Every job here shows what it pays.
Chef, front of house, bar and management work across the UK, posted by the venue doing the hiring. Never an agency.
- The first venues are being verified now
- Checked against Companies House
- Free for candidates, always
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Every venue is checked against Companies House and approved by hand before it can post, so the first listings take a little longer to arrive than they would elsewhere. That same check is why you will never find an agency here.
Direct employers only
The person reading your application runs the kitchen.
Every company here is checked against Companies House and approved by hand before it can post. Agencies are turned away, so nobody is reselling you to a venue you have never heard of.
Browse every jobLooking for work
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Fill in your profile once
Your history, your skills and what you are looking for. No CV to write, and nothing to upload.
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Apply in seconds
The same profile goes to every venue, so applying is one tap rather than one form.
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See where you stand
Every application shows its status, and you are told when it moves.
Hiring
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Register your venue
Checked against Companies House and approved by hand. Agencies are turned away.
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Post a job with its pay on it
Salary is not optional here. You can ask up to three questions with it.
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Search chefs directly
Candidates who choose to be found are searchable by role, skill and area, and you talk to them, not a middleman.
Worth reading
All adviceDevelopment chefs: the cooks who write the dishes other kitchens cook
A development chef creates, tests, costs and specifies new dishes for groups and food brands, then trains kitchens to cook them. What the job involves.
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Kitchen assistant: a bit of everything, and the reason it exists
A kitchen assistant preps, serves, cleans and keeps a small or institutional kitchen running. What the job involves and how it differs from a kitchen porter.
5 min read
The kitchen porter: the job that decides whether a kitchen can cook
A kitchen porter runs the pot wash and dish machine, keeps floors and bins safe and puts deliveries away. What a KP does on shift and why a kitchen hires one.
4 min read
What the job actually pays
Find out what you should be earning.
Not a survey and not an estimate. Every job on Covers has to state its salary before it can be published, so we can count them and tell you where you sit.
Compare your payHow Covers is different
- Salary on every job
- Not “competitive”, not “depending on experience”. A venue cannot publish here without stating the pay.
- Direct employers only
- Every company is checked against Companies House and approved by hand before it can post. Agencies are turned away.
- You can see who replies
- We publish how often a venue responds to applications, and how quickly. Silence shows up.