Talula's Garden

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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• 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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• 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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• 2011
• The best part of my job is coaching cooks in our kitchen, and guiding them to become chefs. It allows me to be a...

  

  Mike Rafidi

  Owner, Chef

  MLR Consulting, Albi, Yellow, La’ Shukran

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• 2007
• You always have to start from the bottom and work your way up. As a cook, you start as a student, then an intern,...

  

  Anton Bolling

  Executive Chef

  Wm. Mulherin's Sons

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• 2005
• Inspiring coworkers and seeing old staff members doing important things in their next roles, keeps me moving because...

  

  Frankie Ramirez

  Chef Owner

  Amá

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