Chef/Cook

Job Introduction

• Full time
• 39 hours per week
• Monday to Friday | 7am to 3.30pm
• from €15 to €16 per hour
• Free parking on site | meals provided on shift
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package 

Chef/Cook

Ballycummin, Limerick - Full Time - permanent

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. 

What you'll do: 

• Prepare, cook, and present high-quality dishes in line with company standards and client requirements
• Maintain excellent food hygiene, safety, and cleanliness at all times
• Manage food production within budget, ensuring effective control of ingredients, waste, and labour
• Deliver visually appealing, customer-focused meals that enhance the dining experience
• Support smooth kitchen operations, including stock security and counter service when required
• Stay updated on modern culinary techniques to continuously improve service and offerings
• Work collaboratively with catering staff, clients, and delivery personnel to ensure efficient service
• Assist with special functions, events, and occasional overtime when needed

What you'll bring: 

• Proven experience as a Chef with strong culinary and presentation skills
• Knowledge of food safety standards, HACCP, and health & safety regulations
• Ability to work efficiently within budget guidelines while maintaining high standards
• Strong communication and teamwork skills to collaborate with colleagues and serve customers
• A proactive and flexible approach, with willingness to support special functions and overtime
• Professionalism and pride in representing Sodexo with a clean, well-presented uniform
• Customer-focused attitude with the ability to handle feedback effectively
• Willingness to mentor and support new colleagues through on-the-job training

Why Sodexo?:

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 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 committed to being an 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.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Feed our customers and we’ll fuel your career.

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