Casual Cook

Meatsmith Specialty Butcher and Wine Merchant is looking for a talented and experienced Casual Chef / Cook to join our production team. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate culinary professional to work in a high-quality butcher, food andwine-focused environment, where premium ingredients and expert craftsmanship take centre stage.

As a Casual Production Chef / Cook, you will play a key role in supporting our Production team, maintaining exceptional food quality, and deliver outstanding products that showcase our commitment to excellence. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cooking, an understanding of large scale production, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, detail-oriented setting.

If you have a love for charcuterie, making pies and savoury pastry goods, we invite you to become part of our dedicated team. This is your chance to bring creativity, skill, and leadership to a kitchen that values tradition, innovation, and top-tier hospitality.

 

What you'll Bring 

• Assist in Kitchen production to deliver consistent, high-quality products 

• Date rotation and stock management

• Enforcing all aspects of safe food handling requirements during packing and dispatch (current food handlers certificate is a plus)

• Assisting in routine stocktaking 

• Receiving stock from internal and external suppliers

• Maintaining high cleaning standards of the department

We Offer 

• A generous staff discount across all Trader House venues

• Work in a friendly, close-knit kitchen where every team member is valued. We believe in strong teamwork and mutual support

• Work/life balance – Flexible roster. No split shifts. Public holidays off

• Internal and external training and career growth

• Management training & development

• A creative, focused, and energetic work environment

• Working alongside respected industry leaders

• Exposure to the best produce available

Interested candidates should apply now to secure their spot in this exciting opportunity! Click apply now or email CV and Cover Letter to kit••••@meatsmith.com.au

‘…(Andrew) McConnell’s venues have always been Melbourne’s own hospitality university and will do a lot of the heavy-lifting in replenishing that talent. It’s really something, watching a big team glide through their paces.’  Gemima Cody, The Age Good Food

Trader House is a collective of restaurants, bars, and specialty retail stores by Melbourne-based chef, cookbook author and columnist Andrew McConnell and photographer Jo McGann. They are Gimlet at Cavendish House, Apollo Inn, Cutler, Supernormal, Cumulus Inc., Marion, Builders Arms Hotel, Bar Miette, Meatsmith Heritage Butcher and Morning Market.