Senior Chef De Partie (for Main kitchen or Pastry)

Are you a mature, industry professional looking for a fresh start or a stimulating new challenge?

We have opportunities within our Main kitchen team or our Pastry team.

Join an established team of industry leaders at Gimlet.

Full time, flexible hours available

Historic building in a central location

A snapshot of what’s on offer:

Work alongside respected industry leaders

Central CBD location - easy access to and from work

A flexible roster - days & nights (hooray!)

Exposure to the best products available

Innovative & engaging training programs – from service, food and beverage, to finance, HR and sustainability

Your energy & creative input encouraged – help us shape this business from the ground up!

Above industry average pay and working conditions

Internal promotions – grow with us

In a landmark building on leafy Russell Street, Gimlet is a cocktail bar and dining room that brings classic European charisma to the heart of Melbourne.

Gimlet is a space for all seasons and all reasons, from casual catch-ups at the bar to intimate booths and an elegant clothed dining stage above the city streets.

The menu embraces the confidence of Italian regional cooking, classic elements of French technique, flavours of Spain and hearty comfort dishes from the British Isles. One a la carte menu features throughout the venue and is supplemented with a late-night supper menu on Fridays and Saturdays.

The cocktail bar anchors the heart of the restaurant with clean,



classic cocktails and exciting new beverage offerings.

Written by Gourmet Traveller’s 2020 Sommelier of the Year, Leanne Altmann, our wine list was decades in the making and features a broad collection of wines from around the world. Be they classic regions, benchmark producers or new discoveries, the focus is on wines of place and provenance.

‘…(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 Positive Food.

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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.

This is your chance to be part of a creative, energetic team as you develop and maintain a strong front of house culture.

We run restaurants driven by quality. Food & wine is our passion. If you’ve a service-driven individual with an eye for detail – we’d love to hear from you.

All applications and enquiries will be confidential.

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📌 Chef De Partie (for Main kitchen or Pastry) (Melbourne)
🏢 Gimlet at Cavendish House
📍 Melbourne