page_title: Cake Boss
section_title: Past
hierarchical_section_title: Cake Boss / Cast / Past
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context_page_description: Cake Boss is an American reality television series, airing on the cable television network TLC. The show follows the operations of Carlo's Bake Shop, an Italian-American family-owned business in Hoboken, New Jersey owned and operated by siblings Buddy Valastro, Lisa Valastro, Maddalena Castano, Grace Faugno and Mary Sciarrone. The show focuses on how they make their edible art cakes, and the interpersonal relationships among the various family members and other employees who work at the shop. The series premiered on April 19, 2009, and has spawned four spin-off's: Next Great Baker, Kitchen Boss, Bake You Rich, and Bakery Boss.
  On January 26, 2015, Cake Boss was renewed for two additional seasons.
  New episodes returned in May 2019 with the show moving to TLC's sister network, Discovery Family.
context_section_description: Mary Valastro Pinto – (April 17, 1948 – June 22, 2017) Buddy's mother. A show regular until her 2010 retirement; still appeared on the show on occasion. Announced in 2012 that she was diagnosed with ALS. The family's struggle and reaction was documented in the Season 5 episode, "A Bittersweet Homecoming", on July 23, 2012. Mary died on June 22, 2017, after a five-year battle with ALS.
  Remigio "Remy" Gonzalez – Buddy's former left-hand man and the ex-husband of Buddy's sister, Lisa. Remy's first and only child, daughter Isabella, was born on the Cake Boss episode "Mother's Day, Mama and Mom-to-be". He left the show after being arrested for alleged sexual assault.
  Salvatore "Sal" Picinich  (1947 – January 30, 2011) worked at the bakery from 1964 and was one of Buddy's most trusted employees. Picinich stopped appearing on the show at the end of 2009, when he began battling cancer, but returned in the summer of 2010 to accept the Employee of the Century Award on the occasion of the bakery's 100th anniversary. He died January 30, 2011.
  Kevin "Stretch" Krand – a delivery boy who left the shop to continue his education.
  Tony "Tone-Tone" Albanese – Buddy's second intern.
  Daniella Storzillo – a sculptor and decorator at Carlo's. She left to work as a real estate sales associate.
  Stephanie "Sunshine" Fernandez – top decorator at Carlo's. She was the first female employee who did not work with sales, as stated by Buddy Valastro. She left for an opportunity to finish nursing school nine months earlier. Before leaving to become a nurse, she appeared on the show's spinoff, Next Great Baker, where she was chosen by the season 2 winner, Marissa Lopez, to help her build her American Dream cake.
  Dana Herbert – winner of Season 1 of Next Great Baker
  Ashley Holt – winner of Season 3 of Next Great Baker
  Paul Conti – bakery employee (former contestant of Season 3 of Next Great Baker); was only in a couple of episodes because he lost his house and his job due to Hurricane Sandy. He eventually got a job working for a baking supply company.
  Anthony "Cousin Anthony" Bellifemine – baker and former delivery boy, Bellifemine left unexpectedly at the end of season 6 (Ep. 28: Up, Up and Away).
  Chad Durkin – Bakery employee (former contestant of Season 3 of Next Great Baker, hired by Buddy for his pastry skills (seasons 7–8).
caption: Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey, where the series is filmed.
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