The Short Grain team, including Martin Boetz, in the restaurant

Join the Short Grain team.

Work beside Martin Boetz, the chef behind Longrain Sydney and Melbourne, at a Gourmet Traveller Top 100 kitchen. We're a small, close-knit team who cook with real care for each other and the food, and we're looking for people who'd bring that same passion.

Sous chef

Good knowledge of Asian cuisine essential

We're after a sous chef who can back up the head chef across everything that keeps the kitchen running well, ordering, staffing, and the standard of what leaves the pass. You'll be developing new dishes alongside Martin and the head chef, so this is a hands-on role in shaping the menu, not just executing it.

  • Supporting the head chef with the day to day running of the kitchen, including ordering
  • Managing kitchen staff
  • Quality control at the pass and throughout the kitchen
  • Developing new dishes alongside Martin and the head chef
  • Establishing and maintaining good rapport with existing and new suppliers

2IC (second in charge) / Bar supervisor

30 hours a week, guaranteed ~$50k plus tips

We're after a 2IC who can run the floor and the bar like they're their own. You'll close two nights a week, step in on bookings and enquiries when the manager's away, and take full ownership of the bar, from what's on the shelf to what's in the glass.

  • Cashing up and closing two nights a week
  • Taking bookings by phone when needed
  • Responding to booking enquiries, including venue hire and private hire, by email and through the booking system when the manager is unavailable
  • Managing wine and alcohol orders for the bar
  • Refreshing Short Grain's signature cocktails each season
  • Overseeing day to day bar operations

Casual bartender

~20 hours a week Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun $33.85 per hour

Looking for a bartender who already knows their way around a classic cocktail list and wants to add Short Grain's own signature drinks to it. Knowledge of classic cocktails is essential, our signature cocktails will be taught on the job.

  • Thursday dinner, Friday dinner, Saturday lunch and dinner, Sunday lunch guaranteed
  • Backing up floor staff when things get busy
  • Delivering drinks to the table
  • Beverage stocktake