We are looking for a chef with a background in catering for professional sports teams to join our passionate nutrition focused team.
You will support our Head Chef and Sous Chef in providing balanced, nutritional and high quality meals to our players and support staff at the training ground.
A good basis of nutrition helps our players to achieve their individual nutritional goals, ultimately enhancing health, recovery and performance.
To lead the kitchen team in preparing and providing meals to our youth and women teams.
Some travel with teams to away games may be necessary, following their weekly schedule/fixtures, ensuring all food provided to them meets the presentation, taste and performance need of the group.
Requirements
Requirements and ResponsibilitiesWork with the Head Chef and independently to create and develop exciting seasonal menus.
Prepare meals for youth and women teams working within the nutritional guidelines and ensure junior team members are working correctly to achieve this with you.
Instruct junior team members accordingly to ensure youth and women teams' meals are delivered on time and presented to a high standard.
Support and lead junior members of the kitchen team.
Check stock requirements and order accordingly in the Head/Sous chef absence.
Travel with teams in the UK and abroad when required as the catering team representative and provide food provisions as requested.
Assist in the preparation of all travel food requirements whilst displaying good organisational skills.
Support Head/Sous chef to deliver constantly high quality food in a timely manner.
Cover Sous chefs' role as and when required.
Working closely with the Supervisor to ensure the highest level of food safety and hygiene are maintained. Compliance with COSHH.
Flexibility to work around the teams schedules.
Essential and Desirable
The Chef De Partie must have:
- Minimum of 1 year experience providing food to sports teams/athletes
- Level 2 NVQ Professional Cookery or equivalent
- Excellent communication skill to lead the junior kitchen team
- Works well under pressure with the ability to remain calm with last minute schedule changes
Ideally, the Chef De Partie will:
- Football specific experience
- Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate
- Performance nutrition knowledge