Chef Duff Goldman and Sous Chef Geof Manthorne of the Food Network's "Ace of Cakes" with Grand Ole Opry member Charley Pride. Photo by Chris Hollo, 2010 Copyright Grand Ole Opry.
The Grand Ole Opry received a very special birthday cake during Saturday’s Opry show, held at the Ryman Auditorium. Celebrating its 85th birthday with a months-long celebration, the Opry was presented with a one-of-a-kind cake. Chef Duff Goldman and Sous Chef Geof Manthorne of the Food Network’s “Ace of Cakes” traveled to the Opry from Maryland in an RV as part of a road trip for an episode of the show that will air in the fall.
Working backstage in a dressing room after unloading the cake pieces from their RV, Duff and Geof assembled the cake just minutes before revealing it onstage. The cake was a four foot model of the Opry mic stand and placed on a replica of the iconic circle of wood taken from the stage of the Ryman Auditorium. Guitars stood on either side of the mic stand.
After the presentation was made in front of a live Opry audience, Opry member Charley Pride invited Duff and Geof – who are both musicians in a band while not at their day jobs — to join him on his last song of the evening, “Kaw-Liga.” Duff played bass while Geof joined in on acoustic guitar. The cake was designed and created by Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, MD.
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