Lisa Ludwinski ’06 opens Sister Pie bakery in Detroit with help from $50,000 Hatch Detroit award

Lisa Ludwinski holding a pie — Lisa Ludwinski ’06 with a Sister Pie creation (Photo by Sylvia Rector, Detroit Free Press)

Lisa Ludwinski ’06 has opened Sister Pie, a bakery and coffee shop at 8066 Kercheval in Detroit’s West Village neighborhood. Lisa was the winner of Comerica Bank’s 2014 Hatch Detroit development grant meant to champion and support independent retail businesses in Detroit through funding, exposure, education, and mentoring. A $50,000 Hatch award allowed her to build out the new bakery complete with double convection ovens that help her create Buckwheat Chocolate Chip cookies, Salted Maple pies, savory hand pies, and more.

“I like whimsical things,” she told a Detroit Free Press reporter. “I come up with flavor combinations in my sleep and I try them in the kitchen the next day.” She also said she uses high-fat French butter, unbleached all-purpose and whole-grain flours, and locally sourced fruits and berries in season.

Lisa is a Detroit Mercy High School grad who earned a B.A. degree in Theatre Arts from K.

Lisa Ludwinski and Hatch Detroit representatives hold a prop check — Lisa Ludwinski ’06 wins $50,000 Hatch Detroit award in 2014.

Visit her and Sister Pie in person or at http://sisterpie.com and friend her on www.Facebook.com/SisterPie.