Location Morwell Campus
Phone (03) 5120 4500

GippsTAFE café and restaurants offer a fine dining experience at a reasonable price.

The Waratah Training Restaurant is situated overlooking the lake in the Morwell Civic Gardens. Meals range from casual bistro style lunches on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays to fine dining dinners on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Other dates are available for private functions.

The restaurant is open throughout the academic year.

Waratah Restaurant is an essential part of the learning process for our hospitality students as they fine tune their practical skills. The restaurant experience is part of the training program for students studying Certificate II in Hospitality (Operations), Certificate II in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery) or Certificate IV in Hospitality (Food and Beverage Service) and Diploma in Hospitality Students.

The Waratah also provides training for VET (Vocational Education and Training) in Schools Program.

Students also compete on various competitions and demonstrations during the year, including the Victorian Les Toques Blanches Awards for excellence and the International Fine Foods Festival held in Melbourne.

Bookings are essential, for reservations and enquiries please contact GippsTAFE's Waratah Restaurant Morwell Campus on (03) 5120 4508.

Sample Menu

Potato gnocchi with blue cheese sauce or
Spinach and feta frittata with sundried tomato and capsicum relish

Spiced lamb stack with fried eggplant and cumin lentils or
Roast duck breast with sweet potato mash, bok choy and bittersweet orange sauce

Caramelized pineapple with chili and vanilla, pineapple filos and strawberry balsamic reduction or
Cinnamon churros, with vanilla custard with peanut chocolate ice cream