Juan-Carlos Cruz

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name = Juan-Carlos Cruz


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education = California Culinary Academy
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website = http://www.pastrydude.com

Juan-Carlos Cruz (born Unknown) is a celebrity chef on the Food Network. He hosts "Calorie Commando" and "Take It Off" (now titled "Weighing In") on the network. Juan-Carlos lost 43 pounds on a Discovery Health show called "Discovery Health Body Challenge", which made him change directions from being a pastry chef to do low-calorie cooking.

Cruz graduated in 1993 from the California Culinary Academy. In 1994 he started working at the Stanford Park Hotel, as a pastry chef. In 1996 he started as pastry sous-chef at the Hotel Bel Air. While at the Bel Air he created pastries for celebrities Gary Oldman, Jack Nicholson, Nancy Reagan, Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Jim Carrey, Joe Namath, Prince Philip, Julia Roberts and Russell Crowe, among others.Fact|date=February 2007

In 2001 he started his website Pastrydude.com.

External links

* [http://www.pastrydude.com Cruz's official homepage]