Stough began his career in the F&B industry as a high school student in need of a part-time job. Later, during his time studying historic preservation at the College of Charleston, he continued to hold part-time positions in the restaurant industry and his passion for food and service truly began to blossom. He has more than 12 years in hospitality, having held positions from server assistant to maitre d' and everything in between. Stough is making the move to the beverage team working with wine director Vonda Freeman following a successful tenure at Indaco Charleston as general manager. Now the Charleston-based area wine director, he assists in maintaining and overseeing the wine programs in the market. In his role, Stough will educate and train on a weekly and monthly basis to keep staff engaged and interested while constructing training materials for the continued development of Indigo Road teams.