Section Waiters wanted

Côte Basque; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts across Trader House

Wine & Spirit Certs

Masterclasses

Financial wellbeing

MHFA training

Diversity & Inclusivity training

EAP counselling

Field trips to wineries

Annual staff parties

Management training

Free flu vaccinations

Referral bonus

Retail discounts

Staff meals

Generous tips

Job summary

Côte Basque, located in Melbourne's CBD, is expanding its front-of-house team with experienced Section Waiters. The new venue continues the Basque-inspired dining philosophy, serving local ingredients and heritage spaces.

Join a team committed to hospitality excellence, where guests are welcomed with warmth, precision, and generous tips for front of house. Trader House supports ongoing training, staff events, and wellness programs to nurture your career.

Job description

Located in the heart of the CBD, down a historic laneway long associated with eating and drinking well, you'll find Côte Basque - a restaurant inspired by the culture, spirit, and cooking of the rugged Basque coast.

We are searching to expand our front-of-house team in the role of experienced Section Waiters.

Côte Basque is a place for generous food, lively drinks, and thoughtful hospitality. The menu centres on local ingredients from land and sea, with produce-led dishes that are simple in approach yet precise in execution - humble, but elevated. Expect familiar, well-loved flavour pairings of the Basque and Mediterranean coasts, cooked over charcoal with restraint and confidence.

The dining room is one of the city’s most significant heritage restaurant spaces. Once owned by the Pellegrini brothers, and more recently home to Becco, it is a room steeped in nostalgia and layered with stories of Melbourne’s dining history. It has now been reimagined, carrying forward the same philosophy as the classic venues before it - warm in texture and colour, understated, and designed for spirited times. Spaces for dining, a bar for drinking, and a private room for celebrations have all been created in harmony with the bones of a building deeply embedded in Melbourne’s culinary story.

To take this site into its next era, we're building a team who care deeply about quality, provenance, and creating a genuinely welcoming experience for our guests. We're currently recruiting across all levels, from emerging talent to experienced hospitality professionals.

This is an opportunity to be part of a new restaurant - helping shape the culture, standards, and rhythm of a venue that somehow feels both new and as though it has always been there.

Our benefits include:

• Discounts across all Trader House businesses
• Access to internal Wine and Spirit Education Trust Certificates 2 & 3 taught by Leanne Altmann, Group Beverage Director
• Trader House Sessions - masterclasses with chefs and industry leaders hands-on chef (past presenters include Danielle Alvarez, Jung-eun Chae, Trisha Greentree, Dave Verheul)
• Financial wellbeing training programs
• Access to Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training
• Diversity & Inclusivity training and workshops
• Employee Assistance Program - a free and confidential counselling service
• Field trips to wineries, distillers, breweries & farms
• Annual staff parties
• Internal and external management training covering a range of topics
• Free flu vaccinations
• Employee referral bonus - paying up to $1000 per successful referral
• A range of discounts across external retail / health & wellbeing organisations
• Great staff meals every day
• Generous tips for kitchen and front of house

About Trader House:

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.