Chef

Sodexo France; Belfast; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading service provider in Belfast is seeking a dedicated Chef to deliver high-quality nutritious meals for various client events. The ideal candidate will have professional culinary qualifications and previous experience in a fast-paced kitchen environment. You will maintain high standards of food safety and hygiene, work collaboratively with your team, and ensure timely delivery of delicious meals. This full-time position offers competitive pay and a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Unlimited access to wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

24hr virtual GP Service

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Pension Plan membership

Learning and development tools

Bike to Work Scheme

Enhanced benefits and leave policies

Qualifications

• Previous experience working as Chef within a catering team or food service environment.
• Commitment to maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards.
• Understanding of allergens, dietary requirements, and food safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Cook up mouth watering menu items, with a passion for perfection.
• Prepare and serve food to the agreed Service Level Agreement.
• Ensure all equipment is safely maintained, reporting faults when necessary.

Skills

Professional cookery or culinary qualifications

Strong customer service skills

Ability to work collaboratively and efficiently

Education

Professional cookery qualifications

Job description

• Full time | Permanent
• £14.44 per hour
• 35 hours per week
• Monday - Friday [occasional weekend work]
• Shifts start at 6am, with end times varying up to 6pm depending on the schedule.
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Chef

Garnerville, East Belfast, NI - 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:

• Cook up mouth watering menu items, with a passion for perfection
• Contribute to a positive and innovative kitchen culture
• Prepare and serve food to the agreed Service Level Agreement, ensuring consistent quality and timely delivery.
• Follow all company and statutory regulations, including Health & Safety, Food Safety, COSHH, and site-specific procedures.
• Maintain high standards of food preparation with attention to dietary requirements and allergen controls.
• Deliver hospitality services including production, service, and clear-down to exceptional standards.
• Monitor and record temperatures of fridges, freezers, and hot holding equipment in line with regulations.
• Ensure all equipment is safely maintained, reporting faults and removing unsafe items from use.
• Manage stock effectively, storing products correctly and following FIFO procedures.
• Build positive working relationships with clients, customers, and colleagues to support excellent service delivery.

What you'll bring:

• Professional cookery or culinary qualifications
• Commitment to maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards
• Previous experience working as Chef within a catering team or food service environment.
• Strong customer service skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• A focus on compliance and working within standards such as Health & Safety, Food Hygiene, and safe working practices.
• Understanding of allergens, dietary requirements, and food safety procedures.
• A high standard of personal hygiene, appearance, and professionalism.
• Ability to work collaboratively and efficiently in a fast-paced service environment.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, quality, and service excellence.

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 foryou.

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 everyday 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 tobeingan 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