Christopher Young is one of Australia’s most renowned hospitality professionals. For 30 years he has been at the forefront of Australian restaurants, hotels, events and catering. He currently works in the role of Guest Services Executive as a part of the Senior Leadership Team for Trader House, a collective of restaurants, specialty retail stores and tailored events. They include some of Melbourne’s most iconic and critically acclaimed establishments, which embody the values and culinary culture of Melbourne, and include Cumulus Inc., Cutler & Co., Builders Arms Hotel, Supernormal, Marion Wine Bar, Gimlet at Cavendish House, Apollo Inn as well as the Meatsmith and Morning Market retail stores.He has built a reputation for the highest service standards, intuitive customer rapport and an innate ability to make clientele feel appreciated. Known as a vault of discretion, with an encyclopaedic memory for faces and names, Chris was awarded Australian Maître D of the Year by Gourmet Traveller in 2017. From 2015-2020, he was General Manager at The Di Stasio Group, that includes iconic Café di Stasio, Bar Di Stasio and Di Stasio Citta. Before his role with the Di Stasio Group, Chris has collaborated with award-winning restaurants, hotels and culinary trailblazers including eight years with three-hatted Jacques Reymond Restaurant during its heyday as a member of Relais & Châteaux Grand Chef; he has held Food and Beverage management roles with The Hotel Windsor, The Adelphi Hotel and Shanghai’s ‘Hot List’ property the PuLi Hotel and Spa. He was also a proprietor of Pomme with Jeremy Strode which won The Age Good Food Guide for two years in a row in 1998 and 1999. “The art of hospitality is hard to define however if you continually look to raising the bar and never settle for second best, your clientele will always return."