Geof Manthorne

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Geoffrey Manthorne (born April 25, 1974), more commonly known as Geof, is an American chef known for his skill in cake building, as well as decorating. [1] He stars on the Food Network's reality-TV show Ace of Cakes and works as executive sous chef at Duff Goldman's bakery Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, Maryland. [1]

Manthorne also competed with Goldman in the Halloween Haunted House Food Network Challenge and judged the Extreme Cakes competition with Goldman and Mary Alice Fallon-Yeskey. He met Duff by being in the same music social group and through Mary Alice's brother, Neil Fallon, the lead singer of the band Clutch.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Feighner, Jan (January 25, 2009). "Hill School grad has sweet success on 'Ace of Cakes'". Pottstown Mercury. Retrieved 10 February 2010.[ permanent dead link ]