Head Chef (Sports Club)

Head Chef – Sports Club

Job Summary

Bring your culinary talent to the heart of a thriving sports community. We're a successful, vibrant sports club searching for a passionate Head Chef to run our kitchen and feed the players, families, and supporters who make match days special. This is more than a kitchen role-  it's a chance to be a central part of a club where great food fuels great sport and where the social atmosphere is second to none. Whether you're after a fresh challenge for the season ahead or a role you can grow into long term, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

As Head Chef, you'll take ownership of our club kitchen, delivering quality food across our key match and training days throughout the season. You'll be cooking for a warm, appreciative crowd in a genuinely enjoyable social environment - the kind of place where regulars know your name and a good meal is part of the weekly ritual.

The role offers a great rhythm of work centred around the action of the season, with flexibility built in. We're open to candidates seeking a focused seasonal role as well as those looking for an ongoing position - for the right person, this is a role with a real future at the club.

What the Role Involves

• Running the club kitchen on home-game Saturdays (every second week) - our biggest and most rewarding days, requiring a full day of service

• Friday evening service during training sessions, feeding family-focused crowd

• Sunday morning catering for our junior sports games - a lively, family-focused crowd

• Preparing food in advance for players' Thursday sessions (kitchen closed, prep only)

• Catering for occasional special events and functions throughout the year

• Menu planning, food ordering, kitchen management, and maintaining food safety standards

The kitchen runs in step with the season - busiest across the coming months, easing into a quieter rhythm in the off-season, which makes it a great fit alongside other commitments or as a balanced ongoing role.

What We Offer

• Competitive wages - we value good people and pay accordingly

• Negotiable, flexible hours that work around the season and around you

• An outstanding social setting and a genuine community to be part of

• The flexibility of a short-term or long-term arrangement to suit both of us

• A welcoming, supportive club where your cooking is genuinely appreciated

About You

• Experience cooking in a commercial, pub, club, or high-volume kitchen

• Confident running service independently and managing a kitchen end to end

• Relevant food safety / food handling certification (or willingness to obtain)

• A team player who enjoys being part of a community atmosphere

• Reliable, organised, and able to deliver consistently great food

Apply Now

If you love cooking and want to be part of something with real heart, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today with your resume and a short note about yourself.