Academy Lead Chef

Job Introduction

In a highly competitive world of sports, it is all about the marginal gains to get that edge over your rivals and we believe our Chefs play their part in it too. Do you think you have what it takes to push a professional football team closer to a victory?

We are looking for an experienced Chef ideally with a background in catering for professional sports teams to join the Sodexo catering team at the Blackburn Rovers Academy. You should be passionate about nutrition and elevating the food offer, you should also be flexible to work around the team and their training schedules.

You will be required to focus on the nutritional needs of the Clubs players, ensuring that food provision is carefully tailored to meet the demands of high performing athletes. In this role you will support the Performance Chef to meet the nutritional needs of the players.

This is an amazing opportunity to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

Role Responsibility

What you’ll do:

• To work with the Head Chef to lead the culinary delivery at BFRC Academy/STC. Including food safety compliance and operational standards
• Provide food and beverages of the highest nutritional value possible, showing understanding of the nutritional breakdowns.
• In conjunction with the catering staff, help ensure quality meals in preparation for and recovery after home matches
• Tailor individual meals for certain players in order to meet their dietary requirements, allergies or performance needs.
• Planning and creation of new, exciting menus in line with our nutritional philosophy and development of SOPs to ensure consistent delivery. Dishes must be developed to complement the training demands of players
• Seek daily feedback from players and staff in order to evaluate food services and menus

For a full list of responsibilities please view the attached job description

The Ideal Candidate

What you bring:

Essential:

• Financial awareness and understanding of a food profit and loss account and articulate how to control food cost and generate positive food margin
• Hold relevant catering industry qualifications
• Experience of previously delivering catering in high level sport
• Good communication skills and ability to build rapport with staff and athletes
• Ability to work well under pressure and remain calm
• Passion to drive to continually develop and seek improvement
• To adhere and communicate the Club’s brand values to stakeholders whenever the opportunity arises.

Desirable:

• Supervising Food Safety Level 3 qualification
• IOSH Managing Safely or similar qualification
• Experience in the delivery of retail food operations
• Production kitchen knowledge and/or experience
• Experience of working with clients in a contract catering environment

Package Description

£25,000pa - £30,000pa + excellent benefits

Location: Blackburn Rovers Academy BB6

Permanent

Work Pattern – 40 hrs pw 5/7 Flexibility to meet team requirements essential

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we offer:

• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Access to ongoing training and development programs
• Countless opportunities to grow within the company
• Full training

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more!

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

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 are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process