Cake Boss

If a bunch of sweaty grunting guys with butt cracks showed up IN THE MIDDLE of my event and took over - I'd be livid. Yes - all the drama is obviously staged but the really fake part is clients letting Buddy show up hours late so he can be center stage.

its all the same they get an order to make a cake they make a the cake incident free and they get into fights then they get another order and you get the drill by now nothing keeps you watching its so boring my daily life is more interesting to watch than cake boss and if they are not making cakes then there watching they are shopping for more ingredient's also where is the party you think they would show you the party but no that would be to interesting and you have to keep the honey BO BO crowd waiting oh and he has three more shows one where he gets people to make cakes and one where he helps business and yes they are just as boring as cake maybe less interesting

This shows is annoying and the star Buddy is a Stereotypical Guido. I mean that in the worst way. I am also a Italian American. Sopranos + Jesery Shore+ Baking Show = "Cake Boss"

Buddy makes the most amazing "cakes" one could ever see.

I am not really sure those could be called cakes, considering the ingredients he uses when making them, but since I am no cake supreme court judge I just ignore it and tag along.

The show itself is very entertaining and easy to follow, the food shown is delicious and really made me want to visit the original bakery in Hoboken.

I really prefer this over other reality Tv shows, as it gives me no stress whatsoever and makes me curious - and critical, of all types of cake and how to make them.

Can't be better than this, I suppose. Really recommend it.

I made it about halfway through Season Two before I bailed. It just got to be too much. The ingredients for the 'cakes' are half hardware-store, half actual food items, and less and less time seems to be spent on their construction in favor of the scripted melodrama of the family. The constant screaming (Buddy, his mother, and sister Mary are the top offenders) was overpowering. Situations like forcing one (overweight male) baker to dress up in a grass skirt and coconut-shell bra and making him appear in the shop that way in front of customers are ridiculous and add nothing to the show. (By the way, Buddy, if I were you I'd make darn sure I didn't annoy Mauro too much; he's the brains and stability of the outfit and you better know it.) A few shows later a different guy drew the short straw and had to serve customers in drag. If they weren't family, they'd probably sue (and win).

I don't mind screaming and swearing on TV... I love 'Kitchen Nightmares'. But Gordon Ramsay is witty and has a considerable amount of intelligence to back up his tornado-like approach to food preparation... Buddy Velasco does not. In the end, I just got sick of his weekly adventure, driving a NASCAR or playing pool with celebrities or... yes... jousting. I don't like Buddy and his off-site adventures bored the heck out of me.

The first time he had water and flour dumped on an employee he was 'punishing' for something, I admit I cracked a smile. By the third time it was a facepalm... THIS again?? You keep saying you're so busy, Buddy... you really got time and money to waste throwing food? Infantile, immature man-child.

If Mauro and Frankie ever take over the bakery, call me... they both have their heads screwed on straight and I think they'd do a better job running the place.