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Season placements open across Ireland

8 live season contracts and 30 places on the crews, with employers we work with directly — summer in the hotels and coastal venues, festival and wedding cover, and the Christmas party run. Every one includes our pre-placement training block, a paid trial shift and a coordinator who stays with you after you start.

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Why join through us

What you get that a shift app will not give you

We are paid by employers on retention, not on the number of bodies we send. That changes what we do for you before, during and after a placement.

  • Training before you start

    Four funded days covering food safety, prep, equipment and a live service simulation. You arrive knowing how a kitchen runs instead of learning it mid-rush.

  • Paid properly, on the books

    PAYE with payslips, holiday accrual and Sunday premium. Rates from €13.50 an hour and above the national minimum on every placement we list.

  • A named coordinator

    One named contact who knows your placement and the head chef. They check in after week one, and they take the awkward conversations for you.

  • A route upward

    HACCP Level 2 funded at six months, supervisor modules at twelve. Most of the supervisor roles on this board are filled by people who started as porters with us.

  • Permits and paperwork handled with you

    PPS number, Revenue registration and contract review sitting beside a coordinator. For non-EEA candidates we build the employment permit file with the venue and track it to decision.

  • Kitchens we actually know

    We have stood in every kitchen on this list. If a venue does not support new starters properly, it does not appear here — we stopped sending people.

The job board

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No experience is required for anything marked Kitchen Support. Each card states its right-to-work position: most of these venues sponsor the employment permit for non-EEA applicants, and we build the permit file with you. If a role interests you but you are not sure you qualify, apply anyway — we would rather have the conversation.

8 placements open · 30 places on the crews

  • Kitchen SupportSummer season

    Twenty-one weeks in a seafront hotel kitchen that goes from 60 covers in May to 180 a day through July and August. You arrive off the Hearth & Hire training block with food safety done, so week one is prep, not paperwork.

    Kitchen Assistant — Summer Season

    Location
    Salthill, Galway
    Pay
    €14.20–€15.40 per hour, plus Sunday premium
    Places on the crew
    5 places on the crew this season
    Right to work
    Open to non-EU nationals — the venue sponsors the seasonal employment permit
    Season contract, 5 May to 28 September
  • CulinarySummer season

    Larder section in a harbour restaurant that trades hard from the June bank holiday to the end of the regatta season. A real brigade, a real section, and a chef de partie who has taken our people before.

    Commis Chef — Summer Season

    Location
    Kinsale, Co. Cork
    Pay
    €16.00–€17.80 per hour, live-in room available at €90 per week
    Places on the crew
    3 places on the crew this season
    Right to work
    Open to non-EU nationals — the venue sponsors the seasonal employment permit
    Season contract, 1 June to 30 September
  • Kitchen SupportSummer season

    Evening pot wash and back-of-house support in a coastal seafood room that turns 200 covers on a fine weekend. Twenty-five to thirty-two hours across four or five evenings for the length of the season.

    Kitchen Porter — Summer Season

    Location
    Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
    Pay
    €13.90 per hour, plus weekend premium
    Places on the crew
    5 places on the crew this season
    Right to work
    Open to non-EU nationals — the venue sponsors the seasonal employment permit
    Season contract, 12 May to 21 September
  • CulinarySummer season

    A 06:00 start on the full Irish and continental offer for a 140-bedroom hotel running at near-full occupancy all summer, finishing by 14:00. Suits someone who wants their afternoons and evenings back.

    Breakfast Chef — Summer Season

    Location
    Limerick City
    Pay
    €17.00–€18.50 per hour
    Places on the crew
    3 places on the crew this season
    Right to work
    Open to non-EU nationals — the venue sponsors the seasonal employment permit
    Season contract, 19 May to 14 September
  • Contract CateringFestival and wedding cover

    Hospitality and concession catering across the Galway festival calendar and the fixtures either side of it. Long days, big teams, and the fastest way we know to build a season of Irish kitchen references.

    Festival Catering Assistant

    Location
    Galway City
    Pay
    €14.60 per hour, event premiums apply
    Places on the crew
    5 places on the crew this season
    Right to work
    Open to non-EU nationals — the venue sponsors the seasonal employment permit
    Festival run, mid-July to early September
  • Kitchen SupportFestival and wedding cover

    Run the wash-up operation for a country-house hotel through a wedding season of roughly forty Saturdays, plus midweek banqueting. You lead a team of four seasonal porters and own the cleaning schedule end to end.

    Plate Room Lead — Wedding Season

    Location
    Cork City
    Pay
    €18.00–€19.50 per hour
    Places on the crew
    2 places on the crew this season
    Right to work
    EU/EEA right to work required
    Season contract, 1 April to 31 October
  • Banqueting and EventsChristmas season

    Nine weeks of party nights in a city-centre hotel ballroom: 400-cover set menus, six nights a week, from the first corporate lunch in November to the New Year residents’ dinner.

    Banqueting Commis Chef — Christmas Party Season

    Location
    Dublin 2
    Pay
    €16.50–€18.00 per hour, plus late-finish premium
    Places on the crew
    3 places on the crew this season
    Right to work
    Open to non-EU nationals — the venue sponsors the seasonal employment permit
    Season contract, 3 November to 2 January
  • Contract CateringChristmas season

    Six weeks of corporate lunches, party nights and staff-canteen Christmas service across contract catering sites in Limerick. Shifts released weekly, and the strongest people are first on the list for the summer season.

    Catering Assistant — Christmas Party Season

    Location
    Limerick City
    Pay
    €14.40 per hour, event premiums apply
    Places on the crew
    4 places on the crew this season
    Right to work
    EU/EEA right to work required
    Season contract, 10 November to 22 December

Nothing on the board suits you today?

Roughly half our placements never make it onto this page — they are filled from the pool of people already trained and waiting. Register your interest and your city coordinator will email you when something matching your hours comes in.

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