Senior Sous Chef - Fulham Football Club

Job Introduction

Are you ready to take your chef career to the next level? Then look no further!

We are actively recruiting for a talented Senior Sous Chef to join our team based from Craven Cottage, the home of Fulham Football Club (FFC)! 

It's an exciting time to join us and be a part of the eleven-year contract as venue partner for FFC on its new Fulham Pier development, starting in July 2022.

Fulham Pier will become one of London’s leading leisure destinations on the banks of the Thames which will include restaurants, a Riverside Market, meetings and events spaces, bars and lounges, a basement entertainment venue, a boutique hotel and a spa experience

Sodexo Live! will deliver hospitality, retail and non-event day sales and catering at the iconic Craven Cottage.

You will manage the day to day delivery of culinary operations at Fulham FC, delivering and coordinating the food provision for retail outlets, external hospitality boxes, internal hospitality and the contractors canteen.

You will have the ability to bring innovation and create menus with the support of the wider Sodexo Live Culinary team, so staying abreast of current food trends is super important!

You will have experience in the delivery of retail and hospitality food operations ideally at a similar venue and be able to train a team of hospitality professionals with passion.

When you join Sodexo Live! you truly belong, you will have the opportunity to thrive with career and learning opportunities available across the organisation - we cant wait for you to join us!

Role Responsibility

• In the first instance to manage the day to day delivery of culinary operations at Fulham FC, delivering and coordinating the food provision for retail outlets, external hospitality boxes, internal hospitality and the contractors canteen.  
• To demonstrate knowledge of current food trends and have the ability to create menus with the support of the wider Sodexo Live Culinary team
• To manage and facilitate the requirement of additional casual culinary labour as required.
• To ensure the timely and efficient preparation and service of all food offers to the clients’ agreed standards.
• To ensure accurate costing of all food offers are agreed with the Match Day General Manager and wider Sodexo Culinary leadership support team
• Has a fresh food, healthy and varied food approach to offers within the stadium, alongside traditional stadia food items
• To plan, execute and monitor Food Safety and Health and Safety standards at FFC with the support of the onsite management team and utilising all Sodexo Food Safety practices.
• To manage a team of casual Chefs.
• To have ambition to develop a career in the Pier Development, scheduled to open in July 2023

The Ideal Candidate

• Previous senior role or Head Chef in a smaller operation.
• Experience in the delivery of Retail & Hospitality food operations.
• Production kitchen knowledge and/or experience.
• Experience of working with clients in a contract catering environment.
• Staff training experience or qualification advantagous
• Culinary experience within a racing or stadia environment.

Package Description

In return for your commitment and hard work, you will be rewarded with an attractive salary, plus access to our extensive benefits package, which includes:

• Contributory pension scheme of up to 6%
• Life assurance
• 20 days holiday (FTE) – including bank holidays – rising to 23 days after 3 years
• A buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 3 days (FTE)
• Volunteering days via our charity partner STOP HUNGER
• Numerous voluntary benefits, including dental care, gym discounts, retail / hospitality, and many more

We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be natural, and be the best versions of themselves. We recognise that we’re on a journey with regards to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications for candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.

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