HOSPITALITY RECRUITMENT MELBOURNE
We Place Leaders Who Make Venues Perform
Operator-led Recruitment, Built From 20+ Years Running Venues
Leadership hires that stabilise your business for years, not send you searching again in six months.
Leadership Roles We Recruit Across Melbourne
We place leaders who lift standards, protect culture, and perform under pressure, the people who make or break a venue.
Culinary Leadership
Executive & Head Chefs, Senior Sous , Leaders who run kitchens, lead teams, and deliver consistency.
Venue & Restaurant Leadership
General, Venue & Restaurant Managers, leaders who set the tone, lead teams, and control performance.
Group & Operations Leadership
Multi-site and operational leaders who drive performance through systems, culture, and accountability.
How We Assess Real Leadership
We back leaders who perform when it counts, not those who just interview well.
A polished interview doesn't prove someone can run a kitchen under pressure, hold standards on a busy Saturday night, or earn the trust of an established team. So we don't rely on one.
With 20+ years running venues ourselves, we know what real leadership looks like and what it doesn't. We screen against that experience, assessing how candidates think under pressure, how they've led teams, held standards, managed costs, and performed when it counted.
The result is a shortlist of people we'd back with our own name.
Structured Search. Real Alignment.
Every search starts with understanding how your venue actually runs, not just what's written in a job description.
Before going to market, we align on what success looks like, the standards, the culture, and how the role needs to perform day to day.
Shortlists are intentionally lean. No volume, just the right people, with clear notes on how they lead, how they perform under pressure, and why they fit your venue specifically.
After placement we stay engaged, checking in regularly to make sure the hire lands well and performs from day one.
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We provide hospitality recruitment across Melbourne, supporting premium venues with senior leadership hires that strengthen teams, lift standards, and deliver long-term retention. We also work across Victoria where the brief and standards align.
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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.
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We recruit senior hospitality roles across kitchens, floor, bar, and venue leadership.
This includes Head Chefs, Executive Chefs, General Managers, and Venue Managers. For venues looking to hire a Head Chef, General Manager, or senior leadership role, we focus on permanent, long-term placements that strengthen performance, culture, and consistency. -
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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