Get To Know Us
Meet the team that makes and delivers all your delish food.
Amir Podheiser
Mir masterfully switches between cooking for private chef clients and handling delivery and driver logistics for Home Appétit’s meal service.
Before coming to H.A., Mir cooked at Le Cheri, Bibou, Stock and Pumpkin. His favorite Philly restaurant to grab dinner at is L’Angolo.
Mir masterfully switches between cooking for private chef clients and handling delivery and driver logistics for Home Appétit’s meal service.
Before coming to H.A., Mir cooked at Le Cheri, Bibou, Stock and Pumpkin. His favorite Philly restaurant to grab dinner at is L’Angolo.
Andrew White
Previous Experience: Dogwood Southern Table and Bar and Mission Taqueria
Favorite Philly Restaurant: Cafe La Maude
Previous Experience: Dogwood Southern Table and Bar and Mission Taqueria
Favorite Philly Restaurant: Cafe La Maude
Angela Luna
Previous Experience: Parc
Favorite H.A. Dish: Wings and chicken cutlets
Previous Experience: Parc
Favorite H.A. Dish: Wings and chicken cutlets
Ani Matthews
April Tidwell
Ashley Primis
After graduating from Duke University, Ashley attended the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. She moved to Philadelphia and cooked at the Four Seasons before becoming a food writer. She spent 15 years as an editor for Philadelphia magazine and other outlets. She also worked as a director for Starr Restaurants.
She joined Home Appétit in 2020 as the first corporate employee. In her role, she oversees all marketing, branding and communications efforts, identifies business opportunities, and occasionally buys office furniture.
She lives in Queen Village with her husband and kids. She mostly cooks chicken nuggets now.
After graduating from Duke University, Ashley attended the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. She moved to Philadelphia and cooked at the Four Seasons before becoming a food writer. She spent 15 years as an editor for Philadelphia magazine and other outlets. She also worked as a director for Starr Restaurants.
She joined Home Appétit in 2020 as the first corporate employee. In her role, she oversees all marketing, branding and communications efforts, identifies business opportunities, and occasionally buys office furniture.
She lives in Queen Village with her husband and kids. She mostly cooks chicken nuggets now.
Bonifacio Hernandez
Favorite H.A. Dish: Chicken and salads
Favorite Philly Restaurant: LMNO
Favorite H.A. Dish: Chicken and salads
Favorite Philly Restaurant: LMNO
Demetrius Stritenoff
Demetrius recently graduated from Walnut Hill College, earning his culinary degree. He worked with H.A. as a student prep cook and is now on the team full time.
Demetrius recently graduated from Walnut Hill College, earning his culinary degree. He worked with H.A. as a student prep cook and is now on the team full time.
Evan Butkovsky
Evan runs the day-to-day kitchen operations, manages team members, and ensures H.A.’s meals hit the highest quality, consistency and taste standards. Evan has previously cooked at Vernick, El Vez, Amada and Kanella.
In his free time, you can find him playing hoops or hanging with his daughter and wife (who is also a cook at Home Appétit) in South Philly.
Evan runs the day-to-day kitchen operations, manages team members, and ensures H.A.’s meals hit the highest quality, consistency and taste standards. Evan has previously cooked at Vernick, El Vez, Amada and Kanella.
In his free time, you can find him playing hoops or hanging with his daughter and wife (who is also a cook at Home Appétit) in South Philly.
Francisco Solis
Previous Experience: Walnut Street Cafe, Alma De Cuba
Favorite H.A. Dish: Meatloaf
Favorite Philly Restaurant: Fogo De Chao
Previous Experience: Walnut Street Cafe, Alma De Cuba
Favorite H.A. Dish: Meatloaf
Favorite Philly Restaurant: Fogo De Chao
Joe Lakavage
While often helping out with our meal delivery service, Joe spends most of his time working with our private chef clients, cooking a variety of customized meals for their dietary needs and tastes each week.
Before joining our team, Joe cooked at Gotham Bar and Grill in NYC, Mémé in Philly, Plumpjack Squaw Valley Inn and Balboa Cafe in Tahoe, and more. Joe’s favorite Philly restaurant is South Philly Barbacoa.
While often helping out with our meal delivery service, Joe spends most of his time working with our private chef clients, cooking a variety of customized meals for their dietary needs and tastes each week.
Before joining our team, Joe cooked at Gotham Bar and Grill in NYC, Mémé in Philly, Plumpjack Squaw Valley Inn and Balboa Cafe in Tahoe, and more. Joe’s favorite Philly restaurant is South Philly Barbacoa.
John White
Julio Rios
Kaylin Miska
Kaylin wears many hats at Home Appétit. She works on the personal chef side of our company, cooking in clients' homes. She also oversees menu development for the delivery service, writing recipes and creating the menus each week. On top of that, she is a customer-service guru, ensuring all food-related requests from clients are properly addressed, documented and communicated to our team.
She has previously cooked at Jojo and Public in NYC and Forest and Main Brewing Company in Ambler. Her favorite H.A. dish is the lamb kofta and her favorite Philly restaurant is Royal Izakaya.
Kaylin wears many hats at Home Appétit. She works on the personal chef side of our company, cooking in clients' homes. She also oversees menu development for the delivery service, writing recipes and creating the menus each week. On top of that, she is a customer-service guru, ensuring all food-related requests from clients are properly addressed, documented and communicated to our team.
She has previously cooked at Jojo and Public in NYC and Forest and Main Brewing Company in Ambler. Her favorite H.A. dish is the lamb kofta and her favorite Philly restaurant is Royal Izakaya.
Larry Goings
Previous Experience: The Fitler Club
Favorite H.A. Dish: Brined and grilled pork chops, mac and cheese, broccoli, and oatmeal bars. (Too many to pick only one!)
Favorite Philly Hang: Dave & Busters
Previous Experience: The Fitler Club
Favorite H.A. Dish: Brined and grilled pork chops, mac and cheese, broccoli, and oatmeal bars. (Too many to pick only one!)
Favorite Philly Hang: Dave & Busters
Lee Wallach
Lee became enamored with restaurants when he worked as a dishwasher in Rehoboth when he was 14. (He eventually wound up getting to chop a few veggies, too.) After graduating from George Washington University in 2008, Lee went back to cooking, working at renowned restaurants in Napa, Miami and New York.
In 2013 Lee relocated to Philadelphia and took the opportunity to reevaluate his future. While trying to figure out what was next, he accepted a temporary personal chef gig on the Main Line. You can guess the rest...
Lee became enamored with restaurants when he worked as a dishwasher in Rehoboth when he was 14. (He eventually wound up getting to chop a few veggies, too.) After graduating from George Washington University in 2008, Lee went back to cooking, working at renowned restaurants in Napa, Miami and New York.
In 2013 Lee relocated to Philadelphia and took the opportunity to reevaluate his future. While trying to figure out what was next, he accepted a temporary personal chef gig on the Main Line. You can guess the rest...
Miriam Pérez
Monica Mendoza
Milton Joel Lopez Oloroso
Oscar Hernandez
Paula Strader
In this newly formed role, Paula ensures that our chefs have the best ingredients to cook with. A native of Brazil and an accomplished chef, she has cooked for Starr Restaurants, Jamonera and Fitler Club, to name a few. Most recently, she worked in procurement for Di Bruno Bros. Catering.
In this newly formed role, Paula ensures that our chefs have the best ingredients to cook with. A native of Brazil and an accomplished chef, she has cooked for Starr Restaurants, Jamonera and Fitler Club, to name a few. Most recently, she worked in procurement for Di Bruno Bros. Catering.
Reyna Hernandez
Previous Experience: Royal Boucherie, Laurel and Amada
Favorite H.A. Dish: Baked pasta and roasted broccoli
Favorite Philly Restaurant: Bing Bing
Previous Experience: Royal Boucherie, Laurel and Amada
Favorite H.A. Dish: Baked pasta and roasted broccoli
Favorite Philly Restaurant: Bing Bing
Sara Ramirez
Previous Experience: Loco Pez, Double Knot
Favorite H.A. Dish: Puttanesca
Favorite Philly Restaurant: Tequila's
Previous Experience: Loco Pez, Double Knot
Favorite H.A. Dish: Puttanesca
Favorite Philly Restaurant: Tequila's
Sasha Zeiger
As marketing manager, Sasha leads Home Appétit's social media and digital campaign efforts. She graduated from American University with a dual degree in Business Administration (she loves a spreadsheet!) and Philosophy. Most recently, she was director of marketing and communications for Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties. In her free time, she’s either drinking coffee while writing or exploring all that Philly has to offer.
As marketing manager, Sasha leads Home Appétit's social media and digital campaign efforts. She graduated from American University with a dual degree in Business Administration (she loves a spreadsheet!) and Philosophy. Most recently, she was director of marketing and communications for Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties. In her free time, she’s either drinking coffee while writing or exploring all that Philly has to offer.
Sean Mason
Veronica Hernandez
Previous Experience: Vernick, Tria and Bliss
Favorite H.A. Dish: Wings and sweet potatoes
Favorite Philly Restaurant: Parc. (Don’t tell her husband, who is executive chef of LMNO!)
Previous Experience: Vernick, Tria and Bliss
Favorite H.A. Dish: Wings and sweet potatoes
Favorite Philly Restaurant: Parc. (Don’t tell her husband, who is executive chef of LMNO!)
Volieda Webb
