Head Chef

Sodexo; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 58,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing platform access

Employee assistance program

24h virtual GP service

Pension plan

Learning & development opportunities

Bike to Work scheme

Job summary

Sodexo is seeking an experienced Head Chef to lead the kitchen at Dell Technologies in Dublin. You will drive high-quality food, manage daily production, and ensure excellent customer experiences while controlling costs.

Join a team focused on innovation, compliance, and delivering outstanding service. The role requires strong leadership, culinary qualifications and a passion for excellence within a busy, customer-facing environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a kitchen team.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness with budget experience.
• Knowledge of current food service trends and quality standards.
• Passion for food, innovation and high standards.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Experience in a compliance-driven environment.
• Relevant culinary qualifications and training.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the kitchen team and maintain high standards of food quality and presentation.
• Manage daily food production and ensure services meet deadlines and standards.
• Control labour, food, and operational costs within budget.
• Manage stock, purchasing and supplier relationships.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, health & safety and COSHH.
• Drive continuous improvement and new food service initiatives.
• Build strong client relationships and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Recruit, train and develop staff and oversee unit in manager's absence.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Budget management

Food service knowledge

Customer service

Food safety compliance

Education

Culinary qualifications

Job description

Head Chef

Location: Dublin
Salary: €58,000 - €62,000 per annum
Contract: Full Tie, Permanent

Are you an experienced Head Chef who is passionate about great food, high standards and leading a successful kitchen team?

Sodexo is looking for a talented Head Chef to join our team at Dell Technologies in Dublin, leading the delivery of high-quality catering services while ensuring excellent customer experience, operational standards and financial performance.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and develop the kitchen team, ensuring high standards of food quality, presentation and service.
• Manage daily food production and ensure catering services are delivered on time and to agreed standards.
• Control labour, food and operational costs within budget.
• Manage stock, purchasing and supplier relationships.
• Ensure full compliance with food safety, Health & Safety, hygiene, COSHH and company procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation and new food service initiatives.
• Build strong relationships with the client and support excellent customer satisfaction.
• Recruit, train, motivate and develop your team, creating a positive and professional working environment.
• Support the wider operation and take responsibility for the unit in the absence of the General Manager.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience managing and leading a kitchen team.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness, with experience managing budgets and costs.
• Excellent knowledge of food service and current industry trends.
• A passion for food, innovation and delivering high standards.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Experience working within a compliance-driven environment.
• Relevant culinary qualifications and training.

Why Sodexo?:

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

Belong in a company and team that values you foryou.

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 to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
• 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 Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more 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 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committedtobeingan 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.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications