Senior Culinary Opportunities

Delaware North at Stadium of Light; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 12,398,000 - 20,664,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive weekly pay

Casual shifts

Free meal on event days

Experience at major events

Job summary

Delaware North UK is hiring casual Senior Culinary opportunities for Chefs to join our team at the Stadium of Light, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. You will lead kitchen operations for events, ensuring menus, staffing, and logistics align with our standards to deliver first-class dining experiences for guests.

As a Senior Chef, you’ll develop culinary teams, maintain allergen compliance, and uphold health and safety rules during busy match days and concerts.

Qualifications

• No degree required.
• Certifications in Level 3 Food Safety, Allergen Level 2, Level 2 Safety Awareness, COSHH, and Guest/Staff Experience Training.
• Experience as Lead Chef or Senior Chef in high-volume, fast-paced catering.

Responsibilities

• Lead kitchen operations for events from planning through delivery, deliver team briefings, and manage food production, menus, staffing, and logistics.
• Ensure food consistently meets Delaware North’s standards and specifications, maintaining high quality, presentation, and consistency.
• Lead, support, and develop culinary teams, allocating tasks, monitoring performance, and maintaining clear communication.
• Drive high standards of food presentation and allergen compliance, ensuring quality guest experience, leading teams to deliver seamless event service.
• Ensure the operation complies with current health and safety, food hygiene, fire regulations, licensing laws, and trading standards, maintaining Delaware North’s policies and standards of excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Reliability

Punctuality

Attention to detail

Education

No degree required

Job description

The opportunity

Delaware North UK is hiring casual Senior Culinary opportunities for Chefs to join our team at the Stadium of Light, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. As a Chef, you will be working with an enthusiastic kitchen team to create memorable and first-class dining experiences for guests. If you are looking for Senior Culinary opportunities and ready to join our collaborative team in time for the 2026-2027 football season, take a shot at your new job with us!

What we offer

At Delaware North U.K., you’ll work at some of the coolest venues with the best team members. Here, you’ll find a welcoming team in an exciting, fast-paced environment, so although this might not be your only job, it may be your best.Team member perks include:

• Competitive weekly pay
• Casual 6+ hour shifts, including evenings and weekends flexibly working part-time for the biggest events and match days, with opportunities to pick up extra shifts that suit your lifestyle
• Free meal on event days
• Experience working at major sporting events and concerts, including The Lads at Sunderland A.F.C. in Premier League football, and major concerts taking the stage, as well as a range of exciting meetings and events and plenty more still to come in 2026

What will you do?

• Lead kitchen operations for events from planning through delivery, deliver team briefings, and manage food production, menus, staffing, and logistics
• Ensure food consistently meets Delaware North’s standards and specifications, maintaining high quality, presentation, and consistency
• Lead, support, and develop culinary teams, allocating tasks, monitoring performance, and maintaining clear communication
• Drive high standards of food presentation and allergen compliance, ensuring quality guest experience, leading teams to deliver seamless event service
• Ensure the operation complies with current health and safety, food hygiene, fire regulations, licensing laws, and trading standards, maintaining Delaware North’s policies and standards of excellence

More about you

• No degree required
• Certification in Level 3 Food Safety, Allergen Expert Level 2, Level 2 Safety Awareness, COSHH Training, and Guest and Staff Experience Training
• Experience as Lead Chef or Senior Chef in high-volume, fast-paced catering
• Skills in leadership, communication, teamwork, reliability, punctuality, detail-orientation, and performing under pressure

Physical requirements

• Ability to stand for duration of shift
• Comfortable handling various meat products
• Availability to attend shifts for prep days, as well as matchdays and event days, due to events-based nature of roles

Source: Hospitality Online