MARCH 5 • 2020 | 43
Hillel’s New Sous Chef Takes
Its Café to New Heights
M
ichigan Hillel’
s star
continues to rise
with more great
additions to the Hillel Café.
It introduced Ann Arbor to
new Head Chef Jonathan
Shepard last semester and is
proud to share its new Sous
Chef Cedric Smith.
Smith has had a long-
standing relationship with
the food industry — devel-
oping a deep appreciation
for the art form at a young
age from his mother and
chef father. His passion grew
as he honed his skills, train-
ing in California alongside
his older brother, a respected
chef in his own right for
Hollywood celebrities.
Love then called him
home to Michigan, where
he cooked for country clubs,
hotels and restaurants.
Smith said of his new ven-
ture with Hillel, “I’
m so glad
to have found Hillel and the
opportunity to be a part of
this community’
s Jewish food
experience.”
Together, the duo of
Shepard and Smith are tak-
ing the Hillel Café to new
heights. They have restruc-
tured and revitalized the
Café’
s menu, breathing new
life into the county’
s only
public kosher restaurant.
There is now a monthly
menu of offerings, from
which customers can
choose a variety of gourmet
soups, salads, sandwiches,
and entrees — all available
a la carte.
Reflecting on the updat-
ed menu, Smith shared, “I
am loving the challenge of
taking some of my family’
s
best recipes, like our coveted
fried chicken, and adapting
them to kosher dishes.
“The Café’
s patrons have
been so helpful in sharing
with us the best of their
family recipes, too, and I
hope they keep those tips
coming.”
Recent menu items have
included pulled BBQ brisket,
cashew creamed chicken
alfredo, honey-glazed salmon
rice bowls and more.
Visit michiganhillel.org/dining for
their full monthly menu.
Stacy Carroll is director of advance-
ment for U-M Hillel.
STACY CARROLL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Cedric Smith
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