Garden Tour Guide

Join Chef Thomas Keller’s Culinary Garden team as a Garden Tour Guide. In this new position, guided by our Estate Gardener and Farm Manager, you will oversee The French Laundry’s Garden Tour programs, leading signature tours, pre-service walks, and special events, while enhancing the guest experience. 

Responsibilities:

• Curate Memorable Garden Experiences: plan, coordinate, and execute all garden tours and special events, ensuring timely communication with culinary and service teams to meet guest needs.
• Manage Garden Operations and Events: oversee garden-related programs, develop pricing collateral, and collaborate with the Estate Garden Manager to meet revenue goals while maintaining property standards and efficiency.
• Engage and Delight Guests: welcome guests, ensure satisfaction throughout the garden tours, and respond promptly to requests with a personalized and gracious approach.

Qualifications:

• 1–2 years of experience in gardening, event coordination, or related fields.
• Previous management or hospitality experience is preferred.
• Ability to communicate and understand the predominant language of the restaurant. Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• A keen attention to detail, organization, and cleanliness.
• A deep enthusiasm for food, beverage, and hospitality with a desire to create memorable experiences for guests.
• Physical ability to reach, bend, stoop, and frequently lift up to 50 lbs.

Chef Keller’s collection of restaurants are founded on a culture of mentorship and provide a solid foundation of skills to support the culinary profession. We are proud to offer:     

• Opportunities for growth and advancement     
• Competitive health insurance options, with employer contributions toward your premium based on the plan you choose
• Voluntary plans such as vision, life and AD&D insurance, accident, hospitalization, critical illness short- and long-term disability insurance, and pet insurance.   
• 401K with no waiting periods and the opportunity to receive up to 4% of your salary as matching contributions     
• Employee discounts at Chef Thomas Keller's casual properties       
• California Paid time off  

Who we are:

With more than 10 properties and 800 employees, the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group (TKRG) has grown from one restaurant to a large family of businesses.

TKRG proudly represents The French Laundry, Per Se, The Surf Club Restaurant, Bouchon Bistro, Bouchon Bakery, Ad Hoc and RO Restaurant & Lounge. The properties and people Chef Keller inspires are known for setting new standards in cuisine, service and employment experiences. Our goal is to collaborate with talented restaurant professionals and offer opportunities to learn and grow within the hospitality profession. As we have expanded over time, the expectations that set apart our restaurants have not changed: ensuring that every guest feels special, and every guest experience is exceptional. A guest can walk into The French Laundry or one of the Bouchon Bakeries and have the most enjoyable, unique and memorable experience. A chef will find the same blue aprons and green tape in each of our kitchens—symbols of a common striving for excellence. Outside the kitchens, every action we take must reflect the generosity, nurturing and finesse within. As members of the TKRG family, we have the responsibility to ensure this consistency. Beyond it all is a mission, perhaps summed up best by Chef Keller himself. “To make people happy, one guest at a time,” he says. “That is what cooking is all about.”

Looking for other opportunities with our group? Check out open positions on: ThomasKeller.com/careers

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

*Company contribution depends on your plan selection. Benefit offerings are subject to change over time.