Food Technology - Multiple locations
Prepare different meals while learning kitchen skills such as food preparation and safety. You can also plan meals, create shopping lists and explore ways to reduce food waste.
Love making coffee, preparing food or working with people?
There are different ways to explore hospitality at Wallara. You might learn to make coffee, prepare meals, serve customers, work in a café or explore employment opportunities.
Choose the opportunities that suit your interests and goals. You don’t need to follow every step.
Day programs
STEP 1: Learn and practise hospitality skills
Explore different ways to build practical hospitality skills, from preparing food and making coffee to learning customer service.
Cottage Kitchen - Sages Cottage Farm
Use fresh produce from Sages Cottage Farm to prepare meals for Wallara clients and staff. Cook, plan meals and build your hospitality skills alongside the team.
Barista Skills - Pakenham
Learn to make different coffees and use café equipment alongside your Support Coach. Practise your skills before exploring other hospitality opportunities.
Coffee Cart - Sages Cottage Farm
Make coffee, use café equipment and practise your barista skills at the Sages Coffee Cart.
Day programs
STEP 2: Build your hospitality skills
Put your hospitality skills into practice through customer service, taking orders, handling money and serving food and drinks.
The Welcome Post Café - Seaford
Work in a real café environment at The Welcome Post Café, located within Frankston RSL. Prepare coffee and morning tea, serve veterans, use a point-of-sale system, and strengthen your customer service and communication skills with support from experienced Support Coaches and RSL staff.
Before you start: This program is suited to people who already have some hospitality skills or experience. An interview and skills assessment will help determine whether it’s a good fit.
Café W - Potter Learning Campus
Make coffee, serve pre-packaged food, greet customers and practise order taking at Café W. Build skills and confidence using the Square point‑of‑sale system, processing sales and safely handling money in a supportive, hands‑on environment.
Supported Employment
STEP 3: Practise your skills in a workplace
Work at one of Wallara’s internal Café W locations. Practise your hospitality skills while preparing food and drinks and serving Wallara staff and clients.
Café W @ 160 - Keysborough
Practise your hospitality skills at Café W @ 160, serving Wallara staff and clients at Wallara’s Head Office and Wallara Logistics.
Help prepare food and drinks, serve customers and provide catering for meetings and events.
Café W @ Reservoir
Practise your hospitality skills at Café W@ Reservoir, serving Wallara Logistics staff and clients. Make coffee, serve pre-packaged food, greet customers and take orders.
Supported Employment
STEP 4: Work in a social enterprise café
Explore Supported Employment opportunities in Wallara’s public-facing Café W locations. Work as part of a café team alongside Wallara coaches, serving customers and working across coffee making, food preparation, customer service and other café tasks.
Café W @ Seaford
Coffee, food and customer service
Work as part of the Café W team at the Healthy Futures Hub in Seaford. Prepare and serve coffee, breakfast and lunch, help with customer service and take part in catering.
Café W @ Monash
Coffee, snacks and customer service
Work as part of the Café W team at Monash University. Prepare and serve coffee, cold drinks and snacks while working with customers in a university setting.
Supported Employment
STEP 5: Work at in a busy hospitality environment
Supported Employment at Sages Cafe (Sages Cottage Farm) with opportunities to broaden experience and, where relevant, complete industry training such as RSA and food safety certification.
Sages Cafe - Sages Cottage Farm - Baxter
Work as part of the hospitality team at Sages Café at Sages Cottage Farm. Build experience across food and drink service, customer service and other café tasks alongside qualified chefs, baristas and hospitality team members.
As a busy hospitality environment, Sages Café may be suited to people who already have some hospitality skills or experience and are interested in building on them.
Depending on your role, you may also have opportunities to complete relevant hospitality training, such as Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) and food safety certification.
Open Employment
STEP 6: Explore other employment opportunities
Wallara can support you to explore employment opportunities with other employers. Some people may choose Open Employment, continue in Supported Employment, or combine different employment opportunities.
Open Employment
Open Employment may be another option depending on your individual employment goals.
Wallara can support you to explore employment opportunities with other employers. Some people may also choose to continue in Supported Employment while working in Open Employment.
Hospitality pathway stories
See Brendan, Courtney and Olivia's hospitality pathways
Interested in hospitality at Wallara?
Talk with the Client Experience Team about your interests, goals and which hospitality opportunities might suit you.
