Casual Head Chefs

Aramark Ltd; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Aramark Ltd is recruiting a Casual Head Chef for Everton Stadium in Liverpool. You will lead food production and service across premium outlets, ensuring exceptional quality and compliance with UK food safety standards.

The role requires strong leadership to drive a guest-focused, high-volume kitchen during matchdays and events. Flexibility to work evenings and weekends is essential, with responsibility for stock control, training staff, and maintaining profitability while delivering outstanding

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of food handling and food safety standards compliant with UK law.
• Strong leadership to manage large kitchen teams during events.
• Experience with high-volume premium dining environments would be advantageous.
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee food production and service across premium outlets in the stadium.
• Ensure consistent high-quality product and service standards.
• Lead recruitment and training for casual staff to meet event needs.
• Monitor food safety, stock levels, and wastage; manage costs.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Food safety

Stock control

Job description

The impressive brand-new Everton Stadium, located on Bramley-Moore dock, Liverpool, is set to be one of the most revolutionary and advanced venues for fan experience in Europe. Serving 52,888 fans per matchday, the mission is to set the standard for excellence and create exceptional experiences for Evertonians and non-match day visitors to the site. We currently have an opportunity for a number of Casual Head Chefs to join our amazing team at Aramark who are delivering all food and beverage services into Everton Stadium. With the opportunity to work on amazing events including Matchdays, this is a great opportunity for driven individuals to succeed in a fast and innovative catering space. We are offering competitive hourly rates, with the opportunity to join us for the first ever season at the NEW STADIUM and beyond! What you'll be doing:

• Food Production & Operational Delivery of all premium restaurants across the stadium
• Ownership of the day-to-day delivery of consistent and exceptional product quality and service standards to achieve, and ideally exceed department targets, and grow our reputation for celebrated customer experiences.
• Drive our guest focused culture through consistently demonstrating an in-depth knowledge and appreciation of hospitality standards and client needs, that is infections throughout your team.
• Extensive knowledge of food handling and food safety standards that comply with UK law on food safety. You will prioritise regular checks through yourself and your team throughout your department including, but not limited to, fridge/freezer temperatures, food probing at delivery and cooking, hot holding and ensuring that food is stored and used on a first in first out basis and that date checks are completed daily.
• Stock management including stock ordering, stock usage, wastage and waste recording is imperative to ensure that you are not holding excessive stock that could perish. You will complete regular line checks and full stock checks on an event by event to deliver in line with company expectations.
• Ensure that effective and robust recruitment plans and processes exist to source and deploy large volumes of casual workers per differing event requirements.
• Develop training programs to ensure staff are equipped to provide exceptional service to Premium outlets.
• Financially accountable for all costs and profitability of the premium operations, both match and non-match day. A naturally confident leader, with senior management experience to inspire a large kitchen team to deliver results.
• Ability to communicate effectively on both sides of the pass to ensure open and positive communication between front and back of house teams.
• Extensive experience in restaurants or A la Carte environment preferred.
• Positive and passionate focus on food - a natural flare for hospitality
• Structured approach but also demonstrates flexibility and agility.
• To lead a safe & hygienic operation, complying with all Company & legislative requirements, driving excellence in safety performance.
• Calm and resilient.
• Problem solving skills.
• Willing to work evenings and weekends as required.