Host/Executive Producer | |
Buddy Valastro | |
Broadcast | |
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Packager | |
Cakehouse Media |
Bake it Like Buddy! (or Bake it Like Buddy) is a reality competition series where teams from across the country including mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, cousins, sisters, twins, best friends and more will compete to have their cake and eat it too in an emotionally charged, all you can eat cake battle where family is just as important as the ingredients.
Premise[]
Each week, extremely talented , passionate and creative baking family duos face-off against each other in a fun head-to-head bake off against each other at Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey, The contestants spanning from professional to emerging chefs to passionate weekend bakers will have every fiber of their baking abilities tested as Buddy sets a unique challenge in each episode. With help from his own family and Carlo's bakery staff, Buddy and two members of his team mentor and judge the visiting family's delicious creations on design, flavor, technique, finish and how well the contestants followed a central theme -- ranging from unicorns, sci-fi, 3D, Halloween and much more. The two teams have only four hours to design, bake and decorate a cake for the chance to win a $1,000 cash prize, professional baking supplies and most importantly, bragging rights. Throughout the competition, Buddy and his family members inspire and help the bakers take their skills to the next level with tips, real-time feedback and design assistance.
Trivia[]
The title of the show is a parody of the 2002 film Bend it Like Beckham and the 2014 song Twerk it Like Miley by Brandon Beal.