Toasted Oak Grill & Market, Novi, MI

Who’s Cooking At The Toasted Oak?

The locally-inspired comfort foods available daily are prepared by talented and inspired cooks. We’d like to introduce some of the folks behind the scenes in the Toasted Oak kitchen.

Laura Vaughn

Age: 25

Employed at Toasted Oak: 2 years

History in the kitchen: Laura has been working in the food industry for a few years now. She started out working in the front of house but then her interest in food moved her to the kitchen. She has a degree in food industry managment from Michigan State and just recently graduated from Schoolcraft College’s culinary program in May of 2011.

Family: Laura has 2 older brothers. She currently lives with her boyfriend Brian.

Favorite Toasted Oak recipe: Salted Caramel Budino. She loves baking this for herself at home!

Robbie Coran

Age: 27

Employed at Toasted Oak: 3 months

History in the Kitchen: Before working here with us Robbie was a cook for several years at a casual restaurant. During that time he also spent 2 years working in a fine dining restaurant in Ohio. He is currently in his first year of culinary school at Oakland Community College.

Family: Robbie has been happily dating his girlfriend Morgan for about 1 year. He has 2 younger sisters.

Favorite Toasted Oak recipe: Great Frickin’ Chicken

Micah Sicslowicz

Age: 23

Employed at Toasted Oak: 2 years

History in the Kitchen: Micah started out in the restaurant industry when he was in highschool. He worked as a dishwasher for a short time before moving on to become a prep cook. He spent four years in a casual dining restaurant before coming here to work with us. In 2010 he graduated from Schoolcraft College’s culinary program.

Family: Micah is getting married this month to his fiance Emily. He has 1 step brother and 1 step sister.

Favorite Toasted Oak recipe: Chef Steven’s Award Winning Porchetta