| Staten Island Cakes | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Food reality television |
| Starring | Vincent "Vinny" Buzzetta |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Staten Island, New York, United States |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | WE tv |
| Original airing | 2011 |
Staten Island Cakes is an American food reality-television series airing on WE tv, a cable-television channel.[1] The series stars Vincent "Vinny" Buzzetta,[2] an Italian-American cake artist who lives and works on Staten Island, a borough of New York City, New York.
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Buzzetta was born on October 4, 1989, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.[3] He and his family moved to Staten Island when he was 13 years old, but he continued to attend Xaverian Brothers High School in Brooklyn, from which he graduated in 2007.[3] In February 2008, Buzzetta graduated first in his class from the French Culinary Institute – located in New York City's Manhattan borough – the youngest person ever to complete the institute's program.[3] On October 31, 2008, with financial backing from his grandfather, Buzzetta opened his bakery, The Cake Artist, on Forest Avenue in the West Brighton neighborhood [2] of Staten Island.[3]