Is that similar to the service style on some shorter flights, like the Eastbound flights from the US east coast to London which are not a sleeper service (I may be mistaken) ?

Obviously not quite what you're hoping for on a longer flight LHR-AUS, but I can see it being an attractive way to decrease workload in a standardised way that can be implemented by both the caterers making the food and the staff serving it.
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