The quiet art of feeding schools well
From the great Kiwi breakfast to Sunday roasts, Ovation delivers warm, reliable hospitality to New Zealand’s independent schools.
You know when it’s time to hustle. You see what needs doing. You don’t miss a beat.
We provide hospitality in places that matter. Schools that shape young minds. Hospitals where care is everything. Stadiums. Corporate workplaces full of energy and ambition. We’re not here for the glamour. We’re here because food matters. It comforts. It connects. It keeps things moving.
And behind every smooth lunch service or perfectly-timed flat white is a team that hums. Some of us have been in kitchens for decades. Some are just starting out. But we share a way of working – sleeves rolled up, details nailed, no fuss. A willingness to graft, to laugh, to work shoulder-to-shoulder. And to do it all again tomorrow.
We might be a young company, but we stand on 50 years of know-how. That means experience where it counts – and the freedom to do things differently. We care about local ingredients, low-waste kitchens, ethical choices. And we care – deeply – about the people who make it all happen.
So if you’re looking for a place where your work means something – and your teammates do too – pull up a chair.
There’s room at the table.
Our team at Mt Smart – up the Wahs! go Auckland FC! – advertise jobs online on pages like the Go Media Stadium Facebook page, and you’re also very welcome to email us to say hello or let us know you’re keen. We also post vacancies regularly on Seek – just search under ‘Ovation’.
Hospitality is, at its core, about people. And we’re lucky to work with some of the most hardworking, big-hearted people you’ll find anywhere. I’m here to make sure they feel supported, part of a team that looks after its own.
- Simone Hachache, Ovation’s Head of HR
From the great Kiwi breakfast to Sunday roasts, Ovation delivers warm, reliable hospitality to New Zealand’s independent schools.
No launch party. No song and dance. Just 1,250 staff and a clear idea of what good hospitality looks like.
Ovation’s new initiative aims to bring the taste, memory and mana of Māori and Pasifika dishes to hospital kitchens across New Zealand.