Now hiring front of house roles

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 searching to expand our front of house team, in the roles of:

• Restaurant Supervisor

• Section Waiters

• Junior Waiters

• Hosts

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

• Mental Health & Wellbeing workshops

• Diversity & Inclusivity training and workshops

• Employee Assistance Program - a free and confidential counselling service

• Annual staff engagement survey

• 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

To apply, please submit your cover letter and CV addressed to Cameron Maher, specifying which role you would like to be considered for.

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 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.