Executive Chef - Luxury Hotel Banquets & Menus

Fairmont; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairmont Austin is seeking an Executive Chef to lead our culinary team across banquet, restaurant and lounge operations. You will drive menu development, maintain high standards of food quality, and ensure healthy financial performance through budgeting and cost controls.

You will mentor and coach a large culinary staff, optimize health & safety practices, and collaborate with hotel leadership to enhance guest satisfaction and overall brand experience in a luxury setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years hospitality experience with 5 years’ management in luxury/large hotel settings
• Executive Chef experience a minimum of 3 years preferred
• Exceptional organization skills to manage large banquet and event operations
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• A team player with ability to train, coach and motivate employees
• Product and quality obsessed with menu engineering and design
• Experience scheduling of a large culinary team
• Proficient understanding of labor costs and productivity
• Versed on calculation of food cost; experience with inventories and turnover
• Understanding of safe work practices and initiatives to reduce accidents

Responsibilities

• Oversees daily kitchen operation and sets direction of culinary department
• Contributes to and executes preparation of financial forecasts and budgets; helps exceed Food and Beverage targets
• Ensures proper inventory control and ordering practices
• Meets or exceeds goals identified through employee engagement surveys and hotel culture
• Leads initiatives to guarantee Guest Satisfaction Scores, LQA and Reputation targets
• Trains and develops culinary team members, emphasizing leadership and food presentation methods
• Maintains kitchen in optimum condition per health and Fairmont/Accor standards
• Delivers knowledge sharing and mentorship to junior staff
• Leads menu development and implementation for banquet, restaurant and lounge concepts
• Leads kitchen and department head meetings

Skills

Leadership

Menu development

Team training

Food cost management

Communication

Job description

Fairmont Austin is seeking an Executive Chef to lead our culinary team across banquet, restaurant and lounge operations. You will drive menu development, maintain high standards of food quality, and ensure healthy financial performance through budgeting and cost controls.

You will mentor and coach a large culinary staff, optimize health & safety practices, and collaborate with hotel leadership to enhance guest satisfaction and overall brand experience in a luxury setting.