Regional Support Executive Chef

Sodexo; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality company in the UK seeks a Regional Chef for a 6-month contract to ensure exceptional culinary standards across various venues. This role involves providing hands-on support, maintaining food safety, and leading a culinary team to create innovative menu offerings. Candidates should have proven experience in high-volume events, a strong fine dining background, and effective leadership skills. An excellent benefits package accompanies this opportunity, including access to wellness programs and career development resources.

Benefits

Mental health and wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and wellbeing app

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Retirement Plan

Death-in-Service benefit

Learning and development tools

Cycle to Work Scheme

Volunteering Opportunities

Qualifications

• 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 organization and planning ability.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on culinary support across multiple venues.
• Maintain consistent, high-quality food delivery.
• Uphold exceptional Food Safety and COSHH standards.
• Support the development of new menu concepts.
• Lead, motivate and develop culinary teams.

Skills

High-volume events

Fine dining

Communication

Food cost control

Leadership

Flexibility to travel

Creativity

Education

Basic Food Hygiene qualification

Level 3 Supervising Food Safety

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Regional Chef – FTC (6 month contract, initially)

Stadia Locations across the North of England: ACC Liverpool, Emirates Old Trafford, Preston, Blackburn, Headingley, Nottingham Forest, and other regional venues as needed.

Salary: £55,000 a year + excellent bonus and benefits.

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend and evening work.

Flexible Benefits fund of £1,300 to utilise across an array of benefits.

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.

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

• 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.
• Desirable: IOSH Managing Safely.
• Desirable: Retail food operation or production kitchen experience.
• Desirable: Experience in contract catering and client‑facing roles.
• Desirable: Training experience or a training qualification.

What We Offer

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems, 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 24‑hour 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!

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