Chef

Leisurecentre; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A premier golf venue in Portsmouth is seeking a Chef to prepare high-quality meals and manage the food service operations. This role involves creating a nutritious catering offer, ensuring food safety compliance, and maintaining stock control. The ideal candidate will have a recognised catering qualification, relevant chef experience, and strong HACCP knowledge. The Chef will work closely with a friendly team in a vibrant environment, contributing to customer satisfaction and the overall quality of the dining experience.

Benefits

Competitive rates of pay

Holiday / Sick pay

Cycle to work scheme

Training and development

Employee Discount Portal

Free use of all LoyalTee golf venues

Discounts on food, drink and retail

Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Relevant catering qualifications and Food Hygiene Certification are necessary.
• Recent chef experience is a must.
• In-depth knowledge of HACCP and food safety legislation is required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook meals for customers and visitors.
• Manage food safety, stock control, and menu management.
• Ensure high-quality service and compliance with HACCP regulations.

Skills

HACCP knowledge

Food safety legislation

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Education

Recognised qualification in catering

Food and Hygiene Certification

Job description

Vacancy

Chef (30 hrs per week)

Annualised Contract

About us

Portsmouth Golf Course boasts an 18-hole course, practice facilities and bar & restaurant. We are one of the busiest Pay & Play courses in Hampshire. This is a great career opportunity with a market leader committed to providing a service that sits right at the heart of the community.

The Opportunity

Fancy a new challenge ? We’re looking for a Chef to join our friendly and progressive team. You’ll be an important part of our operation ensuring our food aspect of the business is the best it can be. The job will be stimulating and varied and will involve working with management to ensure high quality at all times.

Primary objectives for the Chef will be:

• To prepare and cook meals for customers and visitors.
• Deliver a catering offer which produces high quality and nutritionally balanced food to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for all aspects of the day to day catering including; menu management, food safety, stock control, ordering and cleaning.
• To ensure the facility achieves a 5 out of 5 Scores on the Doors grading.

The Chef will focus day to day on the following tasks:

• Prepare and cook food for customers and visitors.
• Regularly review menus in order to ensure quality, nutritional value and minimise wastage.
• To ensure the company HACCCP procedures and responsibilities are carried out at all times.
• To ensure all members of staff involved in catering have sufficient training to meet regulatory requirements and training required in order to successfully complete their duties.
• Maintain and develop systems of stock control.
• Ensure a consistent high level of service is delivered to customers.
• To assist in the management of the golf course quality assurance systems and procedures.
• To undertake maintenance, housekeeping and cleaning duties as and when required.
• Occasionally assist with front of house duties
• To undertake any regulatory requirements.
• To undertake any other duties as may be required by the General Manager to ensure that the business objectives of the contract are achieved.

THE CANDIDATE

Qualifications & skills

• The post holder will preferably hold a recognised qualification in catering, or related subject, and have Food and Hygiene Certification.
• Demonstrate recent experience in a chef position.
• You will demonstrate a detailed knowledge of HACCP and food safety legislation.

Personal

Among the personal characteristics sought the applicant:

• Must be able to build strong relationships with customers, clients and employees.
• Have good leadership and communication skills.
• Must be able to meet the demands of the role by working additional hours and/or additional duties as and when required.
• Must be able to maintain and be committed to good employee relations and deliver quality training.
• Must be a team player and be able to work closely with the wider golf course team.
• Must be flexible as working hours will vary.

What can Lex Leisure offer you?

• Competitive rates of pay
• Holiday / Sick pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Training and development
• Employee Discount Portal
• Free use of all LoyalTee golf venues
• Discounts on food, drink and retail.
• Pension Scheme

How to Apply

If you feel like you’d be successful in this role or are interested to know more, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply to [e-mail]

Closing Date: February 8th 2026

About Lex Leisure

For more information visit www.lexleisure.org.uk

We are proud to be Equal Opportunity Employers that are committed to inclusion and diversity.

If you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as interviews will be held throughout the process. Please note that if you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.