LEESBURG, VA –Kevin Blake, has been appointed Director of Food and Beverage for Lansdowne Resort located in Leesburg, Virginia. Blake is an accomplished chef, certified sommelier, and food and beverage executive with demonstrated success managing high level operations at world class destinations.
Blake, a seasoned hospitality veteran, has over 30 years of experience joining most recently from Creighton Farms in Middleburg, VA. His extensive career includes back of the house experience as Chef with Congressional Country Club and front of the house as Director of Food and Beverage with Fairmont Hotels, Destination Hotels, Lansdowne Resort, Salamander Resort and Spa, Boar’s Head Inn, Wild Dunes Resort and Fairmont Hotels.
“We are so happy to welcome Kevin back to Lansdowne Resort,” said Managing Director Kevin Carter. “Kevin’s vast hospitality experience brings fresh energy to the property and team and we are excited to see how he will influence the success of Lansdowne Resort.”
“I am thrilled to join the team of Lansdowne Resort,” said Blake. “I’m excited to return home to Lansdowne and work with the talented team here at the resort. I see myself as the conductor of this magnificent team. My mission aligns with a quote from St. Francis Assisi, “Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
Blakes education includes executive courses from Cornell University and the Darden School of Business.
Blake and his wife currently live in Ashburn, where they are empty nesters after raising seven children.
