First it was Cupcake Sisters. Then it was Cupcake Dreams. Now, for what seems like the final, final title, TLC has decided on...DC Cupcakes. According to an interview with Executive Producer Terence Noonan at Georgetown Dish:
Noonan: The official title of the show is now DC Cupcakes. TLC bought six episodes, and it premiers July 16. It's about their shop and what it take to make over five thousand cupcakes every day ... Americans have become crazed with cupcakes, and we're giving them an inside look at the day to day of making these perfect cupcakes. It's two sisters working together every day, being family, and their mother is there almost every day, it's crazy.
The Dish: So how do they make five thousand cupcakes every day?
TN: Well, I met Sophie and Katherine when I ordered cupcakes for someone's birthday two years ago, and I thought to myself, How do they do this? And when you have to make that many cupcakes every day, there are always things going wrong.
They have to turn out perfect cupcakes because that's how they've grown their reputation, and they crash every single day .... The shop is filled with lots of people, them, employees, their mother, because every single day they start from scratch. They don't use frozen batter from the night before, so they have bakers, managers, young people, lots of people crowded in there.
TV By The Numbers has more information:
(Los Angeles, CA) – TLC’s Summer slate just got sweeter with the arrival of DC CUPCAKES, the latest treat in the network’s growing menu of food themed programming. Premiering with back-to-back episodes on Friday, July 16 at 10 PM (ET/PT), the six-part series follows sisters and business partners Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis as they run Georgetown Cupcake, a small cupcakery that they’ve transformed into a sweeping success.
Sophie and Katherine risked their life savings and traded high power careers in fashion and finance to pursue their passion for baking and their lifelong dream of opening a bakery. Armed with their grandmother’s recipes and strong family support, the sisters opened Georgetown Cupcake on Valentine’s Day 2008. To their surprise, the shop became an overnight sensation and now sells more than 5,000 cupcakes a day.
DC CUPCAKES shares the recipe to Sophie and Katherine’s sweet success, following their journey as they navigate the challenges and rewards of building a booming cupcake business. Each half-hour episode goes beyond the frosting to capture the behind-the-scenes drama in their fast paced, family-owned bakery. From baking and decorating thousands of gourmet cupcakes a day, to meeting tight deadlines for discerning clientele, to securing large projects such as fundraisers, festivals and weddings, there is never a dull moment with this sister duo. Mixing in their Mother (“Mommy”) — who plays a big part in running the family business — adds to the chaos and family drama. The other staff members are as colorful as their cupcake creations–their small workspace, sprinkled with the high volume of business, leads to family bickering and staff tension that has more icing flying through the air than on the cupcakes.
DC CUPCAKES is produced by Big Fish Entertainment, for TLC. Executive producers for Big Fish Entertainment are Doug DePriest, Dan Cesareo, Mark Finkelpearl, Terence Noonan and Alex Rader.
Noonan: The official title of the show is now DC Cupcakes. TLC bought six episodes, and it premiers July 16. It's about their shop and what it take to make over five thousand cupcakes every day ... Americans have become crazed with cupcakes, and we're giving them an inside look at the day to day of making these perfect cupcakes. It's two sisters working together every day, being family, and their mother is there almost every day, it's crazy.
The Dish: So how do they make five thousand cupcakes every day?
TN: Well, I met Sophie and Katherine when I ordered cupcakes for someone's birthday two years ago, and I thought to myself, How do they do this? And when you have to make that many cupcakes every day, there are always things going wrong.
They have to turn out perfect cupcakes because that's how they've grown their reputation, and they crash every single day .... The shop is filled with lots of people, them, employees, their mother, because every single day they start from scratch. They don't use frozen batter from the night before, so they have bakers, managers, young people, lots of people crowded in there.
TV By The Numbers has more information:
(Los Angeles, CA) – TLC’s Summer slate just got sweeter with the arrival of DC CUPCAKES, the latest treat in the network’s growing menu of food themed programming. Premiering with back-to-back episodes on Friday, July 16 at 10 PM (ET/PT), the six-part series follows sisters and business partners Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis as they run Georgetown Cupcake, a small cupcakery that they’ve transformed into a sweeping success.
Sophie and Katherine risked their life savings and traded high power careers in fashion and finance to pursue their passion for baking and their lifelong dream of opening a bakery. Armed with their grandmother’s recipes and strong family support, the sisters opened Georgetown Cupcake on Valentine’s Day 2008. To their surprise, the shop became an overnight sensation and now sells more than 5,000 cupcakes a day.
DC CUPCAKES shares the recipe to Sophie and Katherine’s sweet success, following their journey as they navigate the challenges and rewards of building a booming cupcake business. Each half-hour episode goes beyond the frosting to capture the behind-the-scenes drama in their fast paced, family-owned bakery. From baking and decorating thousands of gourmet cupcakes a day, to meeting tight deadlines for discerning clientele, to securing large projects such as fundraisers, festivals and weddings, there is never a dull moment with this sister duo. Mixing in their Mother (“Mommy”) — who plays a big part in running the family business — adds to the chaos and family drama. The other staff members are as colorful as their cupcake creations–their small workspace, sprinkled with the high volume of business, leads to family bickering and staff tension that has more icing flying through the air than on the cupcakes.
DC CUPCAKES is produced by Big Fish Entertainment, for TLC. Executive producers for Big Fish Entertainment are Doug DePriest, Dan Cesareo, Mark Finkelpearl, Terence Noonan and Alex Rader.
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