Duff Goldman
He claims his alternate dream job would be to perform as bass player with the band Clutch. Today, Goldman s bakery shop is 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.With his crew, Goldman has done unusual cakes such as the likenesses of Elvis in the form of a 3-foot butter cream sculpture, an anatomically correct ear, a smoking volcano, a three-dimensional German Shepherd, as well as a replica of a CAT scan machine, a jeep, and an edible Wrigley Field. Goldman has made cakes for a number of celebrities including Tom Clancy, the cast of Lost, and Sir Roger Moore In October 2009, Goldman and his brother Willie released the book Ace of Cakes: Inside the World of Charm City Cakes from HarperCollins/William Morrow, an exhaustive look at both the bakery and the show. Goldman lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Goldman is Jewish He received his undergraduate education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he graduated with a degree in East Asian History with a minor in ethics.
Goldman has made a wedding cake for Clutch s lead singer, Neil Fallon. Goldman also officially entered the Guinness Book of World Records for baking the world s largest cupcake on March 30, 2008. The record-breaking pastry was created to support the Great American Bake Sale, which raised $10,000 and awareness for the Share Our Strength charity.
He is a baker and food artist who has been described as both audacious and creative. However, as reported in a 2009 episode of Ace of Cakes, Goldman was stripped of the record due to the cupcake having been made in two parts. Goldman made a guest appearance on an episode of The Imagination Movers as Baker Ben, the Muffin Man. Goldman lives above his bakery, Charm City Cakes. .
He plays bass guitar in the instrumental indie rock band ..soihadto.. Goldman moved from Detroit to Kansas.
Jeffery Adam Duff Goldman (born December 17, 1974) is the star of the Food Network reality television show Ace of Cakes. It was reportedly 150 times the size of a regular cupcake and required 16 pounds of butter, 10 pounds of sugar, and three ounces of food coloring.
After working under acclaimed chefs in California, including a job at the French Laundry and the Vail Cascade Hotel in Colorado, he returned to Washington, D.C., to work at the Olives restaurant baking bread. In 2000, Goldman opened his own business called Charm City Cakes. He owns a cake shop in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., known as Charm City Cakes.
His work and talent have also been featured on the network television special Food Network Challenge competitions and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Goldman was born in Detroit, Michigan. Initially, his cake sales began as he worked out of his house in Charles Village with the help of two assistants he employed.
The massive entirely edible cupcake weighed in at 61.4 pounds and was over a foot tall. Shortly after, he attended schools such as Corcoran College of Art and the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in Napa Valley, California.
(so I had to). The band releases their first album in Feb, 2010 on Grape Juice Records.
