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About EVT

As market-leading experience creators, we bring to life some of the best-known brands and properties in entertainment, ventures, and travel. Our portfolio includes over 140 entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award-winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, Independent Collection by EVT and Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few.

About Our Independent Hotels

The Independent Collection is a carefully curated selection of hotels, each of which lives up to an exacting standard to offer travellers the best of luxury, elevated, urban, comfort and social experiences. While every hotel celebrates its own unique brand & experience, together the Independent Collection shares a passion for hospitality, service and quality.

About the Role

As the Food & Beverage Manager at Yarra Valley Lodge, you will focus on enhancing the Bella restaurant and lodge bar experience, driving service excellence across our two outlets as the restaurant transitions to seven‑day operations. This role is key in elevating guest engagement through creative activations, seasonal promotions, and memorable dining moments that reflect the unique character of the Yarra Valley.

We are looking for someone that has ideas and can partner with our marketing team and strengthen partnerships with local producers, wineries, and businesses to bring authentic regional flair into our offerings. As the hotel’s 2IC, you’ll also play a pivotal role in coordinating and delivering high‑quality events and conferencing, ensuring seamless execution from concept to completion while fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the F& B team.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive revenue growth across the restaurant and bar by focusing on spend per cover, and profitability.
• Manage inventory, stock control, and expenditure through robust control systems.
• Analyse F& B financials including spend per cover & Per Occupied Room (POR), and departmental profit margins.
• Lead roster planning and labour cost management aligned with budget forecasts.
• Build a high-performance team culture focused on engagement, development, and retention.
• Ensuring continued adherence with all WHS procedures, hygienic food handling and RSA practices.
• Collaborate with the Executive Chef to optimise menus and wine lists for profitability and customer appeal.
• Respond to guest feedback and implement service improvements to enhance experience.
• Forecast demand, plan marketing initiatives, and evaluate event feasibility to maximise revenue.
• Generating feasibility models for adhoc events or promotions analysing the potential profit and loss. E.g. Mothers’ Day, Melbourne Cup, Christmas Day luncheons.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a senior F& B position working in Hotels, Restaurants or Clubs.
• Strategic in creating new ideas to drive revenue and guest engagement to dine in-house.
• Build strong relationships with guests and key stakeholders.
• Great communication, team leadership, mentoring and training skills.
• Strong financial acumen knowledge (e.g. P& L analysis, forecasting).
• A passion for hospitality, people focused and innovative thinking.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Proficient with POS systems and the Microsoft suite.

Benefits & Perks

• Incredible team member discounts from your first day on-the-job.
• 50% off stays at EVT hotels – Rydges, QT, Atura, Lylo and more.
• $2 movie tickets, plus Moonlight, Gold Class, Candy Bar discounts and more.
• Awesome winter and summer savings and discounts at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth opportunities through our EVT network.
• Local community involvement, volunteering and charitable giving.
• Australia and NZ’s largest and most diverse experiences company

Join the team and become an EVT experience creator, opportunity taker, the ultimate Daymaker. Join and make a positive impact on our people, communities, and environment every day.

When you click apply, you’ll be taken to our secure EVT careers portal (powered by Dayforce). This is our official system for managing applications across the EVT Group. You’ll simply enter your details and answer a few quick screening questions so we can get to know you better.