About
Edward's in Rosemary Beach offers service and cuisine that exude a fine dining feel in a casual setting – we are at the beach after all! Our award-winning wine list, exceptional food, professional hospitality and the fact that we welcome your little ones, make Edward's a beloved 30A establishment. We highly recommend arriving early, as we do not take reservations. We look forward to seeing your family soon!
Meet the Team
Josh Smith
Head Chef
Chef Josh's roots go back to Monroe, North Carolina, a small rural farming community outside of Charlotte. His family had an acre large garden and the entire family helped in putting food on the table. Some of Josh's earliest memories are of assisting his mother and grandmother in the kitchen. As a teenager, the family moved to Panama City and Josh got involved in the Pro-start Culinary Program at Bay High School, where he won a Pro-start Award to study at Johnson and Wales in North Miami. He also attended Gulf Coast State College culinary program and mentored under Jon Holley and Jon Bullard. During that time, he participated in American Culinary Federation culinary competitions and won silver medals. Josh was also awarded the Escoffier Award for Culinary Excellence.
His training on the job included learning the business from the inside out by washing dishes and performing every task required in running a restaurant as he worked his way up to line cook at various local restaurants. He became Chef of Onano Café in 2007 where he specialized in regional Italian Cuisine. In 2009, Josh joined the team at Bud and Alleys and worked under Chefs Ed Reese and David Bishop, becoming Sous Chef at Bud and Alleys Pizza Bar and later sous chef at Bud and Alleys.
Josh became the chef at Edward's in Oct. 2017. He looks forward to seeing you very soon.
Jimmy Berry
General Manager
Jimmy Berry was born on the New Jersey Shore 1977. He attended Bricktown Vocational School culinary program in 1996 and the Academy of Culinary Arts in Mays Landing in 1998. Jimmy has always had a passion for the culinary arts. He worked at Resorts Casino Hotel Atlantic City New Jersey as Pastry Cook as well as the Taj Mahal Casino Hotel as Pastry Sous Chef also in The World’s Playground. He also became Level 1 Sommelier certified. Jimmy continued working in restaurants around New Jersey and then moved to Memphis in May 2010 where he became the Assistant Manager at River Oaks Restaurant. In 2019, the Spells offered Jimmy a job at Edward’s Fine Food and Wine in Rosemary Beach and he accepted. Jimmy and his partner Adam moved to the beach to continue their story with their toes in the sand.
Meet our Sister Restaurants
Edward’s is proud to be part of Spell Restaurant Group and hope you’ll pay our sister establishments a visit!