# Caterer Jobs Scraper - UK Hospitality Hiring (`benthepythondev/caterer-jobs-scraper`) Actor Scrape Caterer.com hospitality jobs: title, company, location, salary, posted date and direct listing URL. - **URL**: https://apify.com/benthepythondev/caterer-jobs-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [ben](https://apify.com/benthepythondev) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs, Business, Lead generation - **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Caterer Jobs Scraper - UK Hospitality Hiring Data Scrape job listings from **Caterer.com** in one run. Get hospitality job titles, hiring companies, locations, salary text, posted dates, work-from-home flags when shown, company logos and direct job URLs from public Caterer.com search pages. Export the results to JSON, CSV or Excel, schedule recurring runs, call the actor through the Apify API, or connect the dataset to Google Sheets, Airtable, Clay, HubSpot, Make, Zapier or n8n. ### What is the Caterer Jobs Scraper? Caterer.com is one of the UK's best-known hospitality job boards and a focused source for restaurant, hotel, bar, catering, chef, kitchen, front-of-house, housekeeping, events and leisure hiring demand. Recruiters, staffing agencies, suppliers and market researchers use Caterer.com data to understand which venues and hospitality groups are hiring, where roles are concentrated and which parts of the hospitality labor market are moving. This actor turns public Caterer.com search-result pages into structured data. It uses direct HTTP requests and parses the server-rendered `data-at="job-item"` cards already present in the page, so it does not need a browser, login, API key or paid unblocker. Caterer.com can occasionally timeout on cloud datacenter IP ranges, so the actor includes an Apify Residential GB fallback for reliable scheduled runs. #### What data does it extract? - **Job title** - role name from the Caterer.com listing. - **Company** - hiring company, agency or venue group. - **Location** - listed city, area, postcode region or remote location. - **Salary** - salary text when shown on the card. - **Posted date** - relative posting age from Caterer.com. - **Work-from-home flag** - whether the card exposes a remote/work-from-home marker. - **Company logo** - logo URL when available. - **Direct job URL** - stable Caterer.com listing URL. - **Search URL** - the source search page that produced the record. - **Stable ID** - extracted from the job URL when available. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `searchUrls` | array | Caterer.com search-result URLs to scrape. | | `keyword` | string | Optional keyword used to build a Caterer.com search URL. | | `location` | string | Optional location used with keyword search. | | `domain` | string | Caterer.com domain, usually `www.caterer.com`. | | `useResidentialProxy` | boolean | Use Apify Residential proxy as a fallback for reliable Apify runs. | | `proxyCountry` | string | Residential proxy country, normally `GB`. | | `maxResults` | integer | Maximum jobs to return per search. | #### Example input ```json { "searchUrls": ["https://www.caterer.com/jobs/chef/in-london"], "maxResults": 50 } ```` Keyword and location search: ```json { "keyword": "restaurant manager", "location": "Manchester", "maxResults": 25 } ``` ### Output Each dataset item is one Caterer.com listing. ```json { "job_id": "107475509", "title": "Chef", "company": "Requsyol", "location": "Stonebridge Park, North West London (NW10), NW10", "url": "https://www.caterer.com/job/night-chef/requsyol-job107475509", "posted": "4 weeks ago", "work_from_home": false, "salary": "From £13 to £17 per hour", "company_logo": null, "search": "https://www.caterer.com/jobs/chef/in-london" } ``` ### Use cases - **Hospitality recruiting** - monitor venues and groups hiring chefs, managers, servers, bar staff, hotel teams and event staff. - **Staffing agency sourcing** - build fresh lead lists of companies with active hospitality vacancies. - **Supplier lead generation** - identify restaurants, hotels and venues expanding staff and likely buying uniforms, food service, training, software or equipment. - **Market research** - track salary text, locations, job categories and hiring intensity across UK hospitality. - **Job aggregation** - add hospitality-specific UK jobs to a broader employment dataset. - **Competitor monitoring** - watch hiring patterns for hospitality groups, hotels, restaurants, caterers and venue operators. - **Automation** - send new jobs to Sheets, Airtable, Slack, HubSpot, Clay, Make, Zapier or n8n. ### How to use the data Use `job_id` or `url` as the deduplication key. For daily monitoring, schedule the actor with a small `maxResults` value and compare new IDs against previous runs. For market research, group rows by keyword, location, company or salary text. For sales workflows, enrich hiring companies with domains, phone numbers, emails, company size, venue count or CRM account records. Caterer.com supports many filters on its website. Apply filters such as location, salary, date posted, contract type, hours, sector or job category on Caterer.com, then paste the resulting search URL into `searchUrls`. That gives you the same targeting as the website while keeping the output clean and structured. Pair this actor with Reed, Totaljobs, NHS Jobs, No Fluff Jobs, StepStone, Bayt, Naukri, Ashby, Recruitee and Workable to cover both public job boards and company career pages. Caterer.com is especially useful because it is vertical-specific: a fresh hospitality posting can reveal a venue opening, seasonal staffing push, management change or expansion. For lead-generation workflows, treat a fresh Caterer.com posting as a buying-intent signal. Companies hiring chefs, restaurant managers, hotel staff, cleaning teams, event staff or front-of-house teams often need related services: recruiting support, rota software, payroll, training, compliance, uniforms, booking systems, food service suppliers, cleaning services, payment terminals, insurance or local trades. The dataset is intentionally flat so it can be enriched downstream without extra parsing. ### FAQ **Does this require a Caterer.com account?** No. It reads public search pages. **Does it use a browser?** No. It uses direct HTTP requests and parses server-rendered job cards. **Can I scrape filtered Caterer.com URLs?** Yes. Paste filtered search URLs into `searchUrls`. **Can I search by keyword and location?** Yes. Use `keyword` and `location`. **Does it include salary?** Yes, when Caterer.com shows salary text on the search card. **Does it include full job descriptions?** This version focuses on search-result cards for speed and reliability. Detail-page enrichment can be added later if needed. **Why is a residential proxy option included?** Some StepStone-family job boards intermittently timeout on cloud datacenter IPs. The default GB residential fallback improves reliability for scheduled Apify runs. **Is this useful for lead generation?** Yes. Hospitality hiring activity is a strong signal for staffing, HR tech, payroll, training, food service, venue operations and local B2B services. **How often should I run it?** Daily is practical for monitoring new roles. Weekly is enough for broad market research. **How do I avoid duplicates?** Use `job_id` or `url` as the stable key. **Is it legal to scrape Caterer.com?** The actor collects publicly available job listing data. You are responsible for using the output lawfully and respecting privacy, employment, anti-spam and platform rules. ### You might also like - [Totaljobs Scraper](https://apify.com/benthepythondev/totaljobs-scraper) - [Reed Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/benthepythondev/reed-jobs-scraper) - [NHS Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/benthepythondev/nhs-jobs-scraper) - [No Fluff Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/benthepythondev/nofluffjobs-scraper) - [StepStone Scraper](https://apify.com/benthepythondev/stepstone-scraper) - [Bayt Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/benthepythondev/bayt-jobs-scraper) **Keywords:** Caterer scraper, Caterer.com scraper, Caterer jobs scraper, hospitality jobs scraper, UK hospitality hiring data, chef jobs scraper, restaurant jobs scraper, hotel jobs scraper, scrape Caterer.com, UK recruiting leads, hospitality lead generation, salary jobs data, Apify jobs scraper. # Actor input Schema ## `searchUrls` (type: `array`): Paste Caterer.com search-results URLs. Filter on the site, then copy the URL. Leave empty to use keyword + location below. ## `keyword` (type: `string`): Job title or keyword to search (used if no search URLs given), e.g. 'chef'. ## `location` (type: `string`): Optional city/region to combine with the keyword, e.g. 'London'. ## `domain` (type: `string`): Caterer.com domain for keyword searches. ## `useResidentialProxy` (type: `boolean`): Use Apify Residential proxy as a fallback when Caterer.com times out on datacenter IPs. Recommended for reliable Apify runs. ## `proxyCountry` (type: `string`): Residential proxy country for fallback requests. Use GB for caterer.com. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of jobs to return per search URL/keyword. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchUrls": [ "https://www.caterer.com/jobs/chef/in-london" ], "domain": "www.caterer.com", "useResidentialProxy": true, "proxyCountry": "GB", "maxResults": 25 } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchUrls": [ "https://www.caterer.com/jobs/chef/in-london" ], "domain": "www.caterer.com", "useResidentialProxy": true, "proxyCountry": "GB", "maxResults": 25 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("benthepythondev/caterer-jobs-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchUrls": ["https://www.caterer.com/jobs/chef/in-london"], "domain": "www.caterer.com", "useResidentialProxy": True, "proxyCountry": "GB", "maxResults": 25, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("benthepythondev/caterer-jobs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchUrls": [ "https://www.caterer.com/jobs/chef/in-london" ], "domain": "www.caterer.com", "useResidentialProxy": true, "proxyCountry": "GB", "maxResults": 25 }' | apify call benthepythondev/caterer-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=benthepythondev/caterer-jobs-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Caterer Jobs Scraper - UK Hospitality Hiring", "description": "Scrape Caterer.com hospitality jobs: title, company, location, salary, posted date and direct listing URL.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "FbQK1L4Mtz6iYcjsK" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/benthepythondev~caterer-jobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-benthepythondev-caterer-jobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/benthepythondev~caterer-jobs-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-benthepythondev-caterer-jobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/benthepythondev~caterer-jobs-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-benthepythondev-caterer-jobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "searchUrls": { "title": "Caterer.com search URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Paste Caterer.com search-results URLs. Filter on the site, then copy the URL. Leave empty to use keyword + location below.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "keyword": { "title": "Keyword / job title", "type": "string", "description": "Job title or keyword to search (used if no search URLs given), e.g. 'chef'." }, "location": { "title": "Location", "type": "string", "description": "Optional city/region to combine with the keyword, e.g. 'London'." }, "domain": { "title": "Domain", "type": "string", "description": "Caterer.com domain for keyword searches.", "default": "www.caterer.com" }, "useResidentialProxy": { "title": "Use residential proxy", "type": "boolean", "description": "Use Apify Residential proxy as a fallback when Caterer.com times out on datacenter IPs. Recommended for reliable Apify runs.", "default": true }, "proxyCountry": { "title": "Proxy country", "type": "string", "description": "Residential proxy country for fallback requests. Use GB for caterer.com.", "default": "GB" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results per search", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 2000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of jobs to return per search URL/keyword.", "default": 50 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```