Daniel Berg, Chef Owner
Daniel Berg is the Cofounder of Bill’s Oyster and Teddy’s Restaurant & Bar. Berg started his culinary career in New York, where he was also born and raised. Daniel attended the French Culinary Institute (NYC) as well as La Scuola Di Cucina (Colorno, IT). After completing culinary school he began working for critically acclaimed and James Beard award–winning Chef Andrew Carmellini. Berg would spend several years under Carmellini working for him beginning at Michelin-starred and three-starred New York Times restaurant A Voce. Berg would go on to help Carmellini open several more restaurants, including Locanda Verde, The Dutch and Bar Primi. He also spent a year working in Italy under Chef Massimo Montaro at the two-Michelin-starred restaurant Principe Cerami. Daniel would go on to work for Chef Daniel Boloud at his flagship three-star Michelin and four-star New York Times flagship restaurant Daniel, as well Eric Ripert’s Le Bernardin. Berg opened his first restaurant in New York (YVES) with partners Matt Abramcyk and Akiva Elstein. Berg Moved to Houston in 2018 to join his brother in Berg Hospitality where they opened several restaurants over the course of two years. Bill’s Oyster and Teddy’s are both named after his two sons!
Dylan Salisbury, Managing Partner
Dylan Salisbury is the Managing Partner of Bill's Oyster and Teddy’s Restaurant & Bar. Dylan's hospitality career began with Grub Burger Bar where he was the Executive Sous Chef and Operations Manager for the company. After opening 22 restaurants with Grub, he moved on to open The Henry in Dallas, TX as the Sous Chef. After working throughout Texas, Dylan explored the renowned culinary and cultural epicenter that is New Orleans. There, he worked with Chef Eric Cook and Chef Bill Jones advising for their new concept openings. After a few years in New Orleans, Dylan relocated to Phoenix, AZ, where he became the Executive Sous Chef for the Phoenix Suns. In 2021, Texas called him home. Dylan opened Tiki Tatsu-Ya in Austin, running both the front and back of house as the General Manager and Chef de Cuisine. This role evolved into taking on a multi-unit role with Tatsu-Ya, operating their full service concepts before opening Bill’s Oyster and eventually Teddy’s Restaurant & Bar
Rene Garza, Executive Chef
Rene developed a love of cooking while in high school, working at various hotels and restaurants in the San Antonio area. Eventually wanting to broaden his knowledge and experience he moved to Austin and spent 3 years working in various roles at Uchiko. In 2018 Rene helped open Suerte, working his way up from line cook to Chef de Cuisine. After a few years running the kitchen there, Rene helped develop their sister concept, Este in the same role. Eventually Rene opened Uptown Sports Club as the Chef de Cuisine, running the kitchen for the first year they were open before he took on the role of Executive Chef of Teddy's.
Alex Lakeman, General Manager
Alex was born and raised in North Bend, Washington before finding her new home in Austin, Texas. She began her hospitality career with Tatsu-Ya, working at multiple full service concepts in a leadership role. She eventually took on a management position, opening the new Chinese restaurant Zoe Tong. She finally made her way to Bill's Oyster where she worked every role in the restaurant before being promoted to the General Manager of Teddy's.
Kendall Brewer, Assistant General Manager
Kendall grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana where she attended DePauw University as a double major in painting and art history. Her start in hospitality began at a local farm stand; making pies and working the counter selling produce. As she continued to pursue a career in the industry, Kendall began working at Bar One Fourteen which at the time was one of Esquire's Top 100 Bars in the country. Eventually wanting to relocate, she found herself in Austin where she began working as a server at Bill's Oyster. There she quickly moved into a bartending and shift lead position before taking the Assistant General Manager role at Teddy's.
In her freetime Kendall enjoys painting, playing with her dog Ruby, and being in nature; usually on a run.