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Austin Waiter

Chef and Partner at The Marigold Club, part of Houston's Goodnight Hospitality group; formerly Executive Chef of Tony's.

Oct 22, 2026

32:56
Austin, how about you? Was there another light bulb moment of like, This is my cuisine or this is the kind of food that I want to pursue.
33:06
Yeah.
33:07
No, I mean, I think it was like when you, you know, when you start working for people and you're cooking their food and you're just trying to be the best cook that you possibly can't can be.
33:14
I think that's really great.
33:16
But when you kind of move up in the food chain and like become a Sue and maybe have some responsibility with like creating something and someone else is looking at it and critiquing it.
33:27
and you have to defend what you're doing for a reason, you know, like not just being like, hey, this is what you would do and what you would cook.
33:36
Now this is what I would cook and this is why I'm doing it and this is why it's good.

15 MINS LATER

48:18
And at the time, like, you know,

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