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Jeffrey Adam "Duff" Goldman〔 (born December 17, 1974) is a pastry chef and television personality. He is the executive chef of the Baltimore-based Charm City Cakes shop which was featured in the Food Network reality television show ''Ace of Cakes'', and his second Los Angeles-based shop Charm City Cakes West, which is featured in Food Network's ''Duff Till Dawn'' series.〔Julekha Dash. "(Audacity brings chef sweet success )." ''Baltimore Business Journal.'' Accessed January 20, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.〕 His work has also been featured on the ''Food Network Challenge'', ''Iron Chef America'', ''Oprah'', ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' and ''Man v. Food''. ==Early life== Goldman was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a Jewish family. He moved shortly thereafter to Missouri. Goldman's nickname Duff came about when he was a baby.〔("‘Raising Duff Goldman, A Mother’s Perspective by Jacqueline Winch" ), Retrieved on 2010-8-3.〕 His toddler brother was unable to pronounce the name and kept saying Duffy.〔("10 Things You Didn't Know About... Duff " ),''The Food Network'' Retrieved on 2010-8-3.〕 When he was four, his mother caught him in her kitchen wielding a meat cleaver and watching food personality Chef Tell.〔Staff Writer. Following an undergraduate education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)—where he graduated with a degree in East Asian History with a minor in ethics—he attended the Culinary Institute of America (Greystone) in Napa Valley, California, "(About Duff the Baker )." ''Charm City Cakes – Official Website.'' Accessed January 20, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.〕 After the divorce of his parents when he was ten, Goldman spent time living in both in Northern Virginia and in the town of Sandwich on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.〔Food Network, Best Thing I Ever Ate, "Hometown Favorites", Episode 2010-01-08〕 In 1992, Goldman attended McLean High School in McLean, Virginia where he played on the Highlanders ice hockey team. In 1993, he graduated from Sandwich High School〔〔Goldfarb, Bruce. ("The Sweet Life of Duff Goldman" ), ''Welcome To Baltimore Hon'', 14 September 2009. Retrieved on 2010-8-3.〕〔(), ''The Cape Relay'', Retrieved on 2010-8-3.〕 in Sandwich. From the age of fourteen, he began to work in kitchens; his first job was at a Bagel Store at a mall.〔Food Network's Chefology teaser, August 9, 2009〕 Goldman has said that when he was a sophomore in college, he went to what he considered the finest restaurant in Baltimore, ''Charleston'', and was inspired to apply as a cook there. The head chef, Cindy Wolf, looked at his résumé and noted that it consisted of irrelevant experience. However, Cindy did offer him a job to make cornbread and biscuits only, and this is what Goldman cites as the turning point in his career.〔Julie Scelfo "(Bake It Like a Man )." ''MSNBC Newsweek Entertainment.'' Accessed January 20, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.〕 Shortly after college at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, he attended schools such as Corcoran College of Art and the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in Napa Valley, California. After working under acclaimed chefs in California, including a stagiaire position at the French Laundry and as executive pastry chef of the Vail Cascade Hotel in Colorado, he returned to Washington, D.C., to work at Todd English's ''Olives'' restaurant baking bread. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Duff Goldman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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