After growing up in the restaurant business, Don moved to Charleston in 2009 to pursue a career in Culinary Arts. Life took a different turn and he found himself taking a job as a General Manager of Amen Street in 2011. Looking to gain a larger knowledge in wine, he took on a management role at SOCIAL Wine Bar in 2012 and received his Sommelier Certification from the Court of Master Sommeliers He would continue there until they closed in 2015. After spending the next few years as the General Manager at Poogan’s Porch, but a desire to combine is love for wine and fine food and took him to Burwell’s Stone Fire Grill in 2018 where he took on the General Manager role. Life came full circle and Don found himself back in the kitchen as the Executive Chef when the pandemic struck. He stayed in the role until 2023 where we moved back into the General Manager Role.
