Colie's Kitchen: Cooking Up Joy

from Cache Valley Family Magazine Fall 2020

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EMILY BUCKLEY

WHEN IT COMES to baking, Nichole ‘Colie’ Peterson, owner of Colie’s Kitchen in Logan, says, with smile, the secret ingredient is love. “It sounds cliché,” Colie said, “but to make something delicious, it takes time, effort, patience … and a little bit of love.”

Colie says her passion for cooking and baking is inherited from her mom, Angie Peterson, and that many of her family’s happiest memories have taken place in the kitchen.

“The kitchen is a place of socializing at my house,” Colie said. “It’s where we bonded the most, and my goal [at Colie's Kitchen] is for people to have a beautiful place to come and experience that. It’s a fun way to share joy.”

Colie has been baking and decorating cakes editor in chief for weddings, birthdays, gender reveals, and more for years. She shared her creations on Instagram, which naturally led to friends and acquaintances asking her to teach classes. For the last two years, Colie has taught two or three classes a month to groups of adults and children and has found joy in her niche.

Colie’s dad, Bill Peterson originally proposed the idea of creating a commercial space for Colie’s Kitchen. “Part of it may have been because he wanted me out of the kitchen in his home,” she laughed, “but also, he saw me filling my classes consistently for over two years and believed it would succeed.”

They got to work creating the space earlier this year and had it nearly completed when businesses across the country screeched to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She delayed her opening but is welcoming small and private groups beginning this month.

Surprisingly, Colie says her favorite thing to make in the kitchen is not a cake. Rather, it is family meals with all the fixings (see one of her favorite soup recipes on the next page). She plans to offer both cake decorating and other cooking classes, taught by herself and other experts, three times a week, in addition to hosting private events like birthday parties and bridal showers.

Colie’s beautifully designed kitchen is located at 40 West Cache Valley Boulevard in Logan. You can view or register for classes on her website colieskitchen.net. Follow her on Instagram @colies.kitchen to stay up to date on everything she is cooking up.