Truluck’s Ocean’s Finest Seafood & Crab

How does a pharmacology student with a family lineage of medical professionals, who studies and works in the laboratories at the University of Iowa end up in Southlake, TX working for one of the best restaurants in town? And curating a top-tier beverage program for Truluck’s?

Well, it’s Texas. If you aren’t born here, you get here as quickly as possible. Then, your family joins you from Iowa. Ultimately, you decide your career needs to fulfill you emotionally, mentally, and physically, which leads you to the hospitality industry. This is the journey Megan Holt took and she has never looked back.

Megan’s career with Truluck’s began in 2009. She, like many of our fellow teammates, began in a support role. A self-described learner who is determined to be the best, Megan began her ascent through the ranks immediately – from host to cocktail, cocktail to server, to private dining captain, and trainer. As a trainer she found a strength and a source of pride in mentoring, developing, and learning from those around her. Along the way, she picked up a few life-long friendships, wonderful memories, and experiences you can only find in the hospitality industry.

Megan’s climb has continued as she has moved into Leadership. She’s has taken a little bit from all those who have inspired her over the years saying, “I owe a lot of gratitude towards other service and culinary leaders in the company who have essentially taught me everything I know in the hospitality industry.”

Megan is well known throughout our group as an excellent motivator. So, what’s her secret? It isn’t medicinal chemistry after all, it’s team chemistry. She thinks big, plans bigger, and rewards biggest. She’s inclusive, her teammates feel heard. She’s naturally empathetic to their work because she’s literally been in their shoes. To her, they are as much a part of the process as the process itself.