Chef

• £13.65 per hour
• Full time
• Fixed Term - 6 weeks
• 37.5 hours per week
• any 5 out 7 days a week - weekend included
• Parking on site | meal allowance while on shift
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Due to site requirements you must be 18 years of age or older at the time of application
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A recipe for success;
Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.

At Sodexo, you'll belong in a team and thrive in service. We know that our talented chefs are the key to delivering exceptional service and tasteful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

Build a name with big-brand businesses and corporate clients, delivering high-quality nutritious meals for boardroom lunches, executive events, and daily workplace dining. This role calls for a chef who can blend maintaining excellent standards, while working efficiently in a fast-paced, trend-setting, client-focused environment.

• Cook up mouth watering menu items, with a passion for perfection
• Ensure the highest standards of food hygiene and health and safety are maintained
• Contribute to a positive and innovative kitchen culture
• Maintain full compliance with Food Safety, Health & Safety, COSHH and statutory regulations at all times.
• Supervise and coordinate the team to ensure service delivery, cleaning schedules, front of house duties and cashing up procedures are completed to company and legal standards.
• Ensure all food is prepared with due care and attention, particularly in relation to allergen management and special dietary requirements.
• Monitor and record temperature controls for fridges, freezers, hot cupboards and serveries in line with food safety legislation.
• Store deliveries promptly and correctly using FIFO principles, ensuring safe and compliant stock rotation.
• Maintain hospitality and service operations including production, service delivery and clear down.
• Complete daily site tasks and adhere to site-specific security and emergency evacuation procedures.

• Professional cookery or culinary qualifications: NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 in Professional Cookery, or City & Guilds 706/2 (or equivalent recognised qualification).
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to prioritise tasks
• Proven experience in a food production or catering environment, ideally within a contract catering or service-level driven operation.
• Strong working knowledge of Food Hygiene, Health & Safety regulations, COSHH and safe working practices.
• Understanding of allergen controls and dietary requirement management.
• Experience supervising or leading a small team, particularly in a shift-based environment.
• Ability to follow structured procedures and documentation standards accurately.
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail in stock control and temperature monitoring with ability to follow structured procedures and documentation standards accurately.
• Professional communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with colleagues and clients.

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

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

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 big-brand retailers
• 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 Ireland’s enhanced benefits and leave policies