Singer, songwriter, and reality television star of Food Network's Ace of Cakes, he was the executive sous chef at the setting for the 10 season-long reality series Charm City Cakes. An apsiring musician, he was trying to make ends meet and began working as a model builder for an architecture firm. When his best friend from college Duff Goldman called him to help him decorate the lavish cakes he had begun creating for costumers, he joined the endeavor that would become Charm City Cakes.