Chef de Partie

Southampton Football Club; Southampton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

2 free match tickets

Health & wellbeing initiatives

Discounted Southampton merchandise

25 days holiday

Contributory pension

Worldwide travel insurance

Learning & development

Free parking

Cycle to work

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Southampton Football Club is seeking a Chef de Partie to deliver nutritionally balanced meals for players, coaches and staff at Staplewood Campus, with occasional support at St Mary's Stadium and on travel days.

You will work with performance and nutrition teams, manage a kitchen section, ensure food safety, allergy labelling, and help develop menus while maintaining high standards in a fast-paced elite sport setting.

Qualifications

• Professional culinary qualification at NVQ Level 2 or 3 or equivalent.
• Appropriate Food Safety qualification.
• Experience in elite sport, training-ground or performance catering.
• Experience preparing high-quality fresh food to exact standards.
• Strong cooking and presentation skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and present high-quality meals for players, coaches and staff.
• Lead a kitchen section and maintain nutrition-focused menus and recipes.
• Ensure food safety, allergens, labeling and hygiene compliance.
• Support service formats including live stations, buffets and travel catering.
• Collaborate with nutritionists and performance staff to optimise meals.

Skills

Culinary qualification

Food Safety qualification

Elite sport experience

Fresh-food cooking

Attention to detail

Nutrition collaboration

Job description

Be part of our journey... Location: St Mary's Stadium | Staplewood Campus Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Criminal Record Check: DBS Enhanced with Childs Barred List

What is the role?

We are seeking a Chef de Partie who will play an important role in delivering high-quality, nutritionally balanced meals for players, coaches and staff within the elite sporting environment at the Southampton Development Football Campus. You will primarily be based at Staplewood Campus however may also provide catering support at St Mary’s Stadium, during domestic or international team travel and at other Club locations when operationally required.

What will you be doing?

Working closely with the Performance Chef, Sous Chef and the Club’s nutrition and performance teams, you will prepare, cook and present fresh, high-quality food that meets the Club’s standards for nutrition, consistency, food safety and presentation. Taking responsibility for a designated kitchen section, you will deliver meals for players, coaches, staff and visitors that support fuelling, recovery, wellbeing and performance, while ensuring all food is produced in line with agreed recipes, menus and nutritional specifications. You will play an important role in delivering a seamless catering service across training days, matchdays, events and team travel. This includes supporting a variety of service formats, such as live cooking stations, buffets, takeaway meals and snack provision, as well as contributing ideas for menu development, seasonal offerings and continuous service improvement. Maintaining the highest standards of food safety and compliance will be central to your role. You will ensure all food hygiene, allergen management, health and safety procedures are followed, taking appropriate measures to prevent cross-contamination and ensuring ingredients and prepared foods are correctly labelled, stored and rotated. You will also work flexibly across Staplewood Campus, St Mary’s Stadium and other Club locations to support operational requirements.

Is this you?

You are a passionate chef who takes pride in producing exceptional food and understands the impact nutrition can have within a high-performance sporting environment. You thrive under pressure, have excellent attention to detail and enjoy working collaboratively with others. Organised, adaptable and reliable, you are committed to delivering outstanding service and maintaining high standards at all times.

Essential Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Professional culinary qualification at NVQ Level 2 or Level 3, or an equivalent recognised qualification.
• Appropriate Food Safety qualification.
• Experience within elite professional sport, a training-ground environment or performance catering as a Chef de Partie or in a comparable professional kitchen role.
• Experience preparing and presenting fresh food to consistently high standards.
• Strong fresh-food cooking and presentation skills and consistent attention to detail and quality.
• The ability to remain calm and deliver consistently under pressure.
• Experience working collaboratively with nutritionists, sports scientists or other performance specialists (desirable).
• Knowledge of sports-nutrition principles and performance-led cooking (desirable).

How this benefits you…

If you are successful, you can look forward to a healthy benefits package;

• Access to 2 free match tickets for every home league game
• Access to our staff Health & Wellbeing initiatives (Mental & Physical Health)
• Discounted Southampton Football Club merchandise
• 25 days’ holiday per year excluding bank holidays plus your birthday off each year
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Worldwide Travel Insurance for you and your family
• Learning & Development opportunities - supporting you to develop your potential and achieve in your career
• Free onsite parking
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Collaborative & inclusive working culture

The closing date for this role is 23 September 2026.

*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if a high volume of applicants are received.

* We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect everyone to share this commitment. You will be required to adhere to all relevant policies and uphold the Club’s commitment to safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk and to ensure that Southampton Football Club is free from discrimination and harassment. The post holder will demonstrate a strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, supporting the organisation’s strategic aims to remove barriers and address inequality. You will play an active role in promoting an inclusive, discrimination-free environment that ensures fair access to opportunities and resources. This includes fostering a culture of dignity, respect, and belonging where everyone is empowered to contribute, perform, and reach their full potential.

About Us

About Us POTENTIAL INTO EXCELLENCE Southampton Football Club is part of St. Mary’s Football Group, which also includes the affiliated registered charity – the Saints Foundation. We look for people with integrity, compassion and support for those around them; people who take pride in what they do with an honest approach, who embrace a challenge while also being accountable for their decisions; people who have the energy and passion to bring an innovative approach to their role and strive to be different from the rest; people with the aspiration to lead the way and become an example to others. Within the walls of St.Mary’s Stadium, Staplewood Campus, the Bath Academy and our other sites and development centers across the SouthofEngland, you’ll be given the platform to work in a vibrant, intelligent and challenging environment with the potential to develop and become the best at what you do. We don’t stand still, we are constantly moving forward. Be part of it… Southampton Football Club promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have the Disability Confident Award, which we pride ourselves on with regard to the commitment to employing disabled people and judging people on their abilities alone. We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview. We make a commitment to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy and to consider them on their abilities. Southampton Football Club is an Equal Opportunities Employer Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Southampton Football Club recognises that the safety and protection of those children and young people in day to day contact with the Club is paramount. We are committed to creating a safe culture for all. As such, you may be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service and prior to taking up any role. Southampton Football Club is committed to protecting the privacy and security of every applicant’s personal information. Please see our Recruitment Privacy Notice and Group Privacy & Data Protection Policy on our main careers page for further information .