THE PIE TEAM

Carolynn joined us very soon after opening the new bakery and is a pastry chef who graduated from culinary school in Chicago. She has brought us her incredible talent for decorating, pastry knowledge, and is one of the kindest humans you will ever meet. She brings us great ideas for our new recipes to try and works with Jocelyn on the cream team.

Jocelyn is our General Manager, proud mother of three children and pulls it all off with grace and a smile. She keeps us all in line around here and we would not run this place without her. She and Carolynn run the cream team, whipping up unthinkable deliciousness. We are all amazed by Jocelyn’s ability to work so hard and laugh herself silly at the same time.

Suzanne lives in Underhill with her large animal family, where she owns and passionately runs Poorhouse Pies.

With over 20 years of experience in the restaurant and catering industry, she took over this little local craft and turned it into her passion project. With the help of talented local bakers and chefs, she built a new bakery, expanded the concept and added a catering company. The pie shop reflects her vision, and is filled with love, laughter, and the most delicious food!!!

Paul is the lead chef for our catering team and runs our kitchen. He comes to the pie world from a long history working in some great local restaurants such as Jericho Cafe & Tavern, Th Reservoir, and The Bench. His culinary skills are a huge assets in running the savory department and his infectious laugh and positive attitude fit right into this fun loving crew.

Wendy is a semi-retired ICU nurse, and she a true red head! Sassy!!! OMG. She loves to blast her music and put the bakery back in order after our pie production has cycloned through. I am not sure what she and Dee are up to here, but it looks dangerous! Our bakery shines because of this power house; literally!

Jon, aka husband, is the man responsible for the beautiful bakery that we are blessed to have. He fixes every machine, built us a walk-in cooler, makes donuts, plows the snow, and keeps his wife happy and able to make pie. There would be no Poorhouse Pies without this incredible man. Need a job done?

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Tommy comes to us with 16 years of experience working as a department head at our local Price Chopper. He is an Underhill family man and is a proud father of two adorable young boys. He is known by so many in this community for his friendly and hard working attitude and we feel most fortunate that he is now on our team. He is a very fast learner in the pie world and is jumping right into the catering team as well.

Ryan comes in twice weekly to keep us up on all of our pie boxes. He stamps, stickers, and loves to jam out to music. He brightens up our days with his high energy and bright smile.

Nicky B, as we fondly call this amazing man, has been a chef for decades. He graduated from NECI and is one of our lead catering team members. He executes every event seamlessly and his skills and great attitude are appreciated by everyone. With a growing catering team, we are fortunate to have Nick at the helm.

Surinda works with Paul and Annie on the savory team and also is one of the donut decorating queens. She is probably the calmest person at the bakery and brings us all a sense of well being no matter how crazy pie land can be. She is an Ayurvedic practitioner and massage therapist.

We are pretty sure Jonny G comes to work just to give us all a hard time! He is so darn funny and such a joy to have in the kitchen. Although we loose him to golf for the summers, we will enjoy him while we can and hope he returns after he is done chasing the little white ball around.

Kariella helps out the dough team and the donut team on Sundays. She can also be found driving pie around Vermont to deliver to weddings for us. Her computer genius mind comes in pretty handy too.

Erica joined us recently and immediately became our pace car on espresso! She is fast, efficient, organized, and very skilled. She has enough energy to power a small village, which is very appreciated on those sluggish mornings. She is a joy to have around the kitchen and keeps us all organized. We are fortunate this woman joined us. She is also a proud mom of two and loves to tell stories about her kiddos.

Alyssa, a MMU grad is now in college on her way to nursing school. She has impressed all of us with her ability to learn so quickly and although she is very soft spoken, (unlike the rest of us loud mouths), she is very determined to conquer just about anything we throw at her. She is a remarkable young lady! She works on holidays and summers for now.

Tristan baked at Costco for nearly 10 years and brings with him a hustle that puts most of us to shame. He is professional, focused, and just makes everything look easy! He likes to sing to us sometimes and tell us stories of fatherhood. He runs our fruit department and his pies are absolutely beautiful! His lighthearted kindness is contagious and we are very grateful his path led him to us.

Coming to us from the hills of Lake County California, John was the Sous Chef at Okemo Mountain and has worked in various kitchens building his skills.  He has moved to Underhill with his partner and has taken to our pie world quickly and we are very happy he joined our team.

Jack is our new Zen leader and brings calm to even our most hectic days.  Jack is a fine gardener by trade and while he builds his local clientele, is helping us out working on the dough team and sprucing up our gardens.  He has a great eye for detail and loves to clean, which makes him everyone's favorite!

Shay is our web and digital design guru. She has years of experience in the digital marketing world and has helped us redesign our website, created our beautiful catering menu, and helps us with event flyers.

Each day is an opportunity for Joe to crack us all up with his witty sense of humor and his good attitude. He has a lifetime of culinary experience and brings a great deal of skill to our catering team. He also has his own small catering company, and works for a couple of other kitchens. He is so much fun to have here and we are very grateful he gives us some of his time. No doubt he just likes to come and harass us and entertain himself.

This young lady is quite the ticket, and has taken over for her older brother’s spot in running her own shift two night a week. She has been on our dough team a while and is a force to be reckoned with. She is able to run a tight ship, gets all of her work done with grace, and still is often seen dancing around in the kitchen. She is a joy!

These two have just joined the dough team and are starting to spread their wings and show us their creative spirits. Growing up and living in diverse, far away places, they both have good foundation in culinary skills (thanks to their Mom for shaping young cooks). They are both very hard workers and are fitting in great with our team. They both go to MMU and help us take good pictures of our pies with their cute smiles.

Taylor is no stranger to kitchens and even though she is also a MMU, her parents owned their own food establishment and had her helping out at a young age. Thank you parents who teach their kids great work ethic!!!!! Taylor is very motivated and is the fasted first time donut glazer we have ever seen. She aims to impress and certainly does.

Beth worked with Suzanne at the JCaT years ago and has a true heart for service work. Although she has a full time job, and another part time job, this work horse also joins our catering team for any event she can. She is always full of positive energy and is up for anything! She is fun but when it is time for service, she is very focused on providing for her guests and does a fantastic job catering.