£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 hiringChristmas Kitchen Help and Christmas casual staff
Come and work somewhere that matters.
December is our busiest month, so we are looking for casual help in the kitchen, any shifts you can do between 4 and 30 December.
- £15an hour
- £15an hour, same as everyone
- A mealon every shift
- Your shifts4 to 30 December
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 in 2024 the BBC named Deri its Community Food Hero.
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.
Christmas Kitchen Help Christmas casual staff 4 to 30 Dec £15 an hour
Why you would want toSix honest reasons
What you get.
Shifts that fit your life.
Tell us which December days you can do, and the rota fits around you. One shift a week or ten, both help.
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.
Christmas Kitchen Help
Casual kitchen help for December, any shifts from 4 to 30 December. £15 an hour, the same as everyone at the Warren. We don't take tips. Washing up, prep, and helping Tracy, our kitchen lead, keep things moving on the busiest days of the year. A proper meal on every shift. Students and college chefs on their winter break are very welcome. Tell us which days you can do, and the rota fits around you.
- Reliable: when you're on the rota, you're there
- Happy to muck in, from the washing up to the prep
- Calm and quick when it's busy
- Kitchen experience helps, but it isn't required
- Available for at least a few shifts between 4 and 30 December
Christmas casual staff
£15 an hour.
Hospitality experience and a few hours to spare over Christmas? On our busiest days we need extra hands, paid by the hour, with no set hours and no promise of a shift. Put yourself on the list and we ring round when a day needs you.
- Pot wash and kitchen porter
- Kitchen prep
- Taking orders and serving
- Behind the bar
This is the one role we are hiring for right now. If you are interested in something else, send us a message instead.
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.
- Join the rota. Pick your December shifts and start as soon as 4 December.
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.
ChristmasCasual shifts
Extra hands for Christmas
December gets busy. Some days we have a hundred people booked in and need a few more pairs of hands for a few hours. If you have worked in hospitality and would like the odd paid shift over Christmas, leave your details and we will ring you when a day needs you.
£15 an hour.
This is casual work: no set hours and no promise of a shift. When a busy day comes up, this list is the first place we look.
The Warren 11 Mansel Street Carmarthen