Ella Scott
Food Network favourite Duff Goldman has revealed his wife has given birth to their second child - and fans are obsessed with the baby’s ‘amazing’ name.
The 51-year-old, who is the executive chef of Baltimore and Los Angeles’ Charm City Cakes shops, announced he and Johnna Colbry, 32, had become parents again on 31 March.
The newborn weighed in at 7 lbs., 5 oz. and has made Duff, whose real name is Jeffrey Adam Goldman, the ‘happiest’ he has ever been in his life, as per People Magazine.
"I think that I'm most excited about, you know, getting a shot at just raising a real good little man,” he said.
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Duff and Johnna’s first child, five-year-old Josephine, was apparently very excited for the imminent arrival of her younger brother.
According to the Ace of Cakes star, Josephine was making piles of her stuffed toys to gift to the child and was ‘drawing him little pictures to hang in his room’.
"I was building the crib and she wanted to put stuff in there and she wants to put books on this bookshelf,” he gushed.
When the pair met, Josephine was apparently tentative as she didn’t want to ‘hurt him or break him’.
However, once she saw her sibling cuddling with one of her plushies, she ‘planted a big old kiss right on his forehead’.
In an Instagram post, Duff revealed that he and his wife, who tied the knot in 2019, had settled on a unique name for their first son.
“Happy birthday Samurai Jack Goldman! Before lil’ Sam came along I was certain that my heart was at capacity,” he typed.
Fans are obsessed with the child being called Samurai Jack, which Duff confirmed isn’t actually based on the Cartoon Network animation series of the same name.
“How did the most adorable family choose the most amazing name! GO Sam!,” commented one Instagram user.
Another said: “Because little Samurai is born to be a warrior with heart!.”
“Oh how precious. Mazel tov. I have a son named Sam too, and he’s the most amazing human,” a third responded.
Despite being a ‘huge fan’ of Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky, the culinary star said: “We didn't name our son after Samurai Jack, the cartoon, it just kind of worked out that way.
“When I was a kid, the coolest dude that we knew when I was younger, his name was Sam. He was the first one to build a skateboard ramp of all of our friends. He was the best skater. He was the best surfer. He always threw the biggest tricks.
“And I was like, ‘I'm gonna name my son Sam, because Sam's a cool name,’” he added.
“And I was like, ‘What if instead of, like, Samuel, or Sam, his actual name on his birth certificate was Samurai?"
In his Instagram post, Duff said that he was ‘so excited’ for his second child to ‘live his life and become the man he is destined to be’.
“He’s got the best big sister a kid could ask for and his mommy is the best one I’ve ever seen. Starting off on the good foot, Sam, just don’t do the dumb stuff I did. Invent your own dumb stuff. Go get ‘em, Tiger. I’m rootin’ for you,” he added.