£15 an hour, from shift one.
Above the Real Living Wage, and the same whether it is your first Friday or your fiftieth. The Warren does not take tips, so the wage is the wage: set properly, not topped up by luck.
We are hiringFront of house and kitchen
Come and work somewhere that matters.
The Warren is open Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday lunch, and it is busier than we planned for. So we are building the team that takes it forward: front of house, kitchen, and the people who make a Friday night feel like the best one in town.
- £15an hour
- Fri, Sat, Sunpick your services
- A mealon every shift
- No tipsjust a proper wage
Deri, on the step at 11 Mansel Street.
Ten years on Mansel StreetAnd starting again
It is not just a job here.
Deri opened The Warren in 2016 with money the town put in. It became one of the best places to eat in Wales, and the BBC named it Community Food Champion in 2024.
This year it came back, and it came back different: run as a collective, with the community holding a real stake in it, local growers on the menu and the room open to everyone. The tenth birthday sold out. The tables are filling again.
We are building something that lasts, and the people on the floor and in the kitchen are the biggest part of it. You would not be filling a gap on a rota. You would be one of the reasons it works.
Front of house Kitchen Fri, Sat, Sun £15 an hour
Why you would want toSix honest reasons
What you get.
Shifts that fit your life.
Tell us which services you can do and the rota is built around that, published a week ahead. Students, parents, people with a second job or a band: all welcome, and all planned for.
Fed, properly.
A proper meal on every shift, cooked in the same kitchen that feeds the room. Not whatever is left over at the end.
Food worth being proud of.
Good Food Guide Top 100 every year from 2019. Vegetables grown to order by farms a few miles away. You will know the story behind every plate, and guests will ask.
A small team with a real say.
No head office and no manual. If you spot a better way of doing something, you say so on Friday and it is how we do it on Saturday.
Bigger than a job.
Community suppers, volunteers, music nights, guest chefs and a Community Pot that funds food for people who need it. Work a shift here and you are part of all of it.
The rolesIn Deri's words
Who we are looking for.
Kitchen Support
An experienced person to support our kitchen lead, Tracy, and have her back in the kitchen. From prep and plating to keeping the kitchen spick and span. Someone Tracy can count on to keep the kitchen running smoothly when service gets busy.
- Reliable and punctual - if you commit, Tracy can count on you
- Experienced with prep, plating and keeping a small kitchen moving
- Calm, steady and organised when service gets busy
- Happy to take instruction from Tracy and to step up and run a section when she needs you to
- Happy following a menu and plating style created by someone else
- Cleans as you go and takes pride in leaving the kitchen spotless
- Understands food hygiene, allergens and avoiding cross-contamination
- Communicates clearly and asks questions before the rush begins
- Appreciates good local produce and handles it with care
- Friendly, flexible and ready to muck in wherever needed
Front of House
You’ll be the warm, confident face of The Warren, looking after our guests from their first welcome to their final goodbye. You’ll guide people through the menu, share the stories behind our local producers, and serve food and wine with care. You’ll work closely with the kitchen to keep service relaxed, organised and flowing. We are looking for leaders as well as people who want to be led. If you have run a floor before, we need people to lead front of house and manage the room. If you are newer to it, we will show you how.
- Warm and confident with guests, without being formal or overbearing
- Experienced in table service and comfortable talking about food and wine
- Leaders: ready to run the floor, manage the room and look after the team on a busy night
- Newer to it: keen to be led, to learn fast and to grow with us
- Reliable and punctual - if you commit, I can count on you
- Calm and organised when several tables need you at once
- Someone who notices what guests need before they have to ask
- Clear and thoughtful when communicating with the kitchen
- Happy working closely with a small team and helping wherever needed
- Curious about our local producers and keen to learn the story behind the menu
- Smart, tidy and proud to represent The Warren
- Open, honest and good-humoured, even during a busy service
Not sure which fits? Apply anyway and say so. Plenty of the best people we have worked with started on the floor and ended up in the kitchen, or the other way round.
How it worksNo hoops
From here to your first shift.
- Apply. Five minutes, three short pages. A CV helps but is not required. So does a thirty second selfie video on why you want to work here: optional, one button on your phone, and we would love one.
- The Warren team reads it. Every one. If it looks like a fit, we email you to pick a time for a short call.
- Come and see the place. Meet the team, see the kitchen and the room, ask anything you like.
- Pick your shifts. Tell us what you can do and you are on the rota.
Why would you not?Five minutes, maybe ten
Come and join us.
Answer what you want to answer. Nothing is a test, nothing is sent until the last page, and you can go back without losing anything.
It goes to the Warren team, nobody else, and never into an AI tool. What we do with your details. If you would rather just write to us, send us a message and that is just as good.
The Warren 11 Mansel Street Carmarthen