Ace of Cakes

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Ace of Cakes
series logo as seen in the opening sequence
Genre	Reality
Written by	Heather Mitchell Miriam Leffert Dustin Rubin
Directed by	Brandy Menefee Jeffrey R. Daniels Matthew Carr
Starring	Duff Goldman Mary Alice Yeskey Geof Manthorne Sherri Chambers Anna Ellison Adam Goldstein Katherine Hill Richard Todd Karoll Katie Rose Mary Smith Ben Turner Elena Fox
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	34 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Lauren Lexton Tom Rogan
Co-executive producer(s)	Jack Tarantino Kelly McPherson Willie Goldman Dana Leiken
Editor(s)	Grayce Lackland
Location(s)	Baltimore, Maryland
Cinematography	Matthew Carr
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Food Network
Original run	August 17, 2006 – Present
External links
Official website
Production website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Ace of Cakes is a reality television show currently airing on the Food Network. The show focuses on the daily operations of Duff Goldman's custom cake shop, Charm City Cakes, in Baltimore, Maryland; including small-business ownership, working with various vendors, tasting with customers, constructing cakes, and delivering his products. The show is one of Food Network's first docu-soap reality series, paving the way for new outside the kitchen studio programs.

1 Synopsis
- 1.1 Episodes
2 Production
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Ace of Cakes highlights the frantic activity surrounding production of a large number of custom cakes in a short period of time. The staff consists primarily of Goldman's personal friends. They are frequently shown working long hours to build and decorate the cakes. Staff members drive the cakes to their final destinations, which can require road trips of several hundred miles. Goldman has an informal approach to running Charm City Cakes. He is known for using non-traditional cooking utensils such as blow torches, belt sanders, and power saws to construct his designs.

Some of the notable cakes created by Charm City Cakes include cakes for the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico in Maryland, Baltimore Zoo, the premiere of Hairspray, a replica of Radio City Music Hall for the Rockettes, a hatbox-shaped cake for an 80-year-old grandmother, the Hogwarts castle for the premiere of the fifth installment of Harry Potter at Los Angeles, an edible replica of Wrigley Field, a replica of the shark ray at the Newport Aquarium, a cake for the Paramount Pictures premiere of the DreamWorks Animation film Kung-Fu Panda, and more.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Ace of Cakes episodes

Season one of Ace of Cakes consisted of six episodes airing in early fall 2006. The show proved to be one of the highest-rated prime time shows in Food Network's history; causing the network to order 13 episodes for season two, including an hour-long episode featuring the official NFL cake for Super Bowl XLI.

Season three began on July 2007, and season four premiered on January 24, 2008.

[edit] Production

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While Ace of Cakes is shot on location in Baltimore, episodes have featured locations in several cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C., and more.

Ace of Cakes is edited in Los Angeles at the show's production company, Authentic Entertainment.

[edit] Reception

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Ace of Cakes has been a very large sucess with fans and critics alike. Consequently, it has just been renewed for a fifth season. The show has brought Food Network some of the highest ratings it has ever received for a prime-time program.