Amanda Bramble
Amanda Bramble grew up on the Eastern Shore in a family with deep roots in the storied traditions of Chesapeake watermen and farmers. She got her first taste of the hospitality business while working through high school and college in all manners of restaurant positions. After earning her BS in Biology at St. Mary’s College of MD, she found herself returning to the hospitality industry in between educational pursuits.
A national restaurant chain hired her as a turnaround artist assigned to bring low-performing locations back to excellence. The thrill and success of fixing what was broken, gave her the confidence to strike out on her own and write a string of restaurant success stories. Her first restaurant in her hometown drew the interest of national newsman Tom Brokaw, who featured her in a documentary about a new breed of American entrepreneurs operating in off-the-beaten-path towns.
That restaurant continued to thrive as she added an event facility and began catering large scale and private events. The thrill she found in creating memorable dining and event experiences was irresistible. Food is how we celebrate life, and the front row seat she was given was and still is mesmerizing. With her husband, she set off to the island of Belize, transforming a dive bar there into an authentic waterfront Belizean restaurant complete with floating inner tubes that gave customers front-row seats to the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef. She sold that revamped property and returned her full-time attention to the Eastern Shore. That first restaurant continued to thrive as she transformed a golf course facility into a casual farm-to-table eatery on the Choptank River. Later, she brought a dilapidated restaurant location in the tourist town of St. Michaels back to life.
Amanda knows the hospitality business back and forth, having worked in and managed crews in every corner of the trade. She has always and will always adore food and beverage, but her passion moved from restaurants to events to weddings rather quickly through the years. After selling her last restaurant, Amanda and her husband moved to Kent Island where they can be found on her days off exploring all the rivers and creeks up and down the Chesapeake with their two large dogs. Upon moving to the Island, she was elated to find Silver Swan, the hidden gem of Kent Island, to be the perfect home to focus exclusively on what she loves, creating unforgettable memories that last a person’s lifetime.
“There’s just something so exciting,” she says, “about the opportunity to help a person turn a special occasion into an unforgettable memory for themselves, their loved ones, and their friends or co-workers. It’s a huge responsibility–and it’s a great honor to get to play a part in making that magic happen.”
