Kitchen Hand - Rydges Wellington Airport | Part-time
About EVT
About EVT: Rydges Wellington Airport is part of EVT, one of Australasia's market-leading experience creators offering careers that can take you wherever you want to go across entertainment, ventures, and travel. In a world of cookie cutter experiences, here at EVT we believe in changing the game. It's why we all call ourselves Daymakers: each day is a chance to add the wow factor for our customers and continually grow in our own careers.
Proudly owned and operated in Australia and New Zealand, Rydges offers refreshingly local stays in city, regional and resort-style hotels. We're not just in the neighbourhood, we're part of it. Every hotel is designed for ease, connection and quality. From check-in to check-out, our local heroes bring a can-do attitude and "too easy" service. Whether it's for work or a well-earned break, our place feels like home with the charm of somewhere new. Join us to help make every moment memorable.
EVT has an endless range of roles and career paths to explore across 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 and Australia's most loved year round alpine resort, Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few. Once you're in, there are no limits on where your career could take you.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare food and assist with cooking and serving as directed by the Executive Chef.
- Complete your work in a timely and efficient way while minimising wastage at all times.
- Maintain a clean, safe and hygienic work area and take responsibility for a variety of cleaning duties.
- Follow standard operating procedures, hotel policies and occupational health and safety guidelines at all times.
- Attend and take responsibility for all training provided by the chefs.
- Support a harmonious, professional and learning-focused team environment.
What You'll Bring
- A willingness to learn and develop into a skilled, efficient, safe and hygienic chef.
- The ability to work in the kitchen as directed each day and take on other duties as assigned by the Executive Chef.
- A commitment to hotel grooming standards and a professional appearance.
- A team-first attitude and the ability to build positive working relationships with the service team.
How You Work
- Daymaker ethos: no one's too big for the small things.
- Resilient and solutions-focused: stays calm, moves fast.
- Growth mindset: learns, shares, and levels up others.
Perks from Day One
As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels, no ivory towers.
- 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
- $2 movie tickets plus discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
- Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
- Rapid career growth across our hotel and entertainment network.
- Paid parental leave; community and volunteering opportunities.
- Free parking at the airport on shift.
- Staff meals.
Apply Now
Join Rydges Wellington Airport 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.
Apply online now and submit your CV. You'll be taken to our secure EVT careers portal (powered by Dayforce), 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.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in, so don't wait! We can't wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.