Kitchen Steward

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Crystalbrook Kingsley in Newcastle is seeking a Kitchen Steward for a full-time onsite role to support a 130-room luxury hotel and its kitchen. You will efficiently clean kitchen premises and equipment, maintain food hygiene and chemical safety, keep access areas sparkling, treat new equipment with care, assist the chefs to ensure smooth service, help the Purchasing team with deliveries and stock, and communicate effectively across all departments. Benefits include 50% F&B discount, discounted room rates for you and a friend or family, lifestyle days and sustainability initiatives, plus ongoing learning and internal mobility. To apply, highlight reliability, hygiene discipline, teamwork with chefs, and a customer obsessed, collaborative mindset aligned with Crystalbrook values; mention eligibility checks early if requested.

Crystalbrook Kingsley has transformed Newcastle’s former Council Administration Centre into an elegant and sophisticated 130-room five-star hotel with a signature rooftop bar and restaurant, lobby bar and café along with two private meeting venues. With the City Hall Civic Theatre, Newcastle Art Gallery and War Memorial moments away, Kingsley is culturally connected, celebrating what has been and what is to come. 

At Crystalbrook Collection, we do things differently. Driven by our mission to harness the spirit of wonder, we embrace responsible luxury with positivity, creativity, and fun, delivering locally unique hospitality experiences for our community. We're not just another hotel group — we're a bold, sustainably minded collection that puts people and place at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our values — We are Customer Obsessed, We are Collaborators, and We are Courageous — we’re passionate about creating extraordinary guest experiences and shaping a new era of hospitality.

The Role:

About You:

• Efficient cleaning of kitchen premises and equipment to meet the highest of standards
• Maintaining food hygiene standards and correct chemical use.
• Ensuring that all access and traffic areas are clear and sparkling clean.
• Treat our brand-new equipment with respect to keep it gleaming.
• Working with the chefs to ensure the kitchen operations seamless perfect before and after service.
• Assist the Purchasing department with deliveries and stock management.
• Effectively communicate and coordinate with all departments of the hotel.

The Benefits:

You will work with exceptional people in a supportive, diverse and passionate environment and this is a vital position within our team at Crystalbrook Collection. You will enjoy a flexible range of benefits that include: 

• A market leading 50% F&B discount across all Venues 
• $99 Room rates and a generous friends and family discount 
• Lifestyle benefits including extra leave and earth advocacy days 
• Green future - we are committed to enhanced sustainability practices   
• Dedicated Internal Mobility Programme and reward scheme  
• Online learning, career enhancement and development plans 
• Personalised employee support network  
• Regular service recognition and team events 

Crystalbrook Collection is an award-winning hotel development and management company, proudly showcasing Australia’s newest portfolio of distinctive upscale hotels, restaurants and bars where differences are applauded. In just seven years, we own and manage luxury hotel assets worth over AU$1 billion across NSW and QLD. Our growth trajectory continues with exciting plans for new hotels in Adelaide and Canberra during 2026 and continued ambitions for further expansion both domestically and internationally.

We are proud to foster a workplace that supports equality, inclusion and accessibility. We welcome applications from all genders, ages, backgrounds, cultures and religions. If you have a health condition or disability, please let us know early in the recruitment process so we can offer the appropriate support and ensure you can perform at your best during interviews.

As part of our recruitment and compliance process, we may request eligibility documents, police checks and employment references.