Head Chef

Job Introduction

Here at Sodexo, our talented Chefs use their passion to create beautiful dishes using the finest ingredients, whilst being sensitive to nutritional needs and environmental impact. We have a vacancy for you to join our busy team as a Head Chef at Bromborough!

We are looking for a chef who is passionate about food, enthusiastic, personable, creative, organised and flexible.

As you will be responsible for managing a small team including baristas you will need strong leadership skills with the ability to engage, instruct, motivate whilst remaining calm under pressure.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career in a growing business with the autonomy to create a growing brand.

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

We want you to bring your passion for food, great communication skills your innovation when you join us!

Being part of a busy team will allow you to demonstrate your excellent service standards, as well as give you opportunities to prepare, cook and present delicious, fresh dishes.

Ideally you’ll need to have:

·       NVQ Level 2 or equivalent 

·       Food and Hygiene and Health and Safety Certificates.

Sodexo embeds a strong safety culture in everything we do. There will be company procedures to follow alongside our Health & Safety practises so it is vital that you will champion this. 

Package Description

• 37.5 hours per week
• £10.93-£11.50 p/h 
• Induction training provided
• Uniform provided
• Free parking on-site 
• Many employee benefits, rewards and recognition.

About the Company

Why choose Sodexo?

You don’t just join Sodexo, you belong.   

What do we mean when we say belong?  

It’s simple. You create a company where everyone is respected and feels that their ideas count. You take care of the quality of life of your people. You make your workplace inclusive, encouraging people to bring their whole self to work every day. That’s our philosophy in a nutshell.   

A career at Sodexo won’t tie you down, it actively encourages your progress. The diverse range of roles we offer is truly infinite. Whatever your skills, experience or passion, you’ll be encouraged and supported to have a fulfilling career.  

We are committed to being an inclusive 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 Working Parents, Sodexo Disability, So together, generations and origins.  We have also launched Be Heard which is an employee network designed to bring black colleagues together (virtually) to bring about positive change.

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.

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

Our benefits:   

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life, health and wellbeing for our employees we provide discounts and benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs. In addition to the essentials like 20 days holidays (plus bank holidays) and pension contribution, we can help you take advantage of being part of Sodexo with benefits such as;    

• Sodexo Discounts - discounts from over 1,200 top retailers with you earning WOW Points (cashback) as you shop   
• Talk – a free wellbeing support helpline for you and your family   
• Up to three paid days each year to volunteer
• Your Lucky Number Employee Lottery (this also supports the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation)
• Cycle to work