Review Fix Exclusive: Marj Santaromana Talks Baking, Wrestling

August 30, 2020 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Review Fix chats with amazing pro wrestling cake baker Marj Santaromana who lets us know all about her process and more.

Review Fix: How did you get into baking like this?

Marj Santaromana: I’d dabbled in art my entire life, but I never really had an interest in making a career out of it until I started watching cake decorating reality shows on TV. I started baking cakes at home for fun before deciding to go to the French Culinary Institute to pursue a degree in pastry.

Review Fix: What are some of your favorite creations?

Santaromana: Generally my favorite creations are any cakes meant to look realistic, namely food and life-size pets! But my all-time favorite cake I’ve made has to be the one I created for the WWE Raw 25th Anniversary. I used to be the head cake decorator at a bakery in Brooklyn that often worked with the Barclays Center. When Raw 25 was in town, they wanted a cake to commemorate the occasion, and I just so happened to be the perfect person for the job.

Review Fix: How does wrestling become a part of this?

Santaromana: While I love what I do, the cake decorating community has become a little over-saturated. I decided to put my own spin on my art by combining it with my other love, pro-wrestling. My baked goods gained more attention when I started making gingerbread cookies dressed as various wrestlers. I’ve even gotten orders from wrestlers themselves. When the “Everything Is Cake” meme gained traction, I didn’t jump on board immediately because I felt everything that could be done had already been done. Then it hit me that nobody had tackled wrestling cakes yet, so it had to be me. The combination of cake and wrestling is a pretty niche market, so I feel like I can truly make it my own.

Review Fix: Favorite wrestler? Why?

Santaromana: Chris Jericho. He’s the reason I fell in love with wrestling as a kid, and some twenty years later he’s still managed to remain LE CHAMPION. He truly knows how to evolve and adapt to his ever-changing surroundings. Everything he touches turns into gold. (Let’s not talk about some of the poor off-screen choices and remarks he’s made though.)

Review Fix: What are your goals?

Santaromana: You know how celebrities have personal chefs? Like that, but a personal cake decorator for wrestlers?

Review Fix: What’s next?

Santaromana: I may or may not be working on a TV show all of September! Can’t say too much about it right now, but you will hear about it in the future!

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Santaromana: I make all sorts of wrestling art and merch, not just cakes! I try to incorporate it into every aspect of my life. You can check out my work at marjdotjpg.com and follow me on Instagram @marj.jpg

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13870 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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