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Chef Duff Goldman of "Ace of Cakes" is taking away financial incentives that he says have made competitive cooking programs "TV-ified." "Cake decorators care about their art. It's more about the art than it is about winning a big check," he said. (Associated Press)

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This undated image released by Charm City Cakes shows an upside-down wedding cake frosted in black, a divorce cake by celebrity chef and baker Duff Goldman from Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, Md. Event planners, bakers, lawyers and academics note the rise of "divorce parties" over the last several years, many with cakes featuring weapon-wielding brides or gloomy black frosting on inverted tiers. Goldman, chef and owner of Charm City Cakes in Baltimore and Charm City Cakes West in Los Angeles, said he has been creating divorce cakes for a decade, with one or so orders a month nowadays. (AP Photo/Charm City Cakes)

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Creating your own cake "is something that's different and fun and cool," says Duff Goldman, the Food Network's "Ace of Cakes" and owner of a hands-on bakery. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this May 1, 2011 file photo, Duff Goldman, the cake master behind Food Network's reality show "Ace of Cakes, speaks at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. YouTube's latest original content channel, HUNGRY, which goes live on July 2, is expected to feature a freewheeling blend of how-to and celebrity-driven food videos. One of the series will feature Goldman's "Duff's Food World," a sometimes irreverent variety show focused on food pop culture, including visits to unusual restaurants and spotlights of humorous food clips from the web and TV. (AP Photo/Katy Winn)