Bartolo `` Buddy '' Valastro , star of the reality show `` Cake Boss , '' was arrested in Manhattan early Thursday for driving while intoxicated , according to police . Valastro , 37 , was pulled over shortly after 1 a.m. while driving north on 10th Avenue after officers saw his 2014 Chevrolet Corvette swerving through the lanes between 20th and 32nd streets , according to New York Police Det . Martin Speechley . Police said Velastro 's breath smelled of alcohol , and that the reality star had a flushed face and watery , bloodshot eyes . He was unsteady on his feet when he stepped out of his car and he failed a field sobriety test , Speechley said . Valastro was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving with impaired ability . Best known for his role in TLC 's `` Cake Boss , '' Valastro also appears in the competition series `` Next Great Baker . '' A fourth-generation baker , Valastro runs Carlo 's Bake Shop in Hoboken , New Jersey . He is married and has four children , according to his TLC biography . Calls to some of his businesses for comment were not immediately returned . In July , Valastro had a different type of encounter with public safety authorities when his 32-foot Boston Whaler got lost in heavy fog in New York Harbor . Both fire and police harbor units rescued his boat and towed it to Jersey City . The vessel had been lost in thick fog in Ambrose Channel , a busy shipping channel that put it in danger of colliding with large commercial ships , police said . Valastro was rescued along with his wife , another couple and nine young children .
Police say the ` ` ' Boss '' star was swerving across lanes of traffic . ' ` ` Buddy '' Valastro was arrested in Manhattan for driving while intoxicated , police say . He is known for TLC 's ` ` ' Boss '' and the reality show ` ` Next Great Boss ''