Apprentice Chef

APPRENTICE CHEF

Start your career in an award-winning kitchen.

The Victoria | Rutherglen

If you’re serious about building a career in food and hospitality, this is a great place to start. Learn your trade in a professional, award-winning kitchen, work alongside talented chefs and build skills that can take you anywhere in Australia - or around the world.

LEARN FROM A TEAM WITH SERIOUS CREDENTIALS

The Victoria is an independently owned, award-winning regional hotel built around great food, genuine hospitality and high standards. We have been recognised as:

• AHA Victoria Best Regional Pub Restaurant 2026 and 2024
• Named one of Australia’s Top 50 Gastropubs 2026
• Home to AHA Victoria Chef of the Year 2025, Head Chef Brendan Anderson
• AHA Victoria Best Redeveloped Hotel 2025

Our kitchen is led by Head Chef Brendan Anderson, whose career has included highly regarded restaurants and hospitality groups in Australia and Canada.

As an apprentice, you won’t just complete a qualification. You’ll learn in a kitchen where food is taken seriously, standards matter and there is real opportunity to develop. You’ll work with quality seasonal produce and develop the fundamentals of becoming a genuinely good chef. You’ll also learn the habits that separate good chefs from average ones: consistency, discipline, pace, curiosity and pride in your work.

We don’t expect an apprentice to arrive knowing everything. We do expect you to want to learn.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for someone who:

• has a genuine interest in food and cooking
• wants to build a professional career
• enjoys practical, hands-on work
• learns quickly and takes feedback well
• works well as part of a team
• is reliable and takes responsibility
• has high standards for themselves
• is prepared to work hard and keep improving

Previous kitchen experience is helpful, but it isn’t essential. Attitude, work ethic and potential matter more.

A REAL CAREER PATH

An apprenticeship is the beginning, not the destination. A commercial cookery qualification opens doors across the wider hospitality industry; from restaurants and hotels to resorts, events, luxury properties and international hospitality.

WHY THE VICTORIA?

The Victoria is owner-operated, ambitious and proudly regional. We believe you shouldn’t have to move to Melbourne to begin a serious hospitality career. Here, you can train in an award-winning venue, work with experienced professionals and be exposed to much more than a traditional pub kitchen.

The Victoria includes an award-winning restaurant, boutique accommodation, private dining, group events and a growing calendar of food and hospitality experiences.

You’ll receive structured on-the-job training alongside your formal apprenticeship studies, with a team that expects a lot and is prepared to invest in people who want to become very good at what they do.

READY TO START?

If you’re hardworking, curious about food and serious about learning a trade, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply with your résumé and a short note telling us why you’d like to start your chef career at The Victoria.

To be eligible for an apprenticeship or traineeship you must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or have full working rights.