Regional Chef FTC

Sodexo; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality service provider is seeking a Regional Chef for a 6-month contract across the North of England. This role involves ensuring high culinary standards, innovative menu delivery, and team leadership at multiple venues. Candidates should have a strong fine dining background and proven experience in high-volume event catering. The position offers a competitive salary up to £55,000 plus bonuses, with opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible Benefits fund of £1,300

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to health and wellbeing app

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Retirement Plan membership

Volunteering Opportunities

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven success in high-volume events or large-scale banqueting.
• Strong fine dining background with creativity and passion for food.
• Flexibility to travel across the region as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support high-quality culinary operations.
• Ensure consistent menu delivery across venues.
• Maintain exceptional food safety and health standards.
• Support the development of new menu concepts and culinary initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Culinary creativity

Communication

Food P&L understanding

Safety standards knowledge

Education

Basic Food Hygiene qualification

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Job Description

• Regional Chef FTC
• 6 month contract (initially)
• Stadia Locations across the North of England to include ACC Liverpool, Emirates Old Trafford, Preston, Blackburn, Headingley, Nottingham Forest and other regional venues as needed
• to £55,000pa + excellent bonus and benefits
• 40hrs pw 5/7 occasional weekend and evenings
• Flexible Benefits fund of £1,300 to utilise across an array of benefits
• Fine Dining background gained in hotels, restaurants or contract catering and Food Hygiene qualification essential

Job Introduction

Sodexo Live!delivers world-class food experiences across many of the United Kingdom's most iconic sports, leisure and entertainment venues; our culinary teams power everything from large-scale live events to premium hospitality.

We are now seeking a Regional Support Executive Chef, initially for 6 months,to enhance culinary standards across several high-profile venues and contribute to the continued growth of our vibrant events business, primarily across the North of England.

In this role, you will lead and support high-quality culinary operations, ensuring consistent menu delivery, outstanding food safety performance, creative menu development, strong team leadership, efficient labour and stock control, sound financial management, and confident execution of client tastings and project work.

As a senior member of our Culinary team, you will help shape exceptional food experiences across multiple sites by driving innovation, operational excellence and consistent standards at every event.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic chef who thrives in high-volume environments, enjoys developing others and is passionate about creating modern, trend-led dishes.

At Sodexo Live! you'll join a team that delivers memorable culinary moments long after the final whistle, show or exhibition. We champion creativity, encourage innovation and support your growth as part of a collaborative national culinary community.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide hands‑on culinary support across multiple venues to ensure the smooth delivery of events of all scales.
• Maintain consistent, high-quality food delivery by ensuring all menu specifications are followed, trained, and accurately executed.
• Uphold exceptional Food Safety, Health & Safety and COSHH standards, achieving strong audit performance across all sites.
• Bring creativity and current food trends into event menus, contributing to innovation and the wider Sodexo Live! culinary strategy.
• Support the development and delivery of new menu concepts, client projects and culinary initiatives within agreed timeframes.
• Lead, motivate and develop culinary teams, including casual staff, ensuring effective performance and engagement.
• Support efficient workforce planning, rota management and labour cost control across venues.
• Manage ordering, waste control and stock processes to ensure availability, minimise waste and meet budget targets.
• Deliver engaging client tastings and represent the culinary team confidently during client interactions.

What You Bring:

Essential

• Proven success in high‑volume events or large‑scale banqueting.
• Strong fine dining background with creativity and passion for food.
• Confident presenter and communicator, comfortable with clients and senior colleagues.
• Solid understanding of food P&L, food cost control, and margin delivery.
• Exceptional organisation and planning ability.
• Basic Food Hygiene qualification.
• Skilled in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email).
• Demonstrable leadership experience across multi‑outlet operations.
• Flexibility to travel across the region as required.

Desirable

• Level 3 Supervising Food Safety or similar.
• IOSH Managing Safely.
• Retail food operation or production kitchen experience.
• Experience in contract catering and client‑facing roles.
• Training experience or a training qualification.

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo Live! is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.You'll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you'll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you'll be able to thrive in your own way.In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A Death-in-Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today!

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

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 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, So Together, Generations and Origins.

Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, 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.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.The rewards and Benfits guide is attached

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