Stadium Chef

Thomas Franks; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts at retailers

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Cycle to work

Refer a friend bonus

Training and development

Team social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression

Job summary

Thomas Franks is recruiting a Stadium Chef for a prestigious High Wycombe location. You will bring experience from CDP or Junior Sous Chef roles in fast-paced kitchens and stadium environments, delivering high-end events with seasonal, fresh ingredients.

Join a team committed to brand standards, food cost control, and rigorous hygiene. This hands-on role offers development within a leading independent contract caterer.

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced kitchen environments.
• Experience in stadium settings or events catering.
• Ability to work with fresh seasonal ingredients.
• Creative, skilled with bespoke menus.
• Strong team coordination and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team of chefs to cater match days and events.
• Prepare fresh, from-scratch dishes following brand standards.
• Maintain food hygiene, health & safety, and allergen controls.
• Minimise wastage and ensure cost-conscious kitchen operation.

Skills

CDP level

Junior Sous Chef

Stadium catering

Fresh ingredients

Team player

Customer service

Job description

A professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and the team competes in League One. Catering for about 10,000 people on match days. Lots of F&B Outlets and about 20 Private Boxes. This location operates 7 days a week.

We are looking for a talented Stadium Chef to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in High Wycombe.

You will have previous experience of working within a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or Junior sous chef level. You will have experience working in stadium environments, high end events catering or events venues.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities:

• To work well in a team of chefs providing catering services to match day attendees and events.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

You will have the following skills:

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service.
• ideally experience working in a stadium setting.
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised Chef with attention to detail
• Understand the basics of food cost and wastage.

Knowledge / competencies:

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.