Head chef
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]
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 these figures are made
Estonia
- 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. The usual range is the middle half of people in the group, the 25th to the 75th percentile, estimated from Statistics Estonia's pay bands of 500 €.
What the job pays in other countries
It pays most in Denmark, about 3.6 times the Estonian median, though the Danish figure includes pension. If you send workers abroad or hire from there, this is the comparison that matters.
| Country | Median | Usual range | In euros a month | Occupation group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EstoniaQ2 2026 | 1,676 € | 1,188–2,416 € | 1,676 € | Chefs (3434) |
| Finland2024 | 3,520 € | not published | 3,520 € | Chefs (3434) |
| Sweden2025 | 39,900 SEK | 37,500–43,500 SEK | ≈ 3,534 € | Chefs and sous-chefs (3451) |
| Norway2025 | 48,520 NOK | 43,000–55,150 NOK | ≈ 4,480 € | Chefs (3434) |
| Denmark2025 | 44,496 DKK | 39,541–50,085 DKK | ≈ 5,954 € | Chefs (3434) |
| Germany2025 | 3,899 € | 3,348–4,618 € | 3,899 € | Supervisors in cooking (29393) |
| United Kingdom2025 | 30,010 GBP a year | 25,894–36,126 GBP a year | ≈ 2,941 € | Chefs (5434, closest group) |
Median pay for full-time work from each country's official source: Statistics Estonia, Statistics Finland, Statistics Sweden, Statistics Norway, Statistics Denmark, Federal Employment Agency, Office for National Statistics. The sources count slightly differently. Denmark's figure includes pension, Germany's holiday and Christmas pay, and the United Kingdom publishes a year's pay, divided by twelve here for the monthly comparison. Jobs are grouped by ISCO-08. Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom have their own classifications, matched to it, and "closest group" marks a group that is near, not the same. Where a country counts fewer than 2,000 people in a job's first group and more in its second, the second is used. The usual range is the middle half of people in the job, the 25th to the 75th percentile. Finland publishes only the 10th and 90th, so it has none. In euros at the European Central Bank rate of 2 October 2026, 1 € = 11.29 SEK, 1 € = 10.83 NOK, 1 € = 7.47 DKK and 1 € = 0.85 GBP. These figures describe the market, not the minimum a collective agreement sets.