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

As a Production Chef, 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, condiments, and 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)

- 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. Public Holidays off. Morning and Night shifts available

- 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

- Potential for Full time position

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

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, Morning Market, Stokehouse, Marea Beach House & Bar and Ultramarinos. 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

📌 Production Chef (Fitzroy)
🏢 Meatsmith Specialty Butcher & Wine Merchant
📍 Fitzroy