bakery. Danny Dragone – a multipurpose employee who has worked at the bakery since before Buddy was born.He is Buddy's second cousin and godfather to his son Marco, with two children of his own. He is married to Buddy's oldest sister, Grace. Joseph "Joey" Faugno (born October 10, 1967) – The shop's head baker.On September 16, 1989, he had his first date with Maddalena (her father orchestrated all), and in October 1991 they married. His father is from Bernalda, Basilicata and his mother from near Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna. He arrived in the USA on February 15, 1976. He was born in Milan, and left Italy when he was 7. He is married to Buddy's second-oldest sister, Maddalena. Mauro Castano (born August 18, 1963) – pastry chef and Buddy's right-hand man.
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In 2012, as a result of the attention that the series brought to Hoboken, New Jersey, the Hudson Reporter named him as an honorable mention in its list of Hudson County's 50 most influential people. He is married to Elisabetta "Lisa" Valastro (née Belgiovine) with whom he has four children: Sofia, Bartolo "Buddy" III, Marco, and Carlo. He is the only son and the youngest child of Bartolo "Buddy" Sr. (born March 3, 1977) – The star of the show, who has worked at the bakery since age 17 in 1994. 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.Ĭast Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey, where the series is filmed. 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. New episodes returned on May 18, 2019, with the show moving to TLC's sister network, Discovery Family until April 11, 2020.
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