Steve Young
Fourways Inn
Bermuda
http://www.fourwaysinn.com
Fourways Inn is nearly three centuries old, a private home, then a restaurant, and a guest house. It was built in 1727 of native coral stone and cedar, commissioned by John Harvey, of Harvey’s Bristol Cream fame, as his home. It was aptly named Fourways because it spread modestly in all four directions and was enclosed within two-and-a-half acres of walled gardens at Amen Corner, a vital crossroads in Bermuda. Hospitality was its hallmark from the beginning; when Mr. Harvey’s guests came for his elaborate dinners, they were offered overnight accommodations because of the distance they had to travel to the home. Fourways was the private home for the Harvey family and several other owners for more than two centuries before becoming a guest home. When Walter Sommer and a group of local businessmen took it over in 1976, they vowed to turn it into Bermuda’s top restaurant — and it opened to immediate local and international acclaim. Expansion brought a pastry shop as well as other facilities.
Steve Young, who was born in Glasgow, worked at a number of establishments in Glasgow, including the Royal Automobile Club, the Central Hotel, and the Grosvenor Hotel. Then he was on to Jersey to work at the Grand Hotel and Hotel de la Plage. In 1986, Steve Young’s career intersected with Fourways Inn when he arrived to work at the restaurant. Working his way up through the ranks, in 1995 he became executive chef, overseeing the restaurant, pastry shop, and special events. Young has kept the French haute cuisine which earned Fourways Inn its reputation, lightening and modernizing to reflect today’s dining habits. Fourways Inn is an AAA 4-Diamond restaurant under his leadership.
