Jameson Watermulder in kitchen of Summerhill Market
Jameson Watermulder the well-known former chief chef of Summerhill Market has purchased a double building on Summerhill Ave and will start up in competition with his former employer of some 12 years. That’s the chat in drawing rooms and at dinner tables in Rosedale and related homes of Summerhill Market consumers. Watermulder, a young unknown chef from Manitoba before he caught on with Summerhill, is credited (and takes credit) for expanding the Summerhill Market catering menu and prepared food selection to more than 800 items. This page from BrandYourself which seems to be authored by him tells of Watermulder’s feats at Summerhill.
In addition to expanding the menu selection at Summerhill Market, Jameson also lead in developing and training the market’s kitchen brigade from a 15-member team to one that included 125 staff members. The combination of these two accomplishments gave Summerhill Market the leading edge to take top honors as Canada’s best Independent Grocer.
Just what the new Watermulder place will look like when finished is an open question. Right now it is a work in progress sitting between the 1 Hr. Cleaners and a flower shop. Some neighbors say it will be a cafe and others say it will sell take-home prepared food. It may do both. The site is in the small strip of places zoned commercial on the north side of Summerhill next to the CP main line and just east of the footbridge to Moore Park, a facility known to generations of kids as “The Ramp” You read it in The Bulldog
