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Piper
Kitchen Staff
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Keaton Stearns,
CEC
Piper's Executive
Chef
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Since 1997, Chef Keaton has been the
Executive Chef for the Piper where he
meticulously upholds its reputation for
casual dining excellence. For over 16
years, he has set the standard for West
Michigan lakeshore cuisine and his
passion for food continues to grow and
evolve. His careful selection of
ingredients, unique flavor pairings and
innovative cooking style set the stage
for the perfectly prepared dishes found
only at the Piper
Restaurant.
He
constantly strives to improve on
what was before and has built its
success around a team of tight-knit
young professionals, all of whom
have a passion to provide the
highest quality product for the
Piper customer.
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Chef Keaton is a
Certified Executive Chef and member
of the American Culinary Federation,
as well as the World Association of
Chef's Societies. He is currently on
the Culinary Institute of Michigan
Advisory Board.
Chef Keaton and
his wife, Sandra, live on their
horse farm in Fennville wine country
where they breed and train their
prized Morgan horses. Besides
working with their horses, Sandra is
also a hard working professional
being a certified stenographic
reporter. Visit them and their herd
at
CircleKMorgans.com.
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ChefK@PiperRestaurant.com
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Matthew Kearby
Chef de
Cuisine
Chef Matt first became
interested in culinary arts when he was in
high school and had to cook for himself, and
discovered he really liked it. He enrolled
in the Culinary Arts Program at Baker
College and thoroughly enjoyed the
education.
His passion for cooking
grew during his first few months of
employment at The Piper in 2002. Since then,
he has developed his love for cooking into a
career under the instruction of Chef
Keaton.
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Matt's exceptional
work ethic and high skill level make
him one of the up and coming young
professional chefs on the Lake
Michigan shoreline. His workmanship
is inspirational and is a key factor
for maintaining the Piper's high
level of quality.
Outside of work,
Matt enjoys spending time with his
wife, Liz, and friends playing disc
golf, watching movies and
reading.
ChefMatt@PiperRestaurant.com
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Andrea
Smith
Pastry
Chef
Andrea
Smith grew up in Hamburg, a small
town just north of Ann Arbor with her
dad. She wanted to be a chef since
she was little and finally decided to
study baking and pastries
exclusively.
She
attended and enjoyed her classes at
Schoolcraft College in Livonia,
Michigan where she received her
Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate.
She was awarded the Michigan Merit
Award Scholarship and Schoolcraft
Trustee Scholarship as well as being
on the Dean's list. After graduating
in 2007, she moved to Holland and
joined The Piper
staff.
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At The Piper, Andrea was
given the challenge of upgrading an already
successful pastry program, and she has done
just that. Her dedication to the pastry arts
and strong commitment to the Piper is a
model of perfection.
In her free time, she
enjoys baking, snowboarding, rock climbing
and her favorite pastime...
eating.
Andrea@PiperRestaurant.com
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