Austin, TX Pastry Chef Javier Franco crafts delicious desserts, pastries, breads and chocolates at TRIO, a downtown restaurant featuring lakefront views from the Main, Patio, and Private Dining Rooms, as well as Wine Bar. Visit The Official TRIO Site for the Four Seasons Hotel Austin restaurants Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, and Brunch Menu items, Holiday Menus, Wine List, and Happy Hour and Wine Bar Lounge Events. Photography by Lara Kastner.

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Javier Franco / Chef

 

The newest member of the TRIO kitchen is no stranger to Four Seasons hospitality. A pastry chef with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts for more than 10 years, Javier Franco has zig-zagged his way across the U.S. working at such esteemed Four Seasons properties as Hualalai, Houston, Vail and the Beverly Wilshire.

Born in Guanajuato, Mexico, Franco moved in 1991, at the age of 16, to Los Angeles where he began his career training with Chefs Alain Giraund and Michel Richard at Citrus Restaurant. In 1993, Franco moved to become the assistant pastry chef for the Patina Restaurant Group where he remained for three years. While there, Franco worked personally with Chef Joaquim Splichal, supervising dessert production for the corporation’s five restaurants and catering company.

In the six years that followed, Franco was pastry chef at four of Los Angeles’ top restaurants, including Melisse, where he opened the restaurant with Chef Josiah Citrin to immediate acclaim. During this period, Franco took his talent international working as a guest chef at the Harlekin Restaurant – a Michelin two-star restaurant at the Grande Esplanade Hotel in Berlin, Germany – during the renowned Davidoff Gourmet Festival.

In 2001, Franco joined Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles and continued to develop his pastry repertoire, including elaborate sugar and chocolate showpieces for the many Hollywood events at the Hotel. Franco continued on to Four Seasons Hotel Newport Beach in 2003, overseeing the pastry and dessert preparation and presentation for the 285-room Hotel, including three restaurants, room service, banquets, a golf course and special pastry amenities. A few years later, Franco gave up the glitz and glamour of Orange County and Los Angeles for the breathtaking vistas of Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole.

Continuing his successful run with Four Seasons, Franco joined Four Seasons Hotel Austin in July 2010 as executive pastry chef. When not creating exquisite dessert presentations, Franco spends his free time soaking in all that Austin has to offer, including biking, running on Lady Bird Lake and exploring the local dining and music scene.


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