''Just Desserts'' is a 2004 American

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romantic comedy film Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

reuniting Costas Mandylor and

Lauren Holly Lauren Holly (born October 28, 1963) is an American actress. She has played the roles of Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the television series ''Picket Fences'', NCIS Director Jenny Shepard in the series '' NCIS'', Dr. Betty Rogers on '' Motiv ...

, who had previously worked together on the television series ''

Picket Fences ''Picket Fences'' is an American family drama television series about the residents of the town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS televis ...

''. It premiered on

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on February 8, 2004.

Plot

Passionate Italian baker Marco Poloni ( Costas Mandylor) enters a baking competition entitled "The Golden Whisk" to attract publicity and win prize money to support his struggling family-owned bakery in the Bronx. He asks for the help of uptight

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

-based pastry-maker Grace Carpenter (

). The unlikely pair must win to pursue their dreams and to show up an old rival of Poloni's who has also entered the competition. Along the way Marco and Grace seem to find a mutual attraction for each other.

Cast

* Costas Mandylor as Marco Poloni *

as Grace Carpenter *

Dorie Barton Dorie Barton is an American actor, writer, and director. She began her professional acting career working on a television soap opera and went on to appear in various theater, film, and television productions. She made her debut as a writer-direct ...

as Candy Fallon *

Andrew Lauer Andrew Michael Lauer (born June 19, 1965) (also known as ''Andy Lauer'') is an American feature and documentary filmmaker, actor, and social activist. Lauer is the Founder President & CEO of ReelAid, a non-profit organization made up of filmmake ...

as Jacques du Jacques *

Brenda Vaccaro Brenda is a feminine given name in the English language. Origin The overall accepted origin for the female name Brenda is the Old Nordic male name ''Brandr'' meaning both ''torch'' and ''sword'': evidently the male name Brandr took root in area ...

as Lina *

Wolfgang Puck Wolfgang Johannes Puck (born July 8, 1949) is an Austrian-American chef and restaurateur. Early life and career Puck was born in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria. He learned cooking from his mother, who was a pastry chef. He took the surname ...

as Himself

External links

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