Jeffrey Adam "Duff" Goldman[1] (born December 17, 1974) is an American businessman, pastry chef, television personality, and writer.

[1] When he was four years old, his mother caught him in her kitchen wielding a meat cleaver and watching food personality Chef Tell.

[4] After the divorce of his parents when he was ten years old, Goldman resided in both Northern Virginia and in the town of Sandwich, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod.

[1][6][7] At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), he earned a bachelor's degree in East Asian History with a minor in Ethics.

However, Cindy did offer him a job to make cornbread and biscuits only, and this is what Goldman cites as the turning point in his career.

[13] In 2002, Goldman made forays into the food industry when he started his own business by opening his own bakery called Charm City Cakes.

Initially, his cake sales began as he worked out of his house in Charles Village in Baltimore, Maryland, with the help of two assistants he employed.

[15] Goldman has made cakes for former President Barack Obama during his second inaugural ball in 2013,[16] novelist Tom Clancy, the cast of Lost, the 30 Rock cast (along with a cake prop), actor Sir Roger Moore,[17] and for pop singer Katy Perry's "Birthday" video.

[23][24] In addition, Fallon's younger sister and Goldman's friend from college, Mary Alice Fallon-Yeskey, works at Charm City Cakes as the office manager.