Situated in Downtown’s Second Street District, Austin Proper Hotel & Residences is the newest luxury lifestyle hotel in Austin, just steps from Lady Bird Lake, the legendary Austin City Limits music venue and nearby boutiques. With inspiring interiors by Kelly Wearstler and culinary offerings in collaboration with MML Hospitality, Austin Proper offers 238 rooms and suites, a dedicated spa and fitness center, and 9,500 square feet of meeting and event spaces, including a rooftop pool deck offering small-batch tequilas and majestic lake views. Anything less just wouldn’t be Proper.

The Peacock Mediterranean Grill is Austin Proper Hotel & Residences ground floor restaurant that includes the Peacock Lounge. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and in-room dining for our guests and residences. The menu is inspired by Mediterranean cuisine with food that is colorful, loosely plated, healthy, and wholesome and geared towards sharing.

Adjacent to the hotel lobby, the Peacock Lounge has a sprawling bar that provides a full dining experience throughout the indoor and outdoor lounge areas. This beautiful dining experience has overlook views of Shoal Creek that our guests can enjoy while on the patio space and the private dining room balcony.

Job Overview

Duties/Responsibilities

• Directs food preparation and collaborates with Chef de Cuisine
• Helps on the design of food and drink menu
• Produces high quality dishes, including both design and taste
• Oversees and supervises kitchen and stewarding staff
• Assists with menu planning, inventory, and management of supplies
• Ensures that food is top quality, and that kitchen is in good standards
• Maintains stations cleanliness and compiles with food safety standards
• Offers suggestions and creative ideas that can improve upon the kitchen’s performance
• Prepares food properly and consistently aligns to Proper Hospitality standard
• Supporting scheduling staff shifts
• Trains new employees
• Monitors and maintain kitchen equipment
• Solves problems that arise and seizes control of issues in the kitchen
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Flawless guest experience
• Knowledge of various, cooking methods, ingredients, and procedures
• Management experience and skills
• Familiarity with industry’s best practices
• Leadership
• Creativity
• Hand-eye coordination
• Efficient time-management skills
• Effective decision making
• Handles pressure
• Ability to deal with uncertainty

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Culinary degree is preferred
• Formal culinary training is preferred
• Minimum (2) two years as a Sous Chef or Kitchen Manager in a Full-Service Restaurant

Company Overview
Proper Hospitality is made up of a diverse group of passionate individuals who share a common love for hotels and the art of hospitality. Our philosophy is simple: There is a right way to do things, and anything less just isn’t proper. We are seeking out the “best of the best” from inside and outside of the industry to work alongside us as we grow a new kind of lifestyle Hospitality Company inspired by a centuries-old tradition. The work is challenging, fast-paced, and rewarding above all.

Proper Hospitality provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, genetics, or any other federal/state protected category.

Proper Hospitality will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local Fair Chance Hiring Ordinances.