Louis Swiss Bakery to sell to new, local ownership | Business

In finalizing the details for the sale of Louis Swiss Bakery, owner Felix Tornare agreed that the buyers could keep the original sign from his father’s Swiss bakery for as long as they keep the name.

Roaring Fork Valley customers will be relieved to know that the name — along with the concept and menu items — will remain much the same under new owners Andrew Helsley and Jill Soffer.

“The main thing was that they’re local,” Tornare said. “They were local and they wanted to keep the employees and wanted to keep it the same. …It was really important to my wife and I that we pass it on to people who wanted to do it the same.”

Helsley, executive chef of mountain food and beverage for Aspen Skiing Co., and business partner Soffer, a climate philanthropist and fan of cookies and croissants, officially take over Louis Swiss Bakery on Aug. 1. Tornare, who purchased the bakery’s building in 1998, will remain the…

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