Chef De Partie

Position Purpose 

• We are looking for a chef with a background in catering for professional sports teams to join our passionate nutrition focused team.
• You will support our Head Chef and Sous Chef in providing balanced, nutritional and high quality meals to our players and support staff at the training ground.
• A good basis of nutrition helps our players to achieve their individual nutritional goals, ultimately enhancing health, recovery and performance.
• To lead the kitchen team in preparing and providing meals to our youth and women teams.
• Some travel with teams to away games may be necessary, following their weekly schedule/fixtures, ensuring all food provided to them meets the presentation, taste and performance need of the group.

Requirements

Requirements and Responsibilities

• Work with the Head Chef and independently to create and develop exciting seasonal menus. 
• Prepare meals for youth and women teams working within the nutritional guidelines and ensure junior team members are working correctly to achieve this with you.
• Instruct junior team members accordingly to ensure youth and women teams' meals are delivered on time and presented to a high standard.
• Support and lead junior members of the kitchen team.
• Check stock requirements and order accordingly in the Head/Sous chef absence.
• Travel with teams in the UK and abroad when required as the catering team representative and provide food provisions as requested.
• Assist in the preparation of all travel food requirements whilst displaying good organisational skills.
• Support Head/Sous chef to deliver constantly high quality food in a timely manner.
• Cover Sous chefs' role as and when required.
• Working closely with the Supervisor to ensure the highest level of food safety and hygiene are maintained. Compliance with COSHH.
• Flexibility to work around the teams schedules.

Essential and Desirable

The Chef De Partie must have: 

• Minimum of 1 year experience providing food to sports teams/athletes
• Level 2 NVQ Professional Cookery or equivalent
• Excellent communication skill to lead the junior kitchen team
• Works well under pressure with the ability to remain calm with last minute schedule changes

Ideally, the Chef De Partie will: 

• Football specific experience
• Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate
• Performance nutrition knowledge