SEA PINES RESORT PROMOTES EXECUTIVE CHEF Chef Farid Ahmed has been promoted to executive chef for Sea Pines Resort. Before his promotion, Ahmed was chef de cuisine for the resort’s Links, an American Grill. In his new role, he continues to be responsible for culinary offerings at Links, plus the Inn & Club at Harbour Town, all in-room dining, Harbour Town Bakery & Cafe, and Sundeck Cafe. He graduated with honors from Le Cordon Bleu College in Atlanta in 2007 and worked as chef de cuisine for 10 years at Pinehurst Resort before joining The Sea Pines Resort culinary team.
ALEXANDER’S ADDS NEW CHEF DE CUISINE Matt Little has joined Alexander’s Restaurant & Wine Bar as chef de cuisine, where he will work alongside executive chef Sean Carroll. Previously, Little worked as executive sous chef for The Westin Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated with honors from the Culinary Institute of American in San Antonio.
GERMAN RESTAURANT OPENING IN BLUFFTON
The Bluffton Brau Haus is a new German restaurant expected to open in September. The restaurant will be located in the former Original 46 Gastropub space on Bluffton Road. Bluffton Brau Haus is owned and operated by brothers Alfred and Volker Kettering, who were both raised in Germany and whose parents operated a restaurant. Bluffton Brau Haus will open for dinner at 4 p.m. daily.
BUFFALO-STYLE RESTAURANT OPENS ON HILTON HEAD L’Woods restaurant is now open in the former location of Casey’s Sports Bar. The menu will feature classic food items from Buffalo, New York — chicken wing soup, pizza logs and “weck sandwiches.” Owners Lee Woods and Lee Woods Jr. formerly owned L’Woods on Pope Avenue in 2011; this new restaurant will feature the same concept. L’Woods is open at 3 p.m. daily. September 2018 197
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