Meet The Chef
Donald Hiers
Chef Donald Hiers has worked in Atlanta restaurants from age of 16 but his true training began in 1991 under Chef Jean Banchet of Le Francais in Chicago. As a chef de cuisine at Banchet's Ciboulette in Buckhead, Don was schooled for three years in the classic French tradition. In 1994, Don was invited to Greenville to become executive chef of the Palms at The Phoenix Inn. This position also provided him with the opportunity to help launch Latitude in 1999, where he continues as executive chef. After a brief hiatus in 2006, during which he worked in Savannah and Hilton Head Island, Don returned to Latitude with a fortified style that incorporates regional influences with lessons from traditional French cuisine.

