I did not know Buddy or his shop. Dumb luck we picked him. I will say that he and his whole family are as nutty/crazy/nice in real life as on the show!
When we went to him to get the cake, his show had not yet aired (my episode is from the first season, but our cake is rated really high by the fans, so they play it alot).
We were talking to him about having a dove made of ICING put on the cake in honor of my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary being the exact same day we got married. My in-laws had live doves with their cake 50 years ago. Very old school Italian thing!
Buddy started looking at me funny and said, "Hmmm, I got an idea, I'll be right back." He disappeared for a few minutes, came back and said, "I am in production for a TV show I recently got. How about we do live doves with your cake? I just called the producers and they love the idea"
The cake he made for us was 5 feet tall!
We never told our guests, so when the camera crew showed up, everyone just thought it was the wedding video photographers! They and Buddy stayed the whole time, and were part of our wedding/reception.
I had invited some of my good friends from NJAS to the wedding....those of you who know fish breeder / fish show legend Larry Jinks -- he got on camera on the episode!
One of the bride magazines picked up on the event, and so we then got a big spread in the magazine a couple of months later.
Things like this kinda just have happened to me my whole life.
My staff says that any day now, I'll be given a talk show.
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