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Advertising, Marketing & Media
First Table is a popular restaurant discovery platform visited by millions of Australians every month. We help turn restaurants' hardest-to-fill tables into a marketing asset, increasing profitability and growing their business.
Our unique model charges diners (not restaurants) which means its free and easy to list your restaurant on the First Table platform. All that you need to do you need to do is list any off-peak tables that you're expecting to sit empty on First Table, and the team will get to marketing those tables and generating off-peak bookings for your restaurant right away.
R&CA Member Offer
Book a free First Table demo
You need it. We print it. You love it.
Whether it’s printed, embroidered, or published online, VistaPrint is here to help. We help organisations create expertly designed, custom marketing – the products needed to look and feel professional, prepared and plugged in.
Over the years, Vista has significantly enhanced its product selection, quality, and customer experience, evolving from a business card provider to an all- encompassing marketing and design partner. We offer a wide range of customisable products, from marketing materials to signage, promotional merchandise, and apparel.
ProShop by Vista Corporate Solutions is a streamlined online store where you or your team can order branded collateral, marketing materials like menus, signage, packaging, apparel, promotional products, and more. Your store is tailored to match your brand’s look and feel. You can add your choice of product categories, upload your artwork, and save editable design templates for brand control across all business locations.
R&CA Member Offer
$500 free design services, corporate rates, 20% off next order, 75% off ProShop Fee
: 66 Paramount Blvd, Derrimut
VIC 3026
Beverages/Coffees
Exclusive offer to members of R&CA
List 3 cocktails on your menu to receive 20 printed cocktail menus and gain access to Campari Academy for cocktail training.
About Us
In 1860, liquorist Gaspare Campari invented the striking red aperitif: the secret recipe still keeps the name of its original creator. Other apertifs from Campari are Aperol, Skyy Vodka, Wild Turkey, Appleton Estate, Grand Marnier, frangellico, and more.
Exclusive offer to members of R&CA
R&CA members GET $200 CREDIT when you place your first order. NO MINIMUM SPEND! Even if you order 1 x case of Malt Shovel (APPROX $50) you will qualify for the $200 Credit. Talk to us to find out more.
About Us
Malt Shovel brews favourite craft beers including James Squire and works in close partnership with local breweries and Lion brands, to bring you all the top Australian and international beers. Our beer specialists provide beer and beverage delivery, advice, support and training for a range of businesses.
Treasury Wine Estates is one of the world's largest wine companies, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
Through world-class winemaking and brand marketing, our business is focused on meeting evolving consumer interests across the globe, and on delivering sustainable growth.
Everything we do is dedicated to realising our ambition of becoming the world's most admired premium wine company.
Our brands include Penfolds, Pepperjack, Squealing Pig, Wynns Coonawarra Estate, Saltram, Coldstream Hills, Devil’s Lair, St Huberts, T’Gallant and many more.
Booking/Reservation Systems
Experience the power of OpenTable. Get more than $1,000 of value in your first 6 months*
Receive a subscription and covers at no cost through the OpenTable diner network for the first month, plus get an upgrade to our premium “Pro” plan for your first 6 months.
Business Services
Melbourne’s Premium Hospitality Bookkeeping company - Professional bookkeeping, accounting & consulting services for bars, restaurants, cafes, and other hospitality businesses. We understand your industry challenges and help you conquer them.
As a hospitality industry specialist, we recognise the challenges faced by restaurants, cafes and other hospitality businesses from the inside. Our services will help you by:
• Implementing proper HR and time systems
• Automating your payroll
• Managing your suppliers and negotiating better payment terms
• Help you with financial planning
• Improve your onboarding process and minimise staffing costs
• Regular weekly and monthly reporting of your COGS and labour costs in comparison to industry benchmarks.
• Streamlining your systems and processes and reducing your admin costs.
R&CA Member Offer: Free energy review for your bill and solar (valued at $250)
Choice Energy, is an Australian owned energy management company with over 10,500 business customers.
An easy way to identify if you can lower your cost of doing business is to check your energy rates and see if you are overpaying for you power. It costs nothing to find out.
Choice Energy has already helped over 20 restaurants and cafes save over $60,000 off their energy costs, check and see if you’re overpaying for your energy.
Contact Alex Townsend: alex.townsend@choiceenergy.com.au, 0435 080 646
: Level 6, 580 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, VIC 3004
Australia
An Entertainment membership gives you access to thousands of savings across dining, shopping, travel and more. With up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers across dining, travel, shopping and more.
: 1300 159 707
One Licence, One Music.
Our licences help music creators get paid for their work and provide a straightforward way to legally play and copy our music. Royalties keep the music coming and ensure the industry’s future.
: 16 Mountain Street,
Ultimo, New South Wales, 2067
Australia
: 02 9935 7900
Last year Zembl saved more than 14,400 Australian businesses a collective $12.23M off their bottom lines*. How? By helping them buy better across key business services such as energy and solar. They help businesses save time and improve their bottom line.
R&CA Member Offer: Free Business Energy Review
: Level 5, 100 William Street
Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, 2011
Australia
: (130) 095-7721
Education & Training
Join them and make the right decision in your chosen studies at Acknowledge Education.
: 168 Exhibition Street
Melbourne, VIC, 3000
Australia
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Holmesglen is one of the largest providers of vocational and higher education in Victoria. Since 1982, we have grown from a delivery of 90 courses to 7,000 students, to a unique multi-sectoral provider offering over 530 courses to more than 50,000 students.
With a diverse background spanning from a family-operated turkey farm to the corporate world, we bring a unique blend of foundational values and innovative thinking to our market research and training programs. Our commitment extends beyond consultancy to nurturing hospitality leaders/owners who embody competence, compassion, and a holistic vision. Let's work together to build a profitable business through human connection, create a positive workplace culture, effectively lead a multigenerational team and provide an exceptional customer service experience for your guests.
Book your FREE Discovery Call to discuss the unique needs of your hospitality business.
Mittagong, NSW, 2575
Australia
Employment & Immigration Services
Expand Your Culinary Horizons: Recruit Talented International Chefs with Alliance Abroad Australia!
Our expertise lies in matching highly skilled and passionate international chefs with top-tier Australian hospitality employers.
We manage the recruitment process on your behalf, from marketing campaigns to screening candidates, hosting Chef Assessment fairs in Dubai, and handling the entire visa process.
Let us help you to build your culinary dream team through the following programs:
Skilled Professional - 3 Years
Under the Temporary Skills Shortage Visa (subclass 482) Australian employers can recruit experienced international chefs for periods of up to 3-4 years. These chefs hold a degree from an approved institution, have a minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience, and demonstrate high levels of English.
Typical positions include: Head Chef, Sous Chef, Junior Sous Chef, and Chef de Partie.
Trainee Program (Commis Chefs) - 12 to 24 Months. This program is designed for young professionals who wish to live and receive further professional training in Australia under the 407 Visa scheme. Trainees hold a degree from an approved institution, have a minimum of one year of relevant work experience, and demonstrate high levels of English. Employers provide trainees with on-the-job professional development, enhancing their skills and future job prospects.
Typical positions include: Commis Chefs, F&B Managers, Front Office Supervisors.
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: Level 2, Quay Quarter Tower, 50 Bridge Street
Sydney, NSW, 2000
Australia
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Exclusive offer to members of R&CA
Free and no obligation consultation, offering candid and accurate advice on visa strategy and the likelihood of successful outcomes.
About Us
AustraliaMigrate are immigration and visa specialists assisting individuals and businesses to prepare and lodge visa applications by navigating the complexities of the migration program, which leads to successful visa outcomes. This helps businesses meet their skills shortages and builds a stable and sustainable team, and, at the same time, helps individuals meet their visa and migration objectives.
: 601/10 Help St
CHATSWOOD, NSW, 2067
Australia
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: https://www.australiamigrate.com/
Finance
American Express is guided by a value system that ensures we are personally accountable for delivering on our commitments. This includes our commitment to complying with all Australian legislation, tax laws and regulations, and conducting business with the highest levels of ethics, transparency and integrity.American Express conducts its Australian operations through a number of legal entities that are either subsidiary companies or branches of subsidiaries. American Express’ business is competitive, regulated and investments are long term in nature.
: 12 Shelley Street
Level 1
Sydney, NSW, 2000
Australia
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Melbourne’s Premium Hospitality Bookkeeping company - Professional bookkeeping, accounting & consulting services for bars, restaurants, cafes, and other hospitality businesses. We understand your industry challenges and help you conquer them.
As a hospitality industry specialist, we recognise the challenges faced by restaurants, cafes and other hospitality businesses from the inside. Our services will help you by:
• Implementing proper HR and time systems
• Automating your payroll
• Managing your suppliers and negotiating better payment terms
• Help you with financial planning
• Improve your onboarding process and minimise staffing costs
• Regular weekly and monthly reporting of your COGS and labour costs in comparison to industry benchmarks.
• Streamlining your systems and processes and reducing your admin costs.
Exclusive offer to members of R&CA
Merchant and Transaction Fee Discounts.
About Us
Commbank are our exclusive merchant partner offering premium service levels for our members and heavily reduced merchant fees.
Since 2005, Geared Asset Finance has provided lending facilities to businesses across Australia. Our team of dedicated professionals search the market to get the best solution for our customers. Whether you’re after a coffee machine for your café, in the market for a new vehicle, or looking to give your restaurant the facelift it deserves, we’ll find the best finance solution for you.
: Level 11, 350 Collins Street
Melbourne, VIC, 3000
Australia
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OnTheMonee is a purpose built solution to streamline the administrative workload, time, and complexity that hospitality venues experience when paying tips to their employees. OnTheMonee eliminates spreadsheets, bank runs and enveloping cash, and is integrated with time-and-attendance software allowing the platform to calculate automatically. Tips are distributed instantly to employees via a digital wallet in the OnTheMonee app on their phones - exactly like cash, tangible, instant, but more secure.
Food Service
Just like a truly great dish, a dynamic and successful foodservice partnership requires the right ingredients. Bidfood has come to understand this particular recipe intimately. It involves maintaining a balance between leading edge innovation and a consistent, reliable delivery of ‘the classics’. We offer Australia's widest selection of products that have been tailored to suit all customer types - large and small. With our diverse range of products, national network of branches and commitment to innovation, you’ll see why so many businesses count on us to provide all the ingredients they need for success.
Bulla’s passion for dairy extends well beyond the grocery channel and we are proud to leverage over 110+ years of dairy experience to be a leading brand and manufacturer in the Foodservice, QSR, Industrial and B2B channels.
Hospitality Supplies
Over the years, Alsco has changed dramatically. But in that time, one thing hasn’t. That is our dedication to providing you with a service that is reliable, cost-effective and carefully tailored to your business. Today Alsco is one of the leading providers of linen, workwear, commercial floor mats, industrial cleaners, First Aid kits and training as well as Washroom Hygiene services and Scenting across Australia. Alsco now employ over 2,200 people Australia wide and can tailor solutions particular to your needs.
: 465 Victoria Ave
Level 8
Chatswood, NSW, 2067
Australia
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Unox is a leading manufacturer of commercial ovens. Combi, convection, speed cooking, gas or electric. The Unox team consists of driven, innovative thinkers with one thing in common, a passion for success.
We offer FREE Individual Cooking Experiences - by appointment only. We have local Active Marketing Chefs in VIC, NSW, QLD, SA, WA, TAS to serve you and help with your business in building your success!
For those who are driven by the taste of building success, Unox provides intelligent and technologically advanced ovens, services and experiences that are inspired by Inventive Simplification and the Pursuit of Perfection.
R&CA Member Offer
A free tray starter kit with any combi oven is purchased.
Insurance
Building Confidence Together
Gallagher is a proud and active Platinum partner of Restaurant and Catering Australia. We can cater for all your business insurance needs including property, liability, professional indemnity, motor, cyber, director and employment risks.
The biggest risks to your business as identified by our specialist hospitality insurance brokers are:
- Material Damage
- Business income protection
- Crime
- Public Liability
- Professional Indemnity
- Management Liability
- WorkCover / Worker Compensation
- Cyber Risks
As your trusted insurance broker and consultant, our purpose is to help you move forward with confidence.
- By managing your risk
- By helping you foster a healthy, thriving workforce
- By bringing together global reach and local expertise
- To help your business and your community through every challenge you face
For a complimentary consultation about your insurance and risk management program, please call us on 1800 271 193 or visit our website.
IT & POS
Exclusive offer to members of R&CA
A free ipad for first time clients .
About Us
Sevenrooms is a full service guest management system from reservations and online ordering.
Order/Delivery Service
Menulog is one of Australia’s leading on demand delivery platforms, connecting millions of customers with more than 35,000 local food, grocery and other retail businesses across the country.
As an Australian born brand, Menulog has supported local business partners for more than 17 years, providing online ordering and delivery solutions to help partners reach and service more customers. Menulog also supports tens of thousands of on demand delivery couriers, leading the industry in advocating for greater benefits and protections for couriers.
Menulog provides customers a convenient way to access the greatest range of quality delivery partners, whilst also providing the greatest choice and quality service to its business partners and couriers.
Menulog is now part of the global Just Eat Takeaway.com network, one of the world's leading online food delivery marketplaces, with more than 692,000 partners globally.
Connecting take away diners with venues via ordering and delivery.
Property Sales/Management
Exclusive offer to members of R&CA
LPC DIY SUBSCRIPTION | $0 FOR R&CA MEMBERS
Your DIY plan (worth $480 excl. GST) provides leasing negotiation expertise via guides, videos, checklists, templates, educational webinars, market update webinars and a service desk.
About Us
Our services include but are not limited to strategic advice and representation, lease restructuring, option assessment and recommendation, securing new accommodation, make good assessment and negotiations, managing market rent reviews, surrender/sublease of leasehold premises, and disposal/acquisition of freehold assets. LPC is committed to balancing the tenant/landlord scales and delivering tenant-friendly outcomes focusing on cost, risk, flexibility, obligation and guarantees. At LPC, we only represent occupiers and tenants, giving you a unique advantage in a market favouring landlords.
: 16-18 O’Connell Street
Level 3
Sydney, NSW, 2000
Australia
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Recruitment
Universal Blue Ocean (UBO), founded in Dubai in 2010, recruits suitably experienced and qualified chefs and cooks to work in Australia.
The restaurants and hotels of Dubai and Abu Dhabi provide a first-class environment for culinary skills development, as young cooks work under the guidance of leading chefs from across the globe for five to ten years or more
UBO’s Australian director Jim Irwin comes from a background of 50 years in hospitality as a restaurateur and educator and looks forward to engaging with R & C A members looking to supplement their kitchen teams with international recruits.
We are a preferred supplier to the largest Caterers, Health & Aged Care operators, Hotel Groups, Private Hospitals, Mining Sites and Defence installations in Australia. We’re also in there working with some of the best Restaurants, Bistros, Cafes, Hotels and Boutique Caterers throughout the country. Since getting out of catering ourselves, we have become the largest supplier of professional Home Chefs – who make entertaining at home a breeze.
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Australia
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Superannuation
Hostplus is a privately owned and operated business, run to benefit our members.
We work hard to contribute to the financial wellbeing and security of our members throughout their working lives and into retirement.
: Level 9 114 William Street
Melbourne, VIC, 3000
Australia
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