Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes

Jeffrey Adam "Duff" Goldman (born December 17, 1974) is the star of the Food Network reality television show Ace of Cakes. He is a baker and food artist who has been described as both audacious and creative.^[1] He owns a cake shop in Baltimore, Maryland known as Charm City Cakes. His work and talent has also been featured on the network television special Food Network Challenge competitions and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x3872, 2063 KB) This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x3872, 2063 KB) This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Former Logo Television Food Network, normally referred to as Food Network, is an American cable network that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows about food, food preparation, at-home entertaining, and restaurants. ... Ace of Cakes is a reality television show currently (2006) airing on the Food Network. ... A loaf of bread A baker is someone who primarily bakes and sells bread. ... Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more, Balmerr,Bodymore, Murderland Motto: The Greatest City in America (formerly The City That Reads; Get In On It is not the citys motto, but rather the advertising slogan of the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association; BELIEVE is not the... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jay Leno (born James Douglas Muir-Leno April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC televisions long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. ...

Early life

Goldman grew up in Massachusetts. When he was four, his mother caught him in her kitchen wielding a meat cleaver and watching food personality Chef Tell.^[2] From the age of fourteen he began to work in kitchens, and years later he attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Duff claimed that when he was a sophomore in college, he went to what he considered the finest restaurant in Baltimore where he was inspired to apply as a cook there. The head chef, Cindy Wolfe, looked at his résumé and noted that it consisted of irrelevant experience. However, Cindy did offer him a job to make cornbread and biscuits only, and this is what Duff claimed would be the turning point in his career.^[3] Shortly after, he attended schools such as Corcoran College of Art and the Culinary Institute of America at the California campus. After working under acclaimed chefs in California and Colorado, he returned to Washington, D.C. to work at the Olives restaurant baking bread. This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is part of the University System of Maryland and located in southern Baltimore County, Maryland near the towns of Catonsville and Arbutus. ... Cooks in training in Paris Chef is a term commonly used to refer to an individual who cooks professionally. ... Cornbread or Johnny cake is a generic name for any number of quick breads (a bread leavened chemically, rather than by yeast) containing cornmeal. ... A biscuit is a small baked bread or cake. ... The Corcoran College of Art and Design, founded in 1890, is the only professional college of art and design in Washington, DC. The school is affilliated with the Corcoran Gallery of Art. ... The Culinary Institute of America is a training institute for culinary arts in the United States, and is regarded as one of the worlds top culinary schools. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans...

Bakery

In 2000, Goldman opened his own business called Charm City Cakes. Initially, his cake sales began as he worked out of his Mount Vernon apartment with the help of two assistants he employed.^[1] As the requests for his unusual cakes increased, he hired more employees – many of whom did not have any culinary experience as pastry chefs, but were instead experienced painters and sculptors.^[4] Today, Goldman's bakery shop is indeed very unusual in that blow torches, as well as power tools such as grinders and drills, are used to help form the underlying supports of the unique edible creations. Mt. ... a cutting torch is a device that focuses an intense flame causing high heat and used to cut metal. ...

Ace of Cakes

Bob Tuschman, Senior Vice President of Food Network's programming, was quoted as describing the show Ace of Cakes as "Monster Garage meets cake shop…".^[5] Well into season two, Goldman has said that he sees his reality show as reflective of what happens at his shop. He was quoted as saying: Monster Garage (2002–2006) was a popular television show for the Discovery Channel hosted by Jesse G. James. ...

I think it's just going to be, like, more fun, funny stuff. They're just going for more of what life is like for us, what happens around here, as opposed to a strict how-to-decorate-a-cake kind of thing.^[6]

Work and appearances

With his crew, Goldman has done unusual cakes such as the likenesses of Elvis in the form of a 3-foot butter cream sculpture, a smoking volcano, a three-dimensional German Shepherd, as well as a replica of a CAT scan, a jeep, and an edible Wrigley Field. Television appearances include The Tonight Show, four Food Network Challenges, Christopher Lowell's show and others. Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Volcano 1. ... The German Shepherd Dog or Alsatian (see History), is a breed of dog. ... CAT apparatus in a hospital Computed axial tomography (CAT), computer-assisted tomography, computed tomography, CT, or body section roentgenography is the process of using digital processing to generate a three-dimensional image of the internals of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around... Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of DaimlerChrysler. ... For the former minor league baseball park, see Wrigley Field (Los Angeles). ... Richard Lowell Madden, better known as Christopher Lowell (born 1955), is an interior decorator. ...

Other interests

Duff plays part time in a rock band, and is interested with art and history. He claims his alternate dream job would be to perform as bass player with the band Clutch. An interesting sidenote, Goldman made a wedding cake for Clutch's lead singer, Neil Fallon.^[7][8]. In addition, Fallon's younger sister, Mary Alice Fallon-Yeskey, works at Charm City Cakes as the office manager. Rock is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... in 1930 was when the first traces of humans where discovered by cochroaches. ... Clutch is a musical group from Germantown, Maryland in the United States. ... Neil Fallon is the lead singer and guitarist for American rock band Clutch. ...

Quote

• "I never thought that was weird until I started meeting other bakers, and I was like, Whoa.... ".^[6]

References

External links

• "Charm City Cakes" - Official Website
• Duff Goldman – Food Network article
• Ace of Cakes - from the Food Network