Job advert template
Head chef 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
- Head chef
- Where
- [town or address], on site
- Hours
- Full time, [schedule]
- Pay
- [amount] to [amount] € a month before tax
- Contract
- [Permanent or fixed term], starting [date]
- What you will do
- Run the kitchen and its [number] cooks
- Write the menu and cost each dish
- Order ingredients and watch the stock
- Answer for food quality and food safety
- You must have
- [Number] years as a cook, at least [number] of them running a kitchen
- Able to write and cost a menu
- Knows the food safety self-check requirements
- Good to have
- A vocational qualification
- Experience with [style of cuisine]
- How to apply
- [your link], by [date]
- Your answer
- Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
How much does a head chef earn in Estonia?
According to Statistics Estonia, the average full-time gross monthly pay of chefs (ISCO 3434) was 1,901 € in the second quarter of 2026, and the median was 1,676 €.
- Chefs (ISCO 3434)
- average 1,901 €, median 1,676 €
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 1 October 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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