{"id":26475,"date":"2020-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-speaker-symposium-series-features-food-networks-duff-goldman\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:39:43","slug":"tarleton-speaker-symposium-series-features-food-networks-duff-goldman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-speaker-symposium-series-features-food-networks-duff-goldman\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Speaker Symposium Series features Food Network&#8217;s Duff Goldman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Monday, February 24, 2020<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash;&nbsp;The Speaker Symposium Series at Tarleton State University presents Food Network star Duff Goldman at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center in Stephenville.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Goldman serves as a judge on Food Network&rsquo;s &ldquo;Holiday Baking Championship&rdquo; and &ldquo;Spring Baking Championship&rdquo; shows. He co-hosts and judges &ldquo;Kids Baking Championship&rdquo; with Valerie Bertinelli.<\/p>\n<p>He studied at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, Calif., and worked at several acclaimed culinary destinations &mdash; the French Laundry, the Vail Cascade Hotel and Todd English&#8217;s Olives &mdash; before moving to Baltimore in 2000 to become a personal chef.<\/p>\n<p>Besides owning locations of Charm City Cakes in Los Angeles and Baltimore, he is a graffiti artist, a metal sculptor and plays bass in two bands.<\/p>\n<p>Goldman has also authored two cookbooks,&nbsp;<em>Ace of Cakes<\/em>&nbsp;(2009) and&nbsp;<em>Duff Bakes<\/em>&nbsp;(2015).<\/p>\n<p>More information can be found on his website,&nbsp;<a title=\"Charm City Cakes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charmcitycakes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.charmcitycakes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Speaker Symposium Lecture Series and upcoming presenters, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/speakersymposium\">www.tarleton.edu\/speakersymposium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today&#8217;s scholars into tomorrow&#8217;s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Phil Riddle<br \/>817-484-4415<br \/><a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Speaker Symposium Series at Tarleton State University presents Food Network star Duff Goldman at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at the Clyde H. 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