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Sep 27, 2006

Sugar Rush Star Seeks Energy Rush

Cakelove creator Warren Brown, who has been giving Washingtonians a Sugar Rush for the last four years with his love-’em-or-hate-’em cupcakes and generating controversy with his temperature-sensitive buttercream frosting, is about to embark on a more wholesome enterprise. Warren Brown’s next trick is making energy bars. The tall, slim 35-year-old lawyer turned baker and “fascinating entrepreneur” is an avid runner with a schedule so hectic it makes ours look like cake. He often found himself…

Dec 08, 2005

The Weekly Feed: Cake Fight Edition

I Have to Call You Back, It’s On If you’re a DCist regular, you know that we’ve posted once or twice or thrice or more times about Warren Brown and CakeLove. We find ourselves here yet again, with Warren stepping up to washingtonpost.com’s chatters to discuss the local furor that is his refrigerated cake. We thought about live-blogging the chat, but decided that was too meta for us; we’re opting for the post-incident run down…

Oct 27, 2005

Sugar Rush: Needs More Time in the Oven

Hate to say it, but last night’s Food Network premiere of Sugar Rush, featuring Cakelove’s Warren Brown, gets mixed reviews from us. On one hand, Brown is great to look at and has fun with his interviewees. But on the other hand, he’s like a smiling deer in headlights when it’s just him and the camera. Next time, do a few head rolls and shake out those lanky limbs, Warren. If we had a…

Aug 10, 2005

Warren Joins Alton on Food Network

Today’s Post reports that Warren Brown, owner and founder of U St. bakery Cakelove, will be the first D.C. area chef to have his own show on the Food Network. The show will be entitled “Sugar Rush” and is slated to take the 9:30 p.m. slot on Wednesdays starting in October. Brown, a former lawyer who has been called one of America’s most fascinating entrepreneurs, will also be profiled on the Food Network’s “Recipe for…

 
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