Restaurant Executive Chef - Yacht Club

Description

Compension starts $95,000!

Who We Are

White Lodging develops and operes a portfolio of award-winning premium hotels, rooftop bars, and restaurants in some of the country's most dynamic cities. We know th the hospitality business, like life, is about how you make people feel. Th's where you come in.

Yacht Club is the signure fine dining seafood restaurant Hotel Trinity, Autograph Collection one of Austin, Texas's most anticiped luxury hotel openings of 2026, loced the corner of Trinity and Fifth Streets in the heart of downtown Austin. As the only Marriott Autograph Collection hotel in Austin's city center, Hotel Trinity is a 258-room luxury boutique hotel positioned alongside Antone's on the historic 6th Street entertainment district. Yacht Club anchors the hotel's ground floor, offering a refined yet approachable take on coastal cuisine high-quality fresh seafood and oyster bar experiences complemented by thoughtful steakhouse offerings, seasonal menus, and an eleved wine and beverage program. Designed to be a destinion for Austin locals and hotel guests alike, Yacht Club pairs polished, tentive service with a lively, social energy to cree one of downtown Austin's most exciting new upscale seafood dining experiences.

We are seeking a visionary Executive Chef to lead the culinary program Yacht Club from the ground up. This is a rare pre-opening Executive Chef opportunity in Austin, Texas your chance to build your kitchen team, shape the menu identity, and set the culinary standard for one of Austin's most anticiped new fine dining seafood restaurants. If you're an Executive Chef or senior Sous Chef ready to step up with a passion for coastal cuisine, seafood-forward menus, and hotel restaurant leadership in a downtown Austin, TX environment we want to hear from you.

Wh You'll Do

• Own all culinary operions Yacht Club a premier fine dining seafood restaurant in downtown Austin, TX including recipe execution, menu development, financial profitability, staffing, and compliance with White Lodging SOPs and all local and federal guidelines
• Serve as a hands-on culinary Subject Mter Expert, setting the standard for safe, high-quality food handling, preparion, and presention across the entire hotel kitchen team
• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop all culinary associes to drive high engagement, a strong internal promotion re, and low turnover executing the White Lodging Way FOH & BOH Systems
• Foster productive relionships with Sales & Marketing, Event Management, front-of-house leadership, hotel departments, owners, business partners, and vendors this Marriott Autograph Collection Austin property
• Oversee all ordering, preparion, marketing, and execution of recipes and USE Records, managing all costs associed with culinary department profitability a high-volume Austin restaurant
• Actively participe in property-specific month-end and year-end processes and reporting

Wh You'll Bring

• Proven Executive Chef or senior culinary leadership experience in a fine dining, upscale seafood, or hotel restaurant environment experience in the Austin, Texas market a plus
• Strong interpersonal and communicion skills with a demonstred ability to lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing kitchen team in a fast-paced downtown Austin restaurant setting
• A nural inclinion to problem-solve complex operional challenges and arrive creive, guest-focused culinary solutions
• High proficiency in culinary financial management, menu creion, and tention to detail with a hands-on approach to all kitchen systems and processes
• Sharp observional and walk-through skills consistently gauging food quality and quantity, service readiness, inventory levels, cleanliness, safety, and sanition standards
• Pre-opening restaurant or hotel culinary experience strongly preferred this is a ground-up launch of one of Austin's most anticiped new seafood restaurants
• Background in fine dining, upscale seafood, coastal cuisine, or Marriott-brand hotel culinary operions strongly preferred

Wh You Can Look Forward To

• Benefits starting day 1
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• DailyPay get paid when you need it
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) with company mch
• Paid time off (PTO) with rollover
• Complimentary wellness tools
• Unlimited employee referral bonuses
• Leadership development & tuition reimbursement
• Discounts on hotel rooms, dining, and travel
• Growth opportunities across multiple hotel properties

White Lodging is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, religion, sex, nional origin, disability, or veteran stus.