{"id":7043,"date":"2022-08-03T07:23:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T07:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/?p=7043"},"modified":"2022-08-03T07:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T07:23:27","slug":"lux-south-ari-atoll-brings-its-culinary-and-fb-team-to-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/articles\/7043","title":{"rendered":"LUX* South Ari Atoll Brings Its Culinary And F&B Team To New Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maldives <\/strong>\u2013 With a strong belief and passion in talent development, The Lux Collective<\/a>\u2019s well-loved resort LUX* South Ari Atoll <\/a>announces its recent internal promotions and names the key players in Culinary and Food & Beverage teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hussain Niyaz \u2013 Assistant Director of F&B<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Born and raised in the sunny Maldives, Niyaz started his career back in 2001 as a waiter in Four Seasons Kuda Huraa. Along his Food & Beverage career path, he has joined several renowned properties in the Maldives, including One & Only Reethi Rah and Finolhu, where he contributed to the pre-openings. Since 2020, Niyaz has led the Food & Beverage service team of LUX* South Ari Atoll, overseeing a collection of 8 restaurants, 5 bars, and in-villa dining operations. His management capabilities and eye for detail are recognised with his promotion to the position of Assistant F&B Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ishan Mark Anthony Perera \u2013 Executive Chef<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Growing up in Sri Lanka, surrounded by fresh and colorful ingredients, Mark has always found himself interested in the use of healthy organic produce. His love for food in combination with passion for service brought him to the hospitality industry. Throughout his career, he has worked with numerous luxury brands across different countries and supported several pre-opening properties. Following his dream to work in the Maldives, Mark joined LUX* South Ari Atoll in 2018 as Executive Pastry Chef, and his leadership earned him the role of Executive Chef in 2022. Today, he spearheads the resort\u2019s culinary innovations along with his team, while elevating LUX* Resorts & Hotels <\/a>signature Keen On Green brand initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sangeeth Ambadi \u2013 Food & Beverage Manager<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Coming from India, Sangeeth joined LUX* South Ari Atoll as a bartender back in 2015. From the first days of his journey with the resort, he consistently serves as a role model for the teammates. His leadership skills, and knowledge of operations earned him the role of Food & Beverage Supervisor in just two years. Sangeeth was promoted to Restaurant Manager, and Food & Beverage Assistant Manager in 2019. His new role as Food & Beverage Manager is a result of his continuous strive for perfection and immense support of the island\u2019s operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daminda Sanjeewa Hereth Bandarage \u2013 Assistant Food & Beverage Manager<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Daminda, originally from Sri Lanka, is another wonderful story of growing talents from within. Joining the resort 2008 as a bartender, he became the Head Bartender in 2011. Daminda is an ambassador of our brand\u2019s purpose to \u201chelp people celebrate life\u201d, always ensuring the highest level of service to guests in the outlets. His dedication and inspiration resulted in several promotions over a decade. He has been appointed as Assistant Food & Beverage Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting talents and inspiring growth from within the organisation is one of the top priorities of The Lux<\/a> Collective <\/a>hospitality group. Its large team of shining personalities across different resorts globally and also at LUX* South Ari Atoll <\/a>works day-to-day together on the island, creating memorable experiences for Maldives\u2019 tourists and visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about LUX* South Ari Atoll<\/strong>, please visit www.luxresorts.com,<\/a> contact stay@luxmaldivesresort.com <\/a>or call +960 668 0901.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maldives \u2013 With a strong belief and passion in talent development, The Lux Collective\u2019s well-loved resort LUX* South Ari Atoll announces its recent internal promotions and names the key players in Culinary and Food & Beverage teams. Hussain Niyaz \u2013 Assistant Director of F&B Born and raised in the sunny Maldives, Niyaz started his career […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appointment"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FB-team-photo.png","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7045,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7043\/revisions\/7045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}