Develop your passion for wine while advancing your career
Start 2026 with a new role, a new challenge, and a new team of wine professionals.
Supernormal and neighbouring wine bar Bar Miette opened at 443 Queen Street on the banks of the Brisbane river in mid-2024 and have quickly gained local and international recognition. Supernormal was named one of the Best New Restaurants in the World by Condé Nast Traveller's 2025 Hot List, and featured by Tourism Australia as one of the Top 25 Things to Do in Australia in 2025. Bar Miette was Runner‑Up for Best Micro Wine List and Best Value Wine List at The World of Fine Wine's World's Best Wine Lists Awards 2025. Their menus celebrate local produce and connect with Queensland's farmers, fishers and foragers, to offer contemporary Australian dishes in two distinct venues.
As Senior Sommelier, you'll work alongside industry leaders in a hands‑on, fast‑paced, and creative role. You'll help shape our beverage culture, train and lead the team, manage stock, and deliver exceptional guest experiences - all while enjoying a flexible roster and career progression.
What we offer:
* Work within one of Brisbane's most dynamic beverage programs
* Collaborate with passionate hospitality professionals
* An attractive salary and tips paid weekly
* Internal promotions – develop and grow with us
* Flexible roster with a mix of day and night shifts across 7 days
* Innovative and engaging training programs across service, food and beverage, operations, finance, wellbeing, management systems and people & culture
* Your creative input is encouraged – have a say in the future of the business
* Support and training to recruit, train and develop your own team
* An existing team that is established, yet eager to learn
* Access to WSET training with our Beverage Director and Gourmet Traveller's 2020 Sommelier of the year, Leanne Altmann
* Dynamic team environment where knowledge and experience is shared
* The opportunity to work alongside respected industry leaders, both in Brisbane and Melbourne
* Access to our Employee Assistance Program - a free counselling service to support your emotional and psychological wellbeing
What you'll bring:
* A minimum of 3 years in wine buying or senior sommelier roles, ideally in restaurants of a similar calibre
* Enthusiasm to build relationships in service with our community of guests
* A trained and astute palate with sound fault analysis, open to wine styles both classic and contemporary
* Formal qualifications such as WSET, Court of Master Sommeliers or equivalent knowledge are highly valued; curiosity essential
* Deep and broad knowledge across Australian and international wine regions, and producers benchmark and emerging
* A talent for discovering expressive, distinctive wines that excite both seasoned collectors and curious newcomers.
* An understanding of the commercial contribution of the beverage program and the levers that ultimately drive its success
* Knowledge that can comfortably guide guests through the great wines, vineyards and regions of the world
* A service-driven ethos with an eye for detail whose passion and charming service offers an exceptional experience to our guests
We genuinely love hospitality, and all that goes with it. You're not in the office all day, you're hands‑on: creating, training, engaging, tasting, laughing, inspiring. This role will immerse you in all aspects of shaping a successful business, with room for personality and passion.
This position is a long‑term engagement. Senior members of the beverage team work together closely – both in venue and with the broader team in Melbourne – and our strength comes from support and community. Trader House looks within for talent to help build new opportunities, and there are always exciting, interesting and challenging projects on the horizon.
About Trader House:
Supernormal and our neighbouring wine bar, Bar Miette, are part of Trader House - a collective of restaurants, bars, and specialty retail stores by Melbourne-based chef, cookbook author and columnist Andrew McConnell and photographer Jo McGann. They are Gimlet, Apollo Inn, Cutler, Supernormal, Cumulus Inc., Marion, Builders Arms Hotel, Bar Miette, Meatsmith Heritage Butcher and Morning Market.
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