Why Restaurant Associates

Restaurant Associates is all about creating experiences. Our service approach is flexible and scalable, perfectly tailored to your needs with a strong emphasis on transparency and efficiency. We weave professionalism, expertise, reliability and a creative flair through all areas of our business and service offering, leaving our clients with complete peace of mind.

Our heritage

Since its inception in the early 1950s, Restaurant Associates has had collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Our founders brought culinary expertise in from our own set of Manhattan’s most famous landmarks including ‘Brasserie’ (the first 24-hour restaurant) and the ‘Four Seasons’ (infamous home of the business power lunch). 

Our unique approach reached Australian shores in 2004 when a client demanded a bespoke hospitality solution, not a traditional catering company. Restaurant Associates was the perfect solution. Now we operate in some of the most dynamic corporate offices and treasured venues across the country.  

What fuelled success in our infancy still makes us different today – our clients and collective intent to deliver great things. 

Our values

Our values are the heart of everything we do:

Customer

Customer

Clients, guests, call them what you will. Without them we are nothing.
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Creativity

Creativity

Our creativity shines through our food, service, thoughts and values, whilst in the pursuit of excellence.
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Collaborations

Collaborations

We listen hard and work in partnership with a view to crafting the perfect offer.
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Community

Community

To leave a healthy footprint in the hearts and heads of our people and their communities.
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Commerciality

Commerciality

We understand the value of money by earning and spending it wisely.
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Our commitments

We are passionate about not only ‘doing the right thing’ but making it easier for our guests to make ‘planet-friendly’ choices.  

We are committed to leading by example and always operating responsibly. Nurturing our environment, positively contributing to the communities we inhabit, taking an active role in creating healthier food for healthier lives and ensuring we manage essential resources carefully, source sustainably and ruthlessly reduce waste. This is brought to life via numerous challenges we have set ourselves, including a commitment to reach Climate Net Zero emissions by 2050.  

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