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WE'RE HIRING FOR:

26 May '26

Restaurant Supervisor - Belgrave - Full time / Part time considered

$60-75k + super (negotiable depending on experience & qualifications)

We're looking for someone ho knows how to make everyone feel welcome, our guests & team

Babaji's Kerala Kitchen Belgrave is an award-winning South Indian restaurant in the heart of the Dandenong Ranges. We’re proud of the food we serve, but even more proud of the community, bringing cultures together and the positive work culture we’ve built around it.

With a sister restaurant in the Yarra Valley, we're an unusual South Indian restaurant, where local teenagers work alongside chefs from India, regulars know our staff by name and underpinning everything is always – community.

We’re looking for a warm, organised and community minded restaurant supervisor.

What you'll be doing:

As restaurant supervisor, with assistance from our manager, you will be responsible for:

- Managing a daily team of 3-6 people.

- Run and oversee service from open to close

- Manage rosters and cover shift changes when staff are unwell

- Mentor junior team members, many of whom are in their first job

- Maintain a warm, welcoming environment our community knows us for

- Work across two cultures, our predominantly Indian kitchen team and local front of house staff with care and confidence.

Whilst experience in a busy restaurant, or café is an advantage, values & leadership style is highly valued.

You might be the right fit if you are:

• Warm and naturally good with people
• Calm under pressure
• Organised and proactive
• Comfortable leading a team
• Able to mentor younger staff
• Love a culturally diverse workplace.
• Experienced (or willing to learn) rostering and service systems (Deputy, Square, Now Book It)
• Community-minded
• Happy to work independently on occasional quiet times

Typical hours include weekdays and evenings, with an expectation of some weekend work (minimum one day).

We are closed on Tuesdays & Wednesdays.

What we offer

- Free staff meals & discounts

- A team independent enough to support everyone’s work-life balance

- Roster flexibility

- Community involvement opportunities

- Potential to grow into broader roles within the business across both our restaurants

- Support for ongoing formal training

- The opportunity to be part of an award-winning, community-loved business

Sound like you?

If you love the Hills,  love people and believe hospitality can genuinely bring communities together — we'd love to hear from you.

Apply using the form below with a short cover letter telling us why this role feels like a fit, a little about you and past experience. Alternatively email:

Ongoing roles:

As we grow, we're always looking for new superstars to join our team.

Leave us your info below and include a resume.

( 👋 Juniors - We don't expect you to have experience - just tell us a little about you, what you like doing, how you are involved in your community and your work availability).

We'll be in touch if a suitable spot comes up. 

JUNIOR DISHY (Under 18)

• ALL  our Juniors start as dishys, before learning all about South Indian cuisine and then being trained on the floor.
• Must be able to get to and from work - including school nights (latest 10pm) and weekends.
• Must have the support of your parents and ability to get to work and back.
• Are not afraid of hard work. Our pots are big enough to have a bath in!

SENIORS (Over 18)

WAIT STAFF

• Must have experience in a busy restaurant - especially during tourist season. 
• Do not need to know about South Indian Kerala cuisine. We'll teach you.
• Must be able to work evenings and minimum one shift at the weekend. 

CHEFS

• Must be located in Australia. We are currently NOT sponsoring staff from overseas.
• Must have experience cooking South Indian / Kerala cuisine.
• Must be happy to work across two sites - Belgrave & Warburton,  and cater at venues across Melbourne.
• Must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?