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East Brunswick, NJ
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East Brunswick Chef's Beloved Family Recipes Win On Buddy Valastro's New Holiday Cooking Show
An East Brunswick chef will bring a cooking award home for the holidays after appearing in a new culinary competition series. Maricel Gentile was named a holiday champion on "Buddy's Holiday Recipe Rumble", a competitive cooking show hosted by Hoboken native Buddy Valastro, who's also known as the "Cake Boss." The series started streaming on Hulu on Friday, Dec. 6. Gentile is the owner of a culinary school called Maricel’s Kitchen. The cooking studio on Main Street specializes in Filipino dishes and other Asian cuisines. Gentile, her husband Paul, and their youngest son Paul…
Lakewood, NJ
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Jersey Shore Baker On Brink Of Winning Sweet Competition
A baker from Barnegat is close to possibly winning a huge prize in an online competition showcasing her treats. Jennifer Ennas-Ludewig is a quarterfinalist in "The Greatest Baker" competition held by Bake From Scratch Magazine. The winning baker will bring home $10,000 and get to share their work in the magazine. According to the contest website, Ennas-Ludewig was in first place as of 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17. Voting in the quarterfinal round ends at 10 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 18. Ennas-Ludewig said she taught herself how to bake and "enjoys bringing the sweetness to everyone’s lif…
Rutherford, NJ
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Cake Boss Buddy Valestro Dines At East Rutherford's Elia
A restaurant in Bergen County got a visit from the boss. The Cake Boss, that is. Buddy Valastro, the star of the hit reality show "Cake Boss", visited Elia Mediterranean Restaurant in East Rutherford on Saturday, July 15, the restaurant shared on its Facebook page. Valastro, a Hoboken native, attended Ridgefield Park High School and took baking classes at Bergen County Technical High School. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Buddy Valastro (@buddyvalastro) This is not the restaurant's first brush with fame. Last year, they serve…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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These Celebrities Call Morris County Home
Some actors, athletes and musicians call or at one point have called Morris County home. Maybe you saw them at the grocery store -- or are still hoping to. Either way, here's your common thread with the rich and famous. Boonton Jim Lewis ("The Muppets) writerChatham Ben Bailey (Comedian, host of "Cash Cab") Ben Bailey on Cash CabBaltz & Company Nick Mangold (New York Jets) Chester James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano, "The Sopranos" -- died 2013) Jim Breur (Comedian formerly on "SNL")Denville Kevin and Danielle Jonas (Member of Jonas Brothers band and wife -- photo courtesy Kevin …
Mount Pleasant, NY
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TV Show 'Cake Boss' Puts Spotlight On Baker In Hudson Valley
It might have taken a couple of years to make it to the spotlight, but a 24-year-old area resident and baker will be able to watch herself on TV, along with her cousin, bake up a storm on "Bake it Like Buddy." A "Cake Boss" fan since she was a child, Rockland County's own Amarachi Onwumelu couldn't believe it when months after applying to be on the show back in 2017, she received a call in 2018 from a producer of the show asking if she was still interested. "It is still so surreal," Onwumelu said with a laugh from her home in Pomona. "I can remember baking with my mother as a little k…
Ridgewood, NJ
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Is Carlo's Bakery Crumbling? Not In North Jersey
Lucky North Jersey -- Carlo's Bakery locations in Ridgewood and Wayne remain open as others have closed one by one across New Jersey. The bakery, made famous by "Cake Boss" star Buddy Valastro, closed its Red Bank shop suddenly this week unexpectedly, after the Westfield shop shuttered in April. The bakery's other New Jersey locations in Hoboken, Marlton, Morristown, Ridgewood and Wayne's Willowbrook Mall will remain open... for now.