Roman Dyduk




Roman Dyduk
Director, Restaurateur & Schnitzel Aficionado

For the last 35 years, Roman Dyduk has been designing, building and improving his Melbourne cafes and restaurants. Roman’s life passion is cooking and experimenting with healthy ways of cooking. He opened his first restaurant in 1975, SOS Pancake & Schnitzel Hut on the corner of Flinders Lane and Spencer St (Melbourne). He has established and operated the following successful cafes/restaurants:
  1. SOS Pancake & Schnitzel Hut (Corner Flinders Lane & Spencer St, Melbourne)
  2. Szarotka Cafeteria (Flinders Fair Shopping Centre, Melbourne CBD)
  3. Romano’s (Glenferrie Rd, Malvern)
  4. Café Romano (Burke Rd, Camberwell, near Camberwell Junction)
  5. Café Romano (Glen Waverley)
  6. Roman’s Café (Glen Waverley)
  7. Romanis (St Kilda Rd, Melbourne)
  8. Buffets Brasserie (Flinders T, Melbourne)
  9. Good Taste Café (King St, Melbourne)
  10. JJ Connoisseur’s (Lonsdale St, Melbourne)
  11. JC’s Cafe (Spencer St, Melbourne)
  12. Full Plate Café (Flinders Lane, Melbourne)
  13. Café Kinetic (Flinders Lane, Melbourne)

Over the years Roman has designed, developed and operated many different types of café and restaurant concepts including a number of very successful smorgasbord restaurants (Romanis, Buffets, JJ Connoissuer’s, Full Plate Café and Café Kinetic). The best selling and most praised items on his menu were his traditional, pan-cooked schnitzels.

Roman developed the Schnitz concept in answer to the overwhelming amount of requests he received from his loyal customers. He learnt how to make the perfect schnitzel at a Jewish restaurant in Acland St, St Kilda back in 1974 and to this day has faithfully continued to make schnitzels to the exacting recipe that was taught to him so many years ago. He has turned schnitzel making into an art-form and his passion and dedication to satisfying his customers ultimately led to the creation of Schnitz – Pan Cooked Schnitzels.

Apart from cooking amazing schnitzels, Roman’s expertise also abounds in the selection of prominent, high-traffic sites and the design and construction of his cafes/restaurants. He is an expert at store layout design and fit-out and has built all his businesses from the ground up with his team of experienced tradesman. Roman will be working with all Franchisees to select the best sites and design a Schnitz store that is practical, functional and looks great.

Roman can be contacted on 0417 339 227 or via email: roman@schnitz.com.au