Samuel e beall iii biography

American chef (1976–2016)

Samuel Erasmus Beall IV (August 21, 1976 – February 25, 2016) was an American chef and restaurateur. He ran Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee, a Beall family business which has been rated as among the best resorts in North America.^[1] He was a major proponent of having American restaurants focus on regional cuisine for their menus.^[2]

Early life and education

Beall was born in 1976, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Samuel E.

(Sandy) Beall III, the founder of the Ruby Tuesday restaurant chain, and his wife, Kreis.^[2] The couple bought the property, located in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, in December 1976 and ran it as a small country inn.

Sam, who was four months old at the time of the purchase, spent his earliest years on the farm. When his father sold the restaurant chain in 1982, the family moved to Mobile, Alabama, where he was raised.^[2]

As a young man, Beall studied first