Food & Beverage Manager Hotel Esplanade – St Kilda

Ready to take on a key leadership role at one of Melbourne’s most iconic venues? **Hotel Esplanade (The Espy)** is looking for an experienced **Restaurant Manager** to take ownership of our front-of-house food and service operations across multiple spaces within the venue. With our current Restaurant Manager moving into a Head Office role, we’re looking for a strong hospitality leader who can continue developing our teams, elevate service standards and bring a genuine focus to the food and dining experience across The Espy. ### The role You’ll oversee the operations of **Mya Tiger, Louey’s, Espy Kitchen, Ghost Bar and the Green Room**, working closely with the Venue Manager and broader leadership team. You’ll be responsible for: * Leading FOH food, beverage and service operations across multiple outlets * Rostering, training, coaching and developing the team * Developing and embedding strong sequences of service * Driving consistently high service and guest experience standards * Working closely with the Venue Manager on large-scale events * Developing and executing concepts that drive revenue and venue performance * Financial oversight and cost control across your areas of responsibility * Building strong, capable teams and future hospitality leaders ### What’s on Offer * **$90,000 + Super** * A key leadership role at the iconic **Hotel Esplanade – The Espy** * Ownership across multiple food, restaurant and bar operations within one incredible venue * The opportunity to shape **FOH service standards, training and team development** * Work closely with an experienced Venue Manager and broader leadership team * Genuine autonomy to develop and execute **revenue-driving ideas and concepts** * Exposure to **large-scale events and high-volume operations** * Genuine career progression across **Australian Venue Co.’s extensive portfolio of venues** * Access to AVC employee benefits, discounts and development opportunities ### About you You’ll be an experienced **Restaurant Manager or senior hospitality leader** with a strong background in high-volume food and beverage operations. You know what great service looks like, understand the commercial side of running a successful operation and enjoy developing teams. If you’re looking for a role with **scale, variety and genuine ownership** within one of Melbourne’s best-known hospitality venues, we’d love to hear from you.