Pastis DC

Hospitality Career Paths

• Present
• Everybody should be a little bit less impatient about climbing ladders and really learn the fundamentals of cooking.

  

  Erik Battes

  Executive Vice President of Food & Beverage

  STARR Restaurants

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• 2025
• Make yourself as indispensable as possible. It's unattainable, but I keep striving.

  

  Des Comer

  General Manager

  The Occidental

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• 2023
• One piece of advice I was given early in my management career, that was the hardest to hear but also the most helpful...

  

  Tony Carson

  Founder, Director of F&B

  Vice President Operations, Sourdough Hospitality

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• 2015
• We look for great people first, skills second. The best candidates have strong values for themselves and others,...

  

  Greg Root

  Partner

  Defined Hospitality

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• 2014
• I keep my team inspired, motivated, and educated by communicating with them daily and setting goals and challenges...

  

  Martin Heierling

  Executive Chef, Culinary Director, Co-Founder & VP

  PISCES Bar & Seafare; Noble 33; Quasar Hospitality

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• 2000
• When I was a kid, I worked in a small French café helping out the owner. As I watched her interact with customers and...

  

  Aimee Olexy

  Owner

  Talula's Table, Talula's Garden, Talula's Daily, The Love

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