Current:Home > My'Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro returns to TV with two new shows, update on injured hand-InfoLens
'Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro returns to TV with two new shows, update on injured hand
View Date:2024-12-23 15:51:09
NEW YORK — Of the many things he has accomplished, baker, entrepreneur and TV star Buddy Valastro jokes that he’s “probably not going to be a hand model” anytime soon.“The hand’s actually doing pretty good,” he tells USA TODAY while promoting two new shows on A&E, after a long TV tenure at Discovery networks. “I got about 95 percent of my strength back.”Valastro suffered a gruesome injury when his hand was impaled by a metal rod at the bowling alley in his New Jersey home. “When somebody who works with wild animals gets bitten or attacked, they don’t ever hate the animals, right?” he explains. “It was kind of like my own, user error. But I’m a lot more careful where I stick my fingers now.”Valastro has his hands full with businesses across the country, and the set of new TV projects. In “Legends of the Fork” (premiering Saturday, 9 EST/PST), Valastro travels across the country to find great food and the chefs behind it. And “Buddy Valastro’s Cake Dynasty” (Saturday, 10 EST/PST) picks up where his TLC show “Cake Boss,” which aired from 2009-20, left off.
“I want people to watch the show and feel inspired to go follow their dreams,” he said of “Dynasty.” The show follows Valastro and his family as they navigate the international business that Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey, and its offshoots have become. Cake highlights include orders for the 20th anniversary of the musical “Wicked” and Neil Patrick Harris’ 50th birthday. “The life lessons that my parents taught me, I feel is what makes me successful. And I’m teaching my kids these life lessons.”Valastro said his four children, ages 12 to 20, are eager to be on TV and take part in the family business. The cake boss himself is a fourth-generation baker, who starts his workday in the same fashion, regardless of any TV or press obligations.
“I don't feel like a celebrity. I never did and never will,” Valastro says. “I was at the bakery at 5 a.m. this morning. I set the lines up. I got changed, got in the car. My day always is the same, no matter what.”
veryGood! (1548)
Related
- 2 credit unions in Mississippi and Louisiana are planning to merge
- Oklahoma man at the center of a tribal sovereignty ruling reaches plea agreement with prosecutors
- US military grounds entire fleet of Osprey aircraft following a deadly crash off the coast of Japan
- Boy killed after being mauled by 2 dogs in Portland
- 'I know how to do math': New Red Lobster CEO says endless shrimp deal is not coming back
- Heavy fighting across Gaza halts most aid delivery, leaves civilians with few places to seek safety
- A group of Norwegian unions says it will act against Tesla in solidarity with its Swedish colleagues
- Washington’s center of gravity on immigration has shifted to the right
- Jamie Lee Curtis and Don Lemon quit X, formerly Twitter: 'Time for me to leave'
- The Most Haunting Things to Remember About the Murder of John Lennon
Ranking
- Panel advises Illinois commemorate its role in helping slaves escape the South
- A former Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia found shot dead outside of Moscow
- Shannen Doherty Reveals She Underwent Brain Surgery After Discovering Husband's Alleged 2-Year Affair
- In a Rush to Shop for a Last-Minute Gift Exchange? These White Elephant Gifts Ship Quickly
- American Idol’s Triston Harper, 16, Expecting a Baby With Wife Paris Reed
- From Barbie’s unexpected wisdom to dissent among Kennedys, these are the top quotes of 2023
- Washington’s center of gravity on immigration has shifted to the right
- Red Hot Chili Peppers cancels show, not performing for 6 weeks due to band member injury
Recommendation
-
School workers accused of giving special needs student with digestive issue hot Takis, other abuse
-
Red Hot Chili Peppers cancels show, not performing for 6 weeks due to band member injury
-
Prosecutor seeks terror-linked charge for man accused of killing tourist near Eiffel Tower
-
Chicago man pleads guilty in shooting of three undercover federal officers
-
Britney Spears reunites with son Jayden, 18, after kids moved in with dad Kevin Federline
-
A little electric stimulation in just the right spot may bolster a damaged brain
-
A Year in Power: Malaysian premier Anwar searches for support as frustration rises over slow reform
-
Arizona man charged over online posts that allegedly incited Australian attack in which 6 died