What areas does Taste Hospitality recruit for?

We recruit for hospitality venues across Melbourne and wider Victoria. Our focus is on connecting venues with chefs, managers, FOH leaders, and senior hospitality professionals who strengthen culture, consistency, and performance.

Do you provide both permanent and casual hospitality staff?

No. We specialise exclusively in permanent hospitality recruitment, helping operators build stable, long-term teams. Our focus is on cultural fit, retention, and leadership — not short-term or temp staffing.

What types of hospitality roles does Taste Hospitality recruit for?

We recruit senior hospitality roles across kitchens, floor, bar, and venue leadership. This includes Head Chefs, Sous Chefs, General Managers, Venue Managers, Restaurant Managers, Bar Managers, Assistant Managers, and senior FOH talent. We focus on permanent, long-term hires for venues that want stability, performance, and cultural fit.

How long does a typical hospitality recruitment process take?

Most permanent positions are filled within 1–4 weeks. Senior leadership roles may take longer to ensure cultural fit, retention, and capability. We prioritise quality over speed — but we communicate at every step so there are no surprises.

Do you work with premium or high-volume venues?

Both — but we specialise in premium, high-expectation venues where culture, standards, and leadership alignment matter. If your venue expects more than just CVs, we’re the right fit.

What makes your recruitment process different from traditional agencies?

We’re operators first, recruiters second. Our process focuses on real-world capability, leadership style, attitude, culture fit, and long-term retention — not just CV matching. Every shortlist is curated by someone who has led venues themselves.

Do you help write job descriptions or role briefs?

Yes — we can help refine position descriptions, leadership expectations, and job briefs to ensure you attract the right talent and set the role up for long-term success.

Hospitality Recruitment — Built by Operators.

Exceptional hospitality venues are built on the right people.

Taste Hospitality works with premium hospitality businesses to recruit permanent hospitality leaders who elevate standards, strengthen culture, and perform under pressure.

Founded by an operator with over two decades of experience running pubs, restaurants, and premium dining rooms across the UK and Australia, we bring real operational judgement to every hire. We understand how venues function when expectations are high, margins are tight, and service matters.

We don’t work at volume.
We work with intent.

Every search is considered. Every shortlist is deliberate.
Because in premium hospitality, who you hire shapes everything that follows.

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our perspective

Recruitment in hospitality fails when hiring decisions are made on CVs alone.

Titles, tenure, and presentation don’t predict how someone will lead a team on a busy service, manage pressure when standards slip, or earn trust over time.

Taste Hospitality recruits permanent hospitality leaders by assessing behaviour under pressure, decision-making in real environments, and long-term fit within established teams — not just what looks good on paper.

Our approach is shaped by lived operational experience.

Having run venues and led teams ourselves, we know what holds standards together on a Saturday night — and what quietly erodes them over time. That experience directly informs how we screen, interview, and shortlist candidates.

We don’t submit candidates we wouldn’t back in our own teams.
We don’t rush shortlists to fill gaps.
And we don’t take on searches where speed matters more than fit.

This restraint is intentional. It’s how strong hospitality teams are built.

Operator-Led Judgement

What We Do

Taste Hospitality specialises in permanent hospitality recruitment for leadership and senior roles across Melbourne and Victoria.

This includes Head Chefs, Venue Managers, General Managers, and senior hospitality professionals where cultural fit, accountability, and performance under pressure matter as much as experience.

We work with venues that value stability, standards, and long-term team performance..

We are the right partner for hospitality operators who care deeply about who they place in leadership roles.

We are not the right fit for venues seeking high-volume recruitment, rapid shortlists, or transactional hiring.

Our work is deliberate by design, because the cost of the wrong hire is always higher than the cost of taking the time to get it right.

Who We’re For

If you’re planning a leadership hire and want to approach it with care, judgement, and operational insight, Taste Hospitality offers a considered alternative to traditional recruitment.

We work with intent.
 We recruit with standards.
 And we stand behind every shortlist we deliver.

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Real Experiences, Real Results

CRAIG | Venue Owner

From first contact to employee placement, I really appreciate the communication, guidance and assistance from Rob to help find us a candidate ASAP. I highly recommend Taste Hospitality AU and would happily use their services again.
PAULO | Candidate

I had a great experience with Taste Hospitality AU. Rob was prompt, clear, and made the process smooth from start to finish. He handled all communication with my new employer and helped me get started quickly. Highly recommend for a seamless and professional recruitment experience.
DECLAN | Cafe Owner

Thanks to Rob for finding the right person for my barista position. The match was perfect and the hire has settled in really well with our team. Rob’s friendly and professional approach made the whole process easy. I’ll always go to Taste Hospitality for future recruitment.
ROBERT | Candidate

Rob goes above and beyond for both clients and candidates. It’s rare to find someone in recruitment who genuinely cares about people, not just placements. You can tell he’s in this business to help others, not for the money. Thanks again, Rob — appreciate everything.

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FAQ

We recruit for hospitality venues across Melbourne and wider Victoria. Our focus is on connecting venues with chefs, managers, FOH leaders, and senior hospitality professionals who strengthen culture, consistency, and performance.
No. We specialise exclusively in permanent hospitality recruitment, helping operators build stable, long-term teams. Our focus is on cultural fit, retention, and leadership — not short-term or temp staffing.
We recruit senior hospitality roles across kitchens, floor, bar, and venue leadership. This includes Head Chefs, Sous Chefs, General Managers, Venue Managers, Restaurant Managers, Bar Managers, Assistant Managers, and senior FOH talent. We focus on permanent, long-term hires for venues that want stability, performance, and cultural fit.
It depends on the role, but most permanent positions are filled within 1–4 weeks. Senior leadership roles may take longer to ensure cultural fit, retention, and capability. We prioritise quality over speed — but we communicate at every step so there are no surprises.
Both — but we specialise in premium, high-expectation venues where culture, standards, and leadership alignment matter. If your venue expects more than just CVs, we’re the right fit.
We’re operators first, recruiters second. Our process focuses on real-world capability, leadership style, attitude, culture fit, and long-term retention — not just CV matching. Every shortlist is curated by someone who has led venues themselves.
Yes — we can help refine position descriptions, leadership expectations, and job briefs to ensure you attract the right talent and set the role up for long-term success.