New Director of Food and Beverage at Solitude Announced

DEER VALLEY, PARK CITY, UTAH (May 11, 2015) – Deer Valley has appointed Andrew Fletcher as Solitude Mountain Resort’s new director of food and beverage. Fletcher joined Deer Valley Resort in 1998 as an assistant sous chef at the Silver Lake Lodge and was most recently the Empire Canyon Lodge Chef overseeing all food and beverage operations in the lodge, including the popular Fireside Dining.

"Andrew has been a vital part of Deer Valley Resort’s award-winning Food and Beverage team over the last seventeen years,” said Kim Mayhew, general manager for Solitude Mountain Resort. “He is one of the best resort chefs and we are lucky to have his talent, experience and passion at Solitude.”

Fletcher is a Graduate of The Culinary Institute of America. Prior to Deer Valley, he worked at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and Spa in Farmington, PA, and Allyn’s in Millbrook, NY. Andrew shares his passion for food, service and the outdoors with his wife Ursula and their daughters Carmen and Isabel.

Fletcher’s appointment completes the Solitude executive team reporting to Kim Mayhew, general manager, which includes Director of IT and Finance, Steve Holtey; Director of Lodging, Brandon Hansen; Director of Mountain Operations, Henry Hornberger and Director of Snow Sports Services, Tim Wolfgram.

Photos of Andrew Fletcher and the Solitude executive staff are available for download on dropbox.

For more information on Andrew Fletcher and his position with Solitude Mountain Resort, please contact Senior Communications Manager for Deer Valley Resorts, Emily Summers at 435-645-6522 or emily@deervalley.com.

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Solitude, a Deer Valley Resort, is located in Big Cottonwood Canyon Utah. The resort offers eight chairlifts, 65 runs, three bowls and 500 annual inches of snow spread over 1,200 acres for skiing and snowboarding.