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About the Role

Fairmont Austin, the largest luxury property in Austin, is seeking a culinary leader to join its innovative and passionate hotel team. This role involves showcasing artistic culinary talents, leading the market with trend-setting food offerings, and making key operating decisions that impact the F&B offering. The position also includes training a diverse team, being responsible for food culture and safety, and contributing to overall hotel operations.

Responsibilities

Showcasing artistic culinary talents through menu design
Leading the local market restaurant industry with trend-setting food offerings
Advancing knowledge, skills, and abilities and consistently sharing them with others
Making key operating decisions impacting the F&B offering
Training a team of diverse and professional colleagues
Being responsible for the food culture and food safety of the restaurant
Serving as a key leader in the hotel operations team
Overseeing daily culinary operations and setting team direction
Collaborating with the PR and Marketing team to grow Garrison revenues via social and other marketing campaigns
Preparing financial forecasts and budgets, including product ordering and team scheduling
Ensuring proper inventory control and ordering practices
Setting and overseeing goals identified through employee engagement surveys
Leading initiatives to guarantee Guest Satisfaction Scores are achieved
Training and developing culinary team members with emphasis on team leads, food presentation, and preparation methods
Ensuring the kitchen is maintained in optimum condition
Supporting and providing direction for menu development and implementation
Actively participating in kitchen and department head meetings
Performing other duties as assigned

Requirements

Creative, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and well-organized
Product and quality obsessed with good knowledge in menu engineering and design
A team player with the ability to train, coach, and motivate employees
Experience leading a fast-paced culinary operation
Strong leadership and communication skills
Previous experience scheduling of a large culinary team
Understanding of labor costs and productivity
Versed in calculation of food cost
Experience with conducting food inventories and understanding of inventory turn-over
Constant standing and walking throughout shift
Frequent lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs
Occasional kneeling, pushing, pulling
Occasional ascending or descending ladders, stairs, and ramps

Skills

Menu design
Menu engineering
Food safety
Inventory control
Financial forecasting
Budgeting
Team leadership
Training
Coaching
Communication
Marketing campaigns
Guest satisfaction analysis

Location

Austin

Work Type

Permanent
Full-Time

Experience Level

Experience leading a fast-paced culinary operation
Previous experience scheduling of a large culinary team

About the Company

Fairmont Austin is Austin's largest luxury property, offering 1,048 guestrooms and suites, along with over 140,000 square feet of meeting and event space.
Accor is a worldwide leader in hospitality, welcoming individuals as they are and supporting them to grow and learn. Accor believes work should bring purpose to life and encourages exploration of its limitless possibilities.

Equal Opportunity

Fairmont Austin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. EOE/M/F/D/V
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent. We commit to a future where diverse identities are celebrated, and equitable and inclusive practices are woven into the fabric of everything we do as an organization.