Wanting a Career where you can learn and grow your Butchery knowledge and skills?

Become part of an industry leading team, with Meatsmith!

Meatsmith currently operates 4 retail stores as well as a Production department. We're continuing to grow, and looking for an Apprentice Butcher to join our team.

The candidate we are looking for must have a willingness to learn, an eye for detail, a strong interest in food/cooking and strong communication skills.

As an Apprentice Butcher you will learn on the job with both internal and external training from industry leading butchers and trainers. There is also plenty of benefits/incentives from government programs

Working in the Butchery team, you will be responsibilities will include. Product preparation, Carcass breakdown, Customer service, Cleaning, Preparing and cutting orders, Working with production schedules within required timeframes, maintaining quality control systems, communication with other staff and departments, and more.

An excellent salary is available for the right candidate, with room for future growth.

About Meatsmith:

We have a focus on traditional butchery paired with modern techniques, seasonality, and showcasing specialty breeds. You'll have the opportunity to work with Australia's best producers and ingredients.

We have an in house kitchen producing restaurant-quality meals, sauces & condiments,



as well as a smokehouse producing a range of smallgoods, pates & terrines. In addition to this, our dry-age coolroom sees a rotating range of cuts from different breeds of beef, sold in-store as well as to some of Melbourne's best restaurants.

Here are some of the perks on offer:

- Convenient locations in Fitzroy, St Kilda, Brighton and Balwyn with plenty of free parking and public transport available
- Learn on the Job with both internal and external training
- Friendly & experienced team
- Generous in-store and group dining discount

- Contract after hours cleaners
- Exciting producers, work with Victoria's best meat & poultry
- Focus on skilled butchery & old school technique
- 5 day working week, adaptable roster

If you're looking for a new role, then apply via seek and attach your current CV & Cover letter 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. Operating in Melbourne are Gimlet, Apollo Inn, Cutler, Supernormal, Cumulus Inc., Marion, Builders Arms Hotel, Meatsmith Heritage Butcher and Morning Market. In 2024, Trader House opened Supernormal and Bar Miette in Brisbane. A new restaurant, Côte Basque, will open in Melbourne in the winter of 2026.

📌 Apprentice Butcher (Melbourne)
🏢 Meatsmith Specialty Butcher u0026 Wine Merchant
📍 Melbourne