Marcus McMellon

Austin Campus President

Marcus McMellon, Austin Campus President, CFO, Controller, and VP Finance at the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts
Location: Austin, Texas
Favorite Dish: Osso buco

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take."

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About

Marcus serves as the President of Escoffier’s Austin campus and brings decades of leadership and operations experience to the role. His passion for food began in East Texas, where he spent his childhood working in his grandparents’ vegetable gardens and joining them at local farmers markets. That early connection to fresh ingredients led him into a variety of restaurant positions before he transitioned into education.

Marcus began his culinary education career in 2001 with Le Cordon Bleu Cooking Schools, where he served as VP of Finance and Operations during the construction and launch of the Austin campus. He later held executive leadership roles including Campus President and Chief Financial Officer for two other proprietary education providers in the Dallas area.

Marcus is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He also serves as a board member for the Texas Restaurant Foundation and High School BBQ, Inc.

Certifications & Affiliations

  • Board Member - Texas Restaurant Foundation
  • Board Member - High School BBQ, Inc.
  • Former Board Member - Career Colleges and Schools of Texas
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Texas State Board of Public Accountantcy

Professional EXPERIENCE

  • Vice President of Finance and Administration - MyOpenJobs & Gradcast
  • Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Education Futures Group, LLC
  • Campus President - Sanford Brown College
  • Vice President of Finance & Operations - Texas Culinary Academy
  • Senior Financial Analyst - Dell
  • Accounting Manager - Steck-Vaughn Co. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
  • AVP Corporate Accounting - Texas Mutual Insurance Company

Education

  • Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, University of Texas at Austin

In The News

Texas high school BBQ competitions continue to grow

Fox 7 Austin, 9/18/2024

Texas teen pitmasters compete in Magnolia Networks' 'BBQ High'

My San Antonio, 8/21/2024

NEW SERIES "BBQ HIGH" DEBUTS ON MAGNOLIA NETWORK AUG. 18

PR Newswire, 8/16/2024

Social Impact Heroes: Marcus McMellon of Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts is helping returning veterans to assimilate back into society

Medium, 5/16/2019

Q&A with Marcus McMellon, Campus President, Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, Austin

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts™ - Austin Student Life, 3/30/2015

Special Interests

I play golf and fish.

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