Grano Group · Trondheim
This page explains who we are, what the work is, and what living in Trondheim actually costs. Read it before you fill in the questionnaire.
We came here for a season. We liked the place, we worked, and eventually we took a step further. Today we're five Italians trying to build something genuinely ours. We're a young company — we care about our people, and we care about our guests.
We cook the way we'd cook at home. If it isn't right, it doesn't leave the kitchen.
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We're a young company, still growing into itself. New ideas, new ways of doing things.
What we look for is simple. Someone who takes ownership of their station, whatever that station is. A real team player, who makes the people around them better. And someone who genuinely cares how the guest leaves.
Food comes first. Service right behind it.
Pizza classica. 70% hydration. Ten hours at controlled temperature, twelve at room temperature, then cut and balled and left two to three days before it's worked. Electric ovens in all three restaurants.
At Osteria Moderna the pizza runs alongside a full à la carte kitchen — roughly 60/40 between kitchen and pizza.
The station is always properly staffed. On weekends, more hands.
Every cook is responsible for their own station — antipasti, primi, secondi, dessert. On the busy days, Friday and Saturday, you get extra hands, and the head chef works the pass and calls the service.
Osteria Moderna is the à la carte kitchen — full menu, real timing, up to 300 covers on a Saturday. The pizzerias run at a faster rhythm.
At Osteria Moderna the list is wider — wine, cocktails, a proper menu — and you're guiding the guest through the meal. You suggest, you read what they want, you make the choice easy.
In the pizzerias it's simpler and quicker. You're hosting: keeping the room warm, the tables moving, and the guest well looked after from the moment they sit.
Trondheim is Norway's third city, around 210,000 people, on a fjord. Compact enough to walk, with a big student population and a real hospitality scene.
There's plenty to do here, but it's calm — nothing is thrown at you. The options are there, you just have to go and find them.
For the full picture of the city, visittrondheim.no does a better job than we can.
There's no bad weather, only the wrong clothing. A proper jacket and boots make the difference — worth budgeting for if you arrive in autumn or winter.
Some prices are higher here — but not evenly, and not in the way people assume.
Where the difference really shows up: going out, alcohol and tobacco, all taxed heavily in Norway. That's largely where "Norway is expensive" comes from.
Where it's closer than people expect: everyday food and basic groceries.
Naples used as the comparison city — Italy's third largest, like Trondheim is Norway's. NOK unless stated. Mobile plans: Mycall and Iliad.
You're paid by the minute here, not on a fixed monthly salary. Every minute you work is paid, and evenings and weekends pay extra on top. Working hours and overtime follow the law strictly.
Twenty-five holiday days a year, by law. For that period you receive feriepenger — holiday pay worth 10.2% of what you earned gross the previous year, paid out the following summer.
Sick leave is covered by law, so you're not left without income if something happens.
Healthcare is public. You pay a small amount to see a doctor, and hospital treatment and emergencies cost you nothing.
For your first years here you pay a flat 25%, taken directly from your salary. Nothing to file, nothing owed later. You can check the rules yourself at skatteetaten.no.
As an EU/EEA citizen you don't need a work visa.
We help you get your D-number when you arrive — that's what lets you start working, get paid, and open a bank account. The full personal number and police registration come later, once you're settled. No rush, and no risk to your job while it's in progress.
We have a housing option so you don't need to arrange anything before you arrive.
A room in a shared apartment with other staff, 7,000 kr a month, for up to six months. No deposit. Rent is deducted from your payslip, as agreed in your contract.
The flats are in the city centre, close to everything — shops, transport and the restaurants. Electricity, water, internet and cleaning of the shared areas are included.
It's optional. If you'd rather find your own place, or move on after six months:
On the private market a deposit of one to three months' rent is normal, held in a locked account. Ours has none.