A rare opportunity to transition from hospitality and late nights, while applying your love for service, and food and wine knowledge!

Morning Market is a welcoming corner store offering quality seasonal produce, flowers, groceries and baked goods, providing access to produce typically reserved for restaurants. Street-side seating creates a relaxed space to enjoy coffee, lunch or sweet treats with friends.

Artisanal bread is available daily alongside house-made viennoiserie, pastries, salads and sandwiches. The store stocks everyday grocery essentials, local dairy and deli items, pantry staples, condiments, and more.

The Prospect

Morning Market is now seeking friendly and enthusiastic Retail Assistants to join the team. You’ll play an important role in creating a welcoming store environment and delivering an exceptional experience for every guest.

You will enjoy working in a fast-paced, food retail environment as part of a dynamic and energetic team, where you can use your love of great food, produce, homewares and wine to inspire the same passion in your guests. Experience in retail, hospitality or food service is highly regarded, but most importantly you’ll bring a positive attitude, reliability and a passion for great customer service. Baristas are also very welcome to apply for this role.

You will:

- Provide warm and attentive service to our guests

- Assist with the sale and presentation of quality food and wine, groceries, and homewares

- Maintain beautiful, well-stocked displays throughout the store

- Support the team with day-to-day store operations





- Help create a welcoming and enjoyable store environment

What we offer:

- Work within Andrew McConnell’s acclaimed Trader House group

- Be part of an exceptional food business built on quality produce and thoughtful retail

- Enjoy a dynamic workplace with flexible rosters and no late nights that can fit around study or other commitments

- Opportunity to work across multiple locations; get to know Melbourne's diverse neighbourhoods

- Be surrounded by premium produce, baked goods, coffee, wine and homewares

- Access career progression within Morning Market and the Trader House family

- Receive ongoing training, mentoring and a competitive hourly rate

Andrew McConnell’s businesses continue to challenge industry norms through strong culinary vision and best practice. This is an opportunity to join a creative, energetic team and build a rewarding career.

Trader House is a collection of Melbourne and Brisbane’s most distinctive restaurants, bars and specialty food stores, led by chef, author and columnist Andrew McConnell and photographer Jo McGann.

Our Melbourne venues include Gimlet, Côte Basque, Apollo Inn, Cutler, Supernormal, Cumulus Inc., Marion, Builders Arms Hotel, Meatsmith and Morning Market—with Stokehouse, St Kilda joining the group in October 2026. In Brisbane, you’ll find Supernormal and Bar Miette.

Join a team shaping Australia’s hospitality culture across exceptional venues, each with its own identity and a shared commitment to great food, genuine service and memorable experiences.

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📌 Retail Assistant (Melbourne)
🏢 Morning Market
📍 Melbourne