{"id":6294,"date":"2018-09-10T16:52:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T21:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walshtx.com\/?p=6294"},"modified":"2019-10-16T13:09:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T18:09:26","slug":"people-of-walsh-meet-leah-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walshtx.com\/news\/community\/people-of-walsh-meet-leah-loose\/","title":{"rendered":"People Of Walsh: Meet Leah Loose"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Meet Leah Loose, who turned a career in baking into a stint on Netflix\u2019s Sugar Rush. &#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]As more and more new neighbors move into the homes at Walsh, we are spotlighting some of the friendly faces you might see around town. First up is Leah Loose, former owner of the successful Fort Worth bakery <a href=\"http:\/\/leahssweettreats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leah\u2019s Sweet Treats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A wife, mom and successful pastry chef, Loose attended culinary school in San Francisco before returning home six years ago to be closer to family. Beginning her career by baking cakes for friends from home, her delicious creations gained her enough notoriety to open her brick and mortar shop in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe rented one space, and three or four years later took the space next door, and it became a destination spot,\u201d she says of the Leah\u2019s Sweet Treats, which was located on Camp Bowie Boulevard. \u201cEveryone would come and hang out. During the course of the six years we were open, we had lots of people pitching us for (baking) challenge shows, then Sugar Rush happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Applying with her head cake decorator, Loose was accepted for the first baking competition to air on any streaming network. Coming in second on the seventh episode in a competition judged by Sprinkles founder Candace Nelson and fashion designer Betsey Johnson, Loose nonetheless was happy with the experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really fun. We were only supposed to make a two-foot cake and we made a three-foot cake, so we ran out of the time\u2014but we\u2019re not bitter about losing. A lot of people were rooting for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Loose, the experience was also valuable as she hopes to ultimately expand her career into culinary instruction through videos of tips and tricks she shares on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LifeofLeahLately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a>. Because Loose bakery\u2019s lease was up earlier this spring, she decided to close Leah\u2019s Sweet Treats around the same time she moved into Walsh with her banker husband, Aaron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe closed the bakery the same weekend we closed on the house,\u201d she laughs. \u201cOriginally we were living in Fort Worth, and my parents were in Aledo and we decided to check out the model homes in Walsh with no intention of ever moving. We toured them all, and really loved Drees who we ended up building with\u2014we fell in love with it on a whim and decided to go for it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Choosing a Tudor-style model, Loose embraced the same design philosophy that inspired her to create her beloved sprinkle confetti cakes to create what she calls a \u201crainbow-tastic\u201d interior for her new home.<\/p>\n<p>In her new life at Walsh, Loose says she enjoys spending time with her young daughter and exploring all the community has to offer, including creating custom cookie cutters on the Walsh Makerspace\u2019s 3-D printing machine and getting to know other local families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in a neighborhood, but we also have a country feel,\u201d she says of her new home. \u201cA lot of younger couples are moving out here and we have more friends that are planning on moving. It\u2019s going to be fun with so many young people with kids our age.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Meet Leah Loose, who turned a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[3673,3669,3670,3671,76,61,122,536,3665,3664,3667,2202,1106,23,3672,3643,3666,3668,20,78],"class_list":{"0":"post-6294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.0.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>People Of Walsh: Meet Leah Loose &bull; WALSH<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet Walsh resident Leah Loose, who turned a career in baking into a stint on Netflix\u2019s Sugar Rush. 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