Kinds of work

Cooks in Sri Lanka

Restaurant and hotel kitchens need cooks for their busy periods, and many families want a cook for the daily meals. Ceylon Seva connects cooks with both, anywhere in Sri Lanka.

Looking for work as a cook?

Kitchens look for cooks who cook to a standard, keep the kitchen clean and work to service times. Families often want rice and curry, short eats or a particular diet. Describe the food you cook and where you have worked, so the offers suit you.

On Ceylon Seva you build a profile with your skills, experience and the hourly rate you expect. Once it’s approved, we send you job offers suited to you, and you decide which to take. Your hours are recorded and confirmed, and your payment statements show what you earned. You work as an independent contractor.

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Need a cook?

A business creates a project for its kitchen and books cooks for the dates it needs. A household creates a position for a cook with its own days and hours, for example weekday lunches and dinners. Either way, you compare the cooks matched to you and their hourly rates before you book.

Each worker sets their own hourly rate, and you see it before you book. The platform fees are published in full. See the fee structure

Questions

Can both restaurants and households book me?
Yes. When you build your profile, you choose whether you work for businesses, households or both, and the offers come from the clients you chose.
Can I find a cook for our daily meals at home?
Yes. Create a position for a household cook with the days and hours you need. You confirm the hours worked, and regular payments are charged automatically each week.
What should I put in my profile?
The food and dishes you cook, the kitchens or homes you have worked in, and the hourly rate you expect. Clients compare experience and rates when they choose.

Want to work as a cook?

Install the Ceylon Seva app on your phone and create your account in it. Then build your profile, and job offers come straight to you.

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