Juan-Carlos Cruz

Juan-Carlos Cruz is a celebrity chef on Food Network. He hosts Calorie Commando and Take it Off on the network. Cruz graduated in 1993 from the California Culinary Academy. In 1994 he started work at the Stanford Park Hotel, as pastry chef. In 1996 he started as pastry Sous Chef at the Hotel Bel Air. While at the Bel Air he created pastries for Gary Oldman, Jack Nicholson, Nancy Reagan, Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Jim Carrey, Joe Namath, Prince Phillip, Julia Roberts, and Russell Crowe.

In 2001 he started his website Pastrydude.com[1]