'I threw away your pizza': Cake Boss pizza vending machine slams TikTok for extortionate price and bad taste
Buddy Valastro may be the Cake Boss, but people aren't convinced he's really an entrepreneur.
The baker, who rose to prominence through his hit TLC show about the family bakery Carlo's in Hoboken, New Jersey, has expanded beyond his family roots with several businesses, including his restaurant Pizza Cake at , and more recently his new pizza at The Linq Hotel in Sin City.
However, a Las Vegas blogger was unimpressed with the machine's wafer quality in a now-viral TikTok review of the product, which has since garnered 450,600 views.
@lasvegasbloggerBig mistake in Las Vegas, save your money! There are better pizzas in Las Vegas for much less
♬ Technomancer - Jonathan PaulsenAfter showing viewers how to use the touchscreen machine, the blogger showed how the cheese pizza was "dry and thick." She then threw the pizza away after saying she was disappointed with the Cake Boss product.
People echoed his sentiments in the comments, with one writing, "I can buy a whole pizza for $6 at Little Ceasers and it looks better than that," while another added some candy humor: "Missing rice candy and fudge with chocolate molding and pvc pipe, so I don't know if you can call it a cake boss pizza."
The vending machines launched in October, according to Vital Vegas, giving customers 24/7 access to slices of cheese, pepperoni, and pizza Italiano for $9.95-$10.95 for one and $19.95 for two.
Each slice is kept refrigerated in the vending machine, which uses pizza heating technology called "TurboChef" to heat the slices in 2-3 minutes.
Yet despite TikTok's poor review — and despite being "made" in an ATM — the pizza isn't overly processed, according to Vital Vegas. The mozzarella is made by hand by Valastro's father-in-law, Mauro Belgiovine, at the nearby Boss Cafe, before being refrigerated and distributed by machine.
Buddy Valastro may be the Cake Boss, but people aren't convinced he's really an entrepreneur.
The baker, who rose to prominence through his hit TLC show about the family bakery Carlo's in Hoboken, New Jersey, has expanded beyond his family roots with several businesses, including his restaurant Pizza Cake at , and more recently his new pizza at The Linq Hotel in Sin City.
However, a Las Vegas blogger was unimpressed with the machine's wafer quality in a now-viral TikTok review of the product, which has since garnered 450,600 views.
@lasvegasbloggerBig mistake in Las Vegas, save your money! There are better pizzas in Las Vegas for much less
♬ Technomancer - Jonathan PaulsenAfter showing viewers how to use the touchscreen machine, the blogger showed how the cheese pizza was "dry and thick." She then threw the pizza away after saying she was disappointed with the Cake Boss product.
People echoed his sentiments in the comments, with one writing, "I can buy a whole pizza for $6 at Little Ceasers and it looks better than that," while another added some candy humor: "Missing rice candy and fudge with chocolate molding and pvc pipe, so I don't know if you can call it a cake boss pizza."
The vending machines launched in October, according to Vital Vegas, giving customers 24/7 access to slices of cheese, pepperoni, and pizza Italiano for $9.95-$10.95 for one and $19.95 for two.
Each slice is kept refrigerated in the vending machine, which uses pizza heating technology called "TurboChef" to heat the slices in 2-3 minutes.
Yet despite TikTok's poor review — and despite being "made" in an ATM — the pizza isn't overly processed, according to Vital Vegas. The mozzarella is made by hand by Valastro's father-in-law, Mauro Belgiovine, at the nearby Boss Cafe, before being refrigerated and distributed by machine.
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