About Us

     Everything has a history. I guess that to tell the history of Rolling Pin Pastries we'll have to tell a bit of our own history. Our names are Casey and Joanna Losee. Since we got married in 2014, we have talked about starting our own business. This desire to start a baking business arose from our common interest in preparing delicious food.

Casey:

     As long as I can remember I have loved to work with food.  I spent much of my childhood reading cookbooks and trying new recipes.  There was always a deep satisfaction and sense of accomplishment when I created something with simple ingredients.  I remember feeling this way one summer when I got the chance to pick fresh cherries from a tart cherry tree and create my first pie made from scratch.  I always dreamed of making food my career.  With my first job as a dishwasher, I got a sneak peak at the restaurant atmosphere, but I wanted to work with food, not just around food.  I continued to work in various restaurants and food-service operations while earning my Bachelor degree at the Culinary Institute of America.  Finally, I was creating foods with simple, quality ingredients.  In 2014 I began my first job in a bakery working with my wife.  I've enjoyed working with my favorite coworker as we create beautiful baked goods.

Joanna:

     I think it was the feel of smooth, elastic dough beneath my hands, as my mother showed me how to make whole wheat bread from scratch, that made me want to pursue baking.  Since that first baking experience, I have loved searching out and testing new recipes in almost every branch of baking.  My dream career was to become a professional baker.  I did not expect to be able to get such a job, since most of my baking experience from the age of eight to twenty was only what I learned through my own research and experimentation.  I was thrilled when my application to the Hawthorne Valley Farm Bakery was accepted in May of 2010.  In the five and a half years that I have worked at Hawthorne Valley, I have enjoyed learning the many new aspects of baking which come with working on a large production scale.

     We are very excited in this next step of opening our own bakeshop.  Recipe testing for Rolling Pin Pastries has been a pleasure.  We are confident that others will enjoy our pastries as much as we do.  Creating beautiful pastries together is definitely our dream business.