Who's Cooking at Hiller's
All 7 Hiller’s supermarkets share certain signature characteristics. What makes Hiller’s unique is that each store reflects the intimate details of its surrounding community, as do the group of individuals who staff every one of these stores.
Hiller’s is a family business, and our employees are part of our extended family. Some of our employees have been with us over 50 years! The delicious dishes available fresh daily in our prepared foods cases are prepared by talented cooks in each of our stores. We’d like to introduce some of the folks behind the scenes in the Hiller’s kitchens.
HILLER’S ANN ARBOR
3615 Washtenaw Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.677.2370
RALPH YOHN
AGE: 43
HOME TOWN: YPSILANTI
EMPLOYED AT HILLER’S: 5 YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN THE KITCHEN:
AT 18 YEARS OLD, RALPH STARTED AS A MORNING COOK AT BILL KNAPP’S, AND HAS BEEN COOKING UP A STORM EVER SINCE.
FAMILY: LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND, TINA, WHOM HE MET IN HIGH SCHOOL
FAVORITE HILLER’S RECIPE:
MAC & CHEESE WITH CRAB ($9.99/ LB.)
HILLER’S BERKLEY
3052 12 Mile Rd.
Berkley, MI 48072
248.5446.6500
CECILIA WYCOFF
AGE: 51
HOME TOWN: BERKLEY
EMPLOYED AT HILLER’S: 16 YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN THE KITCHEN:
CECILIA’S MOM, GOLDEE, PASSED DOWN THE COOKING GENE. BAKING BREAD AND COOKIES BROUGHT CECILIA INTO THE KITCHEN, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE’S STILL THERE WITH HER APRON AND SPATULA.
FAMILY:
HAPPILY MARRIED WITH 2 GREAT SONS & A WONDERFUL DAUGHTER
FAVORITE HILLER’S RECIPE: GOLDEE’S SALMON PATTIES ($10.98/LB.)
HILLER’S WEST BLOOMFIELD
6433 Orchard Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
248.851.7100
RENEE WELLS
AGE: 39
HOMETOWN: SOUTHFIELD
EMPLOYED AT HILLER’S: 5 YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN THE KICHEN:
RENEE HAS HAD A SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH FOOD EVER SINCE HER EARLY TEENS WHEN SHE WAS EMPLOYED AT A PIZZERIA.
FAMILY: 2 WONDERFUL GIRLS, AGES 12 AND 5
FAVORITE HILLER’S RECIPE: HILLER’S MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP ($5.29/QUART)
HILLER’S COMMERCE TOWNSHIP
39950 W 14 Mile Rd
Commerce Twp., MI 48390
248.960.1990
JACK SUDAN
AGE: 56
HOME TOWN: WHITE LAKE
EMPLOYED AT HILLER’S: 4 YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN THE KITCHEN:
JACK STARTED AT BIG BOY’S RESTAURANT WHEN HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD. HE STUDIED CULINARY ARTS AT WALLED LAKE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, AND HAS OWNED HIS OWN RESTAURANT AND PART-OWNED AND OPERATED HIS FAMILY’S WELL KNOWN, LOCAL RESTAURANT.
FAMILY:
VERY HAPPILY MARRIED WITH 3 GROWN CHILDREN
FAVORITE HILLER’S RECIPES:
CHERRY TURKEY BURGERS ($5.98/LB.) AND CHICKEN MILANAISE ($8.98/LB.)
HILLER’S NORTHVILLE
425 N. Center Street
Northville, MI 48167
248.344.1030
DON MCDOWELL
AGE: 39
HOME TOWN: BLOOMFIELD HILLS
EMPLOYED AT HILLER’S: 9 YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN THE KITCHEN:
WHILE WATCHING TV, SIX YEAR OLD DONALD FOUND A COOKING SHOW THAT FASCINATED HIM. HE CAN’T RECALL THE NAME OF THE SHOW, BUT HE CAN RECALL THE COOL SAYINGS ON THE CHEF’S APRON AND THE SIZZLING WOK USED BY THE CHEF. NEEDLESS TO SAY, DON’S FOREVER FELT AT HOME AROUND FORKS AND FLAMES.
FAMILY:
SINGLE AND HAPPY (YOU CAN TELL BY HIS PERPETUAL SMILE)
FAVORITE HILLER’S RECIPE: CHICKEN MARSALA ($7.98/LB.)
HILLER’S PLYMOUTH
15455 Haggerty Road
Plymouth, MI 48170
734.420.5555
AMBER HERATY
AGE: 27
HOMETOWN: LIVONIA
EMPLOYED AT HILLER’S: 10 YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN THE KITCHEN:
OUR ADORABLE AND QUALIFIED AMBER LYNN BEGAN HER 10 YEAR CAREER AT HILLER’S BEHIND THE DELI COUNTER. SHE KEPT SNEAKING INTO THE KITCHEN AND FINALLY, ANNIE (OUR PRIOR COOK FOR MANY YEARS) TOOK HER UNDER HER WING.
FAMILY: 2 BEAUTIFUL YOUNG DAUGHTERS AND PARTNER, RYAN
FAVORITE HILLER’S RECIPE: CHICKEN POT PIES ($4.98 EACH)
HILLER’S UNION LAKE
3010 Union Lake Road
Commerce Twp, MI 48390
248.363.8718
NANCY RICHEY
AGE: 53
HOME TOWN: CLAWSON
EMPLOYED AT HILLER’S: 5 YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN THE KITCHEN:
NANCY STARTED COOKING DINNERS FOR HER FAMILY WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 11 YEARS OLD. SHE RUNS A TIGHT SHIP IN OUR UNION LAKE KITCHEN, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION SHE CREATES FOR US IN OUR PREPARED FOODS COUNTER! OUR CUSTOMERS AND STAFF ALIKE ABSOLUTELY LOVE HER AND HER COOKING.
FAMILY:
SINGLE. NANCY HAS 2 ATHLETIC SONS AND A LOVELY DAUGHTER WHO IS CURRENTLY STUDYING AT KEIO UNIVERSITY IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
HILLER’S FAVORITE RECIPE: JAMBALAYA ($5.98/LB.)
THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
SCOTT MATTLER
AGE: 20
HOME TOWN: FARMINGTON HILLS
EMPLOYED AT HILLER’S: 1 YEAR
EXPERIENCE IN THE KITCHEN:
WHILE AWAY AT COLLEGE, SCOTT BEGAN COOKING FOR HIMSELF AND HIS ROOMATES, AND A “CHEF” WAS BORN. SCOTT HAS TRAINED WITH THE BEST…HILLER’S IN-HOUSE CHEF PETER JULIAN AND RUTH MOSSOK JOHNSTON, WHOSE DELECTABLE DELIGHTS GRACE OUR FOOD CARTS AT HILLER’S WEST BLOOMFIELD MARKET.
FAMILY:
WHILE STUDYING FOR HIS DEGREE IN CULINARY MANAGEMENT, SCOTT LIVES AT HOME WITH HIS MOTHER, CAROLYN. HE HAS AN OLDER SISTER AND A YOUNGER BROTHER.
FAVORITE HILLER’S RECIPE:
VIETNAMESE CHICKEN CURRY ($4.99 PER CHINESE TAKE-OUT CARTON)
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