Chef

Sodexo Ltd; Belfast; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading services provider in Belfast is looking for a talented Chef to join their team. In this full-time and permanent role, you will deliver high-quality meals for various events, ensuring exceptional service and safety standards. You will contribute to a positive kitchen culture and build relationships with clients and colleagues. The position requires culinary qualifications and offers numerous perks like well-being support and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Unlimited access to well-being support

Employee Assistance Programme

24hr virtual GP Service

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Pension Plan membership

Career development opportunities

Bike to Work Scheme

Enhanced benefits and leave policies

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Chef within a catering team or food service environment.
• A focus on compliance with Health & Safety and Food Hygiene standards.
• Understanding of allergens, dietary requirements, and food safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Cook menu items, maintaining high standards.
• Prepare food to agreed service level standards.
• Monitor temperatures for health and safety regulations.
• Manage stock effectively and maintain positive client relationships.

Skills

Strong customer service skills

Ability to communicate effectively

Commitment to food safety

Ability to work collaboratively

Education

Professional cookery or culinary qualifications

Job description

• Full time | Permanent
• £14.44 per hour
• 35 hours per week
• Monday - Friday [occasional weekend work]
• Shifts start at 6am, with end times varying up to 6pm depending on the schedule.
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

This role requires CTC security clearance, which will be completed after a successful recruitment process.

Chef

Garnerville, East Belfast, NI - Full Time - Permanent

A recipe for success; Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.

At Sodexo, you'll belong in a team and thrive in service.We know that our talented chefs are the key to delivering exceptional service and tasteful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

Build a name with big-brand businesses and corporate clients, delivering high-quality nutritious meals for boardroom lunches, executive events, and daily workplace dining.This role calls for a chef who can blend maintaining excellent standards, while working efficiently in a fast-paced, trend-setting, client-focused environment.

What you'll do:

• Cook up mouth watering menu items, with a passion for perfection
• Contribute to a positive and innovative kitchen culture
• Prepare and serve food to the agreed Service Level Agreement, ensuring consistent quality and timely delivery.
• Follow all company and statutory regulations, including Health & Safety, Food Safety, COSHH, and site-specific procedures.
• Maintain high standards of food preparation with attention to dietary requirements and allergen controls.
• Deliver hospitality services including production, service, and clear-down to exceptional standards.
• Monitor and record temperatures of fridges, freezers, and hot holding equipment in line with regulations.
• Ensure all equipment is safely maintained, reporting faults and removing unsafe items from use.
• Manage stock effectively, storing products correctly and following FIFO procedures.
• Build positive working relationships with clients, customers, and colleagues to support excellent service delivery.

What you'll bring:

• Professional cookery or culinary qualifications
• Commitment to maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards
• Previous experience working as Chef within a catering team or food service environment.
• Strong customer service skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• A focus on compliance and working within standards such as Health & Safety, Food Hygiene, and safe working practices.
• Understanding of allergens, dietary requirements, and food safety procedures.
• A high standard of personal hygiene, appearance, and professionalism.
• Ability to work collaboratively and efficiently in a fast-paced service environment.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, quality, and service excellence.

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance tobe part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you foryou.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all.As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed tobeingan inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer.We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Feed our customers and we’ll fuel your career.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications