Sous Chef

Sous Chef

• Newcastle United Football Club St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4ST
• 40hrs pw 5/7
• up to £32,000pa + excellent benefits
• Free onsite parking
• Level 3 Food Hygiene essential

At Sodexo Live!, we deliver world‑class culinary experiences at some of the UK's most iconic venues. We're looking for a talented and passionate Sous Chef to join our culinary team at St James' Park
, home to Newcastle United F.C., matchdays, high‑profile events, and premium dining experiences.

This is your opportunity to bring creativity, leadership, and operational excellence to a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment where every dish counts.

• Lead and inspire the kitchen team during service, ensuring high‑quality food, presentation, and consistency.
• Collaborate with the Head Chef and Executive Head Chef to develop menus, introduce innovative dishes, and elevate the food offer.
• Oversee kitchen operations, including stock management, food cost control, and compliance with hygiene, health, and safety standards.
• Train, mentor, and develop junior chefs, ensuring all team members meet Sodexo standards.
• Present menu concepts and dishes confidently at client tastings, sharing your passion and knowledge of modern culinary trends.

• Experience in high‑volume environments, large‑scale banqueting, or major event catering.
• Strong fine‑dining background from hotels, restaurants, or contract catering.
• Passion for food, innovation, and staying up‑to‑date with industry trends.
• Excellent team leadership and communication skills.
• Financial awareness and ability to manage food costs and margins effectively.
• Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification (Supervising Food Safety Level 3 desirable).

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems including legal and financial advice, support with work‑related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan.
• A Death‑in‑Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo.
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment.

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today!

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities, and we support our inclusion initiatives such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

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