Head Chef

Sodexo Ltd; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food service company in Burton upon Trent is looking for a Head Chef to oversee kitchen operations. This full-time position requires proven experience in high-volume settings and culinary qualifications. As a Head Chef, you will prepare exceptional food while ensuring the highest standards of hygiene and health are maintained. The role comes with various employee benefits, opportunities for career development, and a chance to thrive within a valued team.

Benefits

Free Parking

Opportunities for career development

Sodexo employee benefits package

Unlimited access to an online wellbeing platform

Employee Assistance Programme

24hr virtual GP Service

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Pension Plan membership

Bike to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a high-volume kitchen environment is essential.
• Strong abilities to prioritise tasks and maintain standards.
• Commitment to food safety and hygiene is a must.

Responsibilities

• Prepare high-quality meals with attention to detail.
• Maintain hygiene and safety standards in the kitchen.
• Foster a positive and innovative kitchen environment.
• Implement new culinary techniques and ideas.

Skills

Proven experience as a Head Chef in a high-volume setting

Strong organisational skills

Commitment to food safety and hygiene standards

Education

Professional cookery or culinary qualifications

Job description

• Full time
• 40 hours per week
• Monday - Friday some weekend cover required
• £14.00 per hour
• Free Parking
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Head Chef Tutbury - Full time

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
• Ensure the highest standards of food hygiene and health and safety are maintained
• Contribute to a positive and innovative kitchen culture
• Bring your ideas to the table and cook up new techniques

What you'll bring:

• Proven experience as a Head Chef in a high‑volume setting
• Professional cookery or culinary qualifications
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to prioritise tasks
• Commitment to maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards

Why Sodexo?

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

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

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
• 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 Ireland's enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better everyday 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 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On‑Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an 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