01. Staffing platform

The right person.
The right kitchen.
Without friction.

380+
chefs & front-of-house staff in our curated pool
3 days
from request to the team standing in your kitchen
0 %
VAT on your invoice. EU reverse-charge service

Stafflab is a Swedish-Polish staffing agency renting out chefs, pantry cooks, dishwashers and front-of-house staff to restaurants, hotels, caterers and corporate kitchens, on 3-month minimum contracts. As an EU service we invoice with reverse-charge VAT: you pay no VAT.

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— For whom

Three sides of the same labour market. One platform.

01 / Kitchen

Chefs, sous chefs, pantry cooks

Experienced chefs from Poland and Sweden with à-la-carte, hotel and production-kitchen backgrounds. We match cuisine, pace and language to your menu.

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02 / Front of house

Waiters, bartenders, runners

English-speaking service staff with POS and wine knowledge. À-la-carte, hotel breakfast, catering and event bars, same faces, whole season.

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03 / Dish & support

Dishwashers, kitchen porters, cleaners

Punctual and routined. We cover the stations that usually sink a full kitchen, plate dishwashing, prep, mise en place, close-down.

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— How it works

Four steps from request to season.

STEP 01

Call or email

Tell us what you need, a chef with seafood experience, a waiter with wine training, a kitchen team for the whole season. We reply within one business day.

STEP 02

We propose staff

You get CVs, references and photos of 2–3 candidates from our pool. All insured, registered and with the right to work in Sweden.

STEP 03

The team shows up

In their own chef's jacket or service shirt, with knife roll and shoes. Hours are logged via app; you approve the week at the end.

STEP 04

One invoice — no VAT

We handle wages, tax, social charges and insurance. You get a single EU invoice with reverse-charge VAT (0 %), 30 days net.

— FAQ

Answers to what you're wondering.

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  • What conditions does your personnel have?+
    Our personnel are employed by STAFFLAB Sp. z o.o. in Poland and posted to Sweden under the EU Posting of Workers Directive. Wages, unsocial-hours pay, weekend supplements and holiday pay are at Swedish market level — all included in the hourly rate. Full pay specifications are available on request.
  • Are your staff insured and registered?+
    Yes. All staff are either employed by us in Sweden or posted via our Polish company with an A1 certificate. They have Swedish F-tax registration, occupational and liability insurance, and valid work permits.
  • Does your staff speak Swedish?+
    All front-of-house staff speak Swedish. Kitchen staff rarely need it, most speak English plus enough Swedish to read orders and communicate with the floor. We mark the language level on each candidate's profile.
  • How fast can you deliver?+
    For seasonal and long-term assignments, 1–3 weeks of lead time is enough. Offices in Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö and Gdańsk let us put a team together quickly. Minimum contract length is 3 months.
  • What does it cost?+
    From 315 SEK/hour for a dishwasher up to 390 SEK/hour for a head chef, all-inclusive (wage, tax, insurance). No VAT is added (EU reverse charge). See the full price list on Pricing.
  • Do we pay VAT?+
    No. Stafflab invoices from our EU company (Poland) under reverse-charge rules. You report incoming/outgoing VAT yourself in your Swedish VAT return, net effect is 0 %. The VAT registration number is provided in the contract.
We got a complete kitchen brigade in three weeks — same team the whole summer. I don't know how they do it, but it works.
MR
M. Rydberg
Head chef · Archipelago hotel, Stockholm
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30 minutes with one of our specialists. No sales pitch, we show the product against your actual shifts and answer what you're wondering.

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— Lab Ecosystem

Two studios. One ecosystem.

Stafflab finds the team. Our sister studio restolab builds restaurant concepts — from idea to first guest.

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