Kate Smith Soirée Offers French Macarons and So Much More

Kate Smith has found a sweet second home for her stylish bakery and French macaron business, Kate Smith Soirée, which opened on Valentine’s Day in downtown Overland Park in the former Clocktower Bakery space. In 2019, Smith opened Butterfield’s Bakery & Market inside the Lenexa Public Market serving up hearty sandwiches, salads, and soups in addition to her delicious desserts. The Oklahoma native studied pastry at the Culinary Arts and Pastry program in Florence, Italy, before moving to Kansas City to launch her career. An Instagram-worthy rose-covered wall draws you into the bakery filled with gleaming cases, which she and her pastry team are filling every morning with her signature macarons, cakes, cinnamon rolls, turnovers, cookies, bars and other pastries that rotate daily. The mantra for Kate Smith Soirée and anyone who enters can be found on the wall in neon: “Stay Sweet KC.”