{"id":226142,"date":"2025-10-22T06:54:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/?p=226142"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:41:09","slug":"kathleen-faliskie-loudoun-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/kathleen-faliskie-loudoun-baker\/","title":{"rendered":"How Kathleen Faliskie Became Loudoun\u2019s Favorite Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI-800x533.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"kathleen faliskie\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI-585x390.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI-263x175.png 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"custom_category\" style=\"display:none;\">sweet stuff <\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathleen Faliskie is a classically trained pastry chef with over a decade of experience in some of Northern Virginia\u2019s top kitchens. But she also has fun in the kitchen, combining flavor profiles and unexpected textures. And clients love it: Kathleen was voted 2025\u2019s Best of Loudoun in the <em>Loudoun Times-Mirror.<\/em> <strong>Read on for more with Kathleen, what inspires her, and what keeps her going on a late night of baking.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226153\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI-800x533.png\" alt=\"kathleen faliskie\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI-585x390.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI-263x175.png 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_FI.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About Kathleen<\/h3>\n<p>Kathleen moved to Loudoun County with her family as a middle-schooler. Baking started as a hobby in high school. \u201cIt was really my escape,\u201d Kathleen said. \u201cI made muffins and cupcakes. I didn\u2019t have many friends and didn\u2019t play sports. It became my first business when I turned 17.\u201d Kathleen credits a neighbor for pushing her to take her baking from a hobby to a business. \u201cA local coffee shop started selling my baked goods, and I would drop things off to customers on the way to school,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226144\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_1-800x800.png\" alt=\"a photo of baker kathleen faliskie \" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_1-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_1-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><em>Kathleen and her cakes. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Faliskie<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After high school, Kathleen earned an associate\u2019s degree from the Culinary Institute of America in baking and pastry arts. She came back to Northern Virginia and got to work. Kathleen worked at Landsdowne Resort, was the Head Baker at Potomac Pastries &#8211; Head Baker; was the Executive Pastry Chef at The Conche; and was the General Manager of the Conche\u2019s Chocolate and Cake Studio.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/lisa-waters-vienna-florist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All About Lisa Waters, a Homegrown Vienna Florist<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If that sounds exhausting, Kathleen confirms that it was. She credits her time in these kitchens and the relationships she developed as essential parts of her current success. But in April 2024, she stepped back to take a break from working in commercial kitchens.<\/p>\n<h3>Back to Baking<\/h3>\n<p>At the time, Kathleen lived with her sister and her then four-year-old niece. \u201cI was so burnt out from cooking, I really needed a break,\u201d Kathleen said. \u201cI started baking with my niece, and it reminded me of what I loved about baking. I got my passion back. The joy she found in baking made things make sense for me.\u201d<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226145\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_cake-800x800.png\" alt=\"a wedding cake made by kathleen faliskie\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_cake-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_cake-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_cake-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_cake-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_cake-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_cake.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A wedding cake baked by Kathleen. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Faliskie.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In late August 2024, Kathleen connected with the team at Bluewater Kitchen in Upperville. \u201cThey were looking for a pastry chef and I was ready to come back,\u201d Kathleen said. \u201cI started in August and then had a wedding cake booked for every weekend in September.\u201d Kathleen credits the Bluewater team\u2019s supportive atmosphere for her success. \u201cThey got a lot of help when they got started, so they want to pay it forward. And that\u2019s how I am too, I work with a lot of interns and keep in touch with them,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a small industry and it can be really competitive. But there are some of us who just want to see people succeed. I was really fortunate to find [Bluewater].\u201d <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-226150 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_wedding_Cakes-800x800.png\" alt=\"another wedding cake by Kathleen Faliskie\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_wedding_Cakes-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_wedding_Cakes-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_wedding_Cakes-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_wedding_Cakes-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_wedding_Cakes-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_wedding_Cakes.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><em>One of Kathleen&#8217;s cakes in a styled shoot. Photo credit @pearlpoppyweddingco, courtesy of Kathleen Faliskie<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathleen works out of a commercial kitchen, and customers can pick up their bakes in Brambleton and Leesburg. She worked with Bluewater until it closed in the fall of 2025. She continues to work with private clients and take orders for all kinds of things, from dessert bars to wedding cakes. \u201cI like everything,\u201d she said. \u201cMy favorite thing is the parfaits and dessert tables. I love it when a client gives me a flavor profile and lets me run with it. I like to experiment with different flavors and textures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script>\n  (function(w, d, t, h, s, n) {\n    w.FlodeskObject = n;\n    var fn = function() {\n      (w[n].q = w[n].q || []).push(arguments);\n    };\n    w[n] = w[n] || fn;\n    var f = d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0];\n    var v = '?v=' + Math.floor(new Date().getTime() \/ (120 * 1000)) * 60;\n    var sm = d.createElement(t);\n    sm.async = true;\n    sm.type = 'module';\n    sm.src = h + s + '.mjs' + v;\n    f.parentNode.insertBefore(sm, f);\n    var sn = d.createElement(t);\n    sn.async = true;\n    sn.noModule = true;\n    sn.src = h + s + '.js' + v;\n    f.parentNode.insertBefore(sn, f);\n  })(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/assets.flodesk.com', '\/universal', 'fd');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  window.fd('form', {\n    formId: '67c74f9450f1321faacb88f8'\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI like <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">making things look good, taste good, and I have a high standard,\u201d Kathleen said. \u201cI love cake decorating, but my first love is baking. After years of practice, I was able to become a better cake decorator, but that&#8217;s not something I started out being able to do. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathleen says she\u2019s a night owl who does most of her baking in the evenings. \u201cI always have an electrolyte drink and some savory snacks,\u201d she said. \u201cI blast some pop music and bake.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226146\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_dessert_board-800x800.png\" alt=\"a holiday dessert board from baker kathleen faliskie \" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_dessert_board-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_dessert_board-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_dessert_board-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_dessert_board-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_dessert_board-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kathleen_faliskie_dessert_board.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Holiday dessert board. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Faliskie<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>She says that one of the best parts of her job is the customer feedback. \u201cPeople will say it tastes even better than it looks, which isn\u2019t usually the case,\u201d she said. \u201cOr a client orders something from me based on a dessert they had at another event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>See more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/mobile-sauna-northern-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Mobile Sauna Experience Like No Other in Northern Virginia<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can order treats directly from Kathleen <a href=\"https:\/\/kathleenfaliskie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via her website<\/a>. In addition to baking for special occasions, Kathleen has special <a href=\"https:\/\/kathleenfaliskie.com\/holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">holiday dessert boards<\/a> available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Follow @thefairfaxgirl on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefairfaxgirl\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Instagram <\/span><\/a>+\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefairfaxgirl\"><span class=\"s2\">TikTok<\/span><\/a> for the latest Northern Virginia updates, and check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/events\/\"><span class=\"s2\">events calendar<\/span><\/a>, which has over 100+ events weekly to peruse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/lifestyle\/\">Lifestyle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sweet stuff Kathleen Faliskie is a classically trained pastry chef with over a decade of experience in some of Northern Virginia\u2019s top&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":362,"featured_media":226153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8833,9709,764,7997,9593,9294],"tags":[9761,9743,9770,9845,9731,9758,9735],"class_list":["post-226142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-fairfax-county","category-food-drink","category-lifestyle","category-local-girl-rss-feed","category-women-owned","tag-food","tag-northern-virginia","tag-nova","tag-tlg","tag-virginia","tag-weddings","tag-women-owned"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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