Loveland’s Deaf Pastry Chef Brings Inspiration and a ‘Little Bit of Europe’ to Town

It may be one of the best kept secrets in Loveland: How there's a French/European pastry chef in town, who loves the color purple and is deaf.

This woman comes from a line of woman who inspired her to become a baker and own her own bakery, which she now does. The fact that she is deaf hasn't stopped her on her journey, one bit.

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It's amazing what you can find out about your own town when you are using Google Maps. I wish I could remember what I was searching for at the time in Loveland, Colorado, but up popped the little "food" symbol in a place that's basically, a neighborhood. I was intrigued, so I dug a little deeper and found that this this spot is home to this woman's bakery, in the bottom of her home.

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The way Chef Rosetta Marie Stevenson describes her love of baking, you would find it hard to believe she could be doing anything else. Baking has bee a passion of hers since baking alongside her grandmother when she was a kid. Today, that passion has taken her to Loveland, where she now owns and operates Zetta Marie's Patisserie.

WHAT IS A 'PATISSERIE?'

A patisserie is "French Bakery" where items and baked and sold.

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Currently located at the corner of 10th Street and Taft Avenue, Chef Zetta Marie has been in business in Loveland since 2013. I think what really got me interested was in how her Facebook page said not to call, or leave a message; I wondered why. That's when I learned that Chef Stevenson is deaf.

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Rosetta has an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Culinary Art, a Certificate in Professional Baking and Pastry and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Hospitality Management from the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago. She's well educated and well adapted to bring a little bit of Europe to the Loveland community. Cookies, cakes, tortes, cream puffs, Bourbon pecan pie.. the list of menu items is long,.

Though Zetta Marie does not take walk-ins she is more than ready to help you out, when you send her a text - (970) 691-0940.

You can get to know Chef Stevenson here: