Job advert template
Cook job advert template
Copy this advert, fill in the parts in brackets and publish it wherever you advertise now. The pay goes in, because since 13 July 2026 every candidate in Estonia must know it before the interview.
The advert
The parts in brackets are yours to fill in. The button copies the advert as plain text.
- Job title
- Cook
- Where
- [restaurant or canteen name and address]
- Hours
- Full time, shifts, [including evenings and weekends]
- Pay
- [amount] to [amount] € a month before tax
- Contract
- [Permanent or fixed term], starting [date]
- What you will do
- Cook from [the à la carte menu or the daily menu]
- Prepare ingredients
- Keep the kitchen clean and food safe
- Help order and receive goods
- You must have
- [Number] years' experience as a cook
- Knowledge of food safety rules
- Ready for shift work
- Good to have
- Culinary training
- Experience with [a cuisine or field]
- How to apply
- [your link], by [date]
- Your answer
- Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
How much does a cook earn in Estonia?
According to Statistics Estonia, the average full-time gross monthly pay of cooks (ISCO 5120) was 1,414 € in the second quarter of 2026, and the median was 1,318 €.
- Cooks (ISCO 5120)
- average 1,414 €, median 1,318 €
Full-time equivalent gross monthly pay by workplace, all of Estonia. The median is the pay that half the people in the group earn more than and half less. Source Statistics Estonia's pay app, checked on 25 September 2026.
How Staffholm uses it
Paste the advert into Staffholm and it becomes your careers page link. Staffholm reads the requirements from it, asks each applicant about the ones their CV leaves open, and when the advert states the pay, every interview invitation repeats it in writing.
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