Head Chef - Sports and Entertainment
8 days ago
Liverpool
Liverpool Experience Campus operates the city's waterfront event campus – the interconnected M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool Experience Campus and Exhibition Centre Liverpool as well as ticketing agency Ticket Quarter and the Pullman Liverpool Hotel. Playing a leading role in shining a spotlight on Liverpool, we have successfully staged a wide array of national and international events, from shows and conventions, business gatherings to exhibitions, developing our offer over the last decade to that of a world-class provider of venue and event services.\n\nWe are currently seeking a passionate and innovative Head Chef to take the lead in a dynamic and fast-paced kitchen, leading the culinary strategy and execution across Liverpool Experience Campus' Sports and Entertainment Culinary operations.\n\nCompany Benefits\n\nWe are an award-winning, world-class venue where our people are at the heart of everything that we do. Recognition and reward are of huge importance to us at Liverpool Experience Campus, and just some of the benefits staff can enjoy include:\n\nAn enhanced holiday scheme which increases with length of service.\nAn excellent pension scheme is available.\nAccess to a premium health care policy, which includes an employee assistant line, contributions towards a wide range of medical costs, such as dental and optical and staff discounts.\nEnhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes.\nAn excellent occupational sick pay scheme.\nFree onsite parking right in the heart of the city centre.\nEmployee Reward Platform.\nA dedicated wellbeing strategy to support staff when at work.\n25 Qualified Mental Health First Aiders on site.\n\nLiverpool Experience Campus is a place where you can truly make a difference. Some of the wonderful things Liverpool Experience Campus have achieved / continue to work towards: \n\nDisability Confident Employer\nSunflower Friendly Business\nMember of the Fair Employment Charter\nReal Living Wage employer\nSocial value impact plan – last year we contributed over £6.4m\nGreen Meeting’s Gold Standard\nSustainability Strategy\nPositively influencing biodiversity – in the grounds of our campus, we have 3 beehives\nCarbon Neutral Campus\nAccessibility Strategy\nAccessAble Guide\n\nMain duties include:\n\nLead menu development and culinary innovation across retail and hospitality services.\nEnsure food quality, presentation, and consistency meet Liverpool Experience Campus brand standards.\nManage and mentor Sous Chefs and wider kitchen teams, fostering a high-performance culture.\nOversee stock control, menu costing, portion control, and wastage reduction.\nEnsure compliance with all relevant legislation including Health and Safety, Food Safety, Allergen management, COSHH, Environmental Health, and Fire Precautions.\nCollaborate with F&B leadership and support services to align culinary delivery with operational and commercial goals.\nDrive efficiency in kitchen operations, ensuring labour and food cost targets are achieved.\nAct on guest and client feedback to continuously improve culinary standards.\nMaintain strong supplier relationships and oversee procurement of food products.\nSupport event planning and execution, ensuring seamless integration of culinary services.\n\nThe successful candidate will lead the culinary strategy and execution across LEX' s Sports and Entertainment Culinary operations, ensuring innovation, consistency, and compliance while delivering exceptional guest experience. As a ‘hands-on’ Chef, you will provide leadership, vision, and operational excellence across all your kitchen teams, embedding the “One Team” culture and aligning culinary delivery with commercial objectives.\n\nThe ideal candidate will have experience of: \n\nOpening new hospitality operations in Arenas, Stadiums, or large venues.\nUnderstanding how to build systems, teams, menus, and workflows from the ground up while embedding them successfully within an established organisation.\nTransitioning from outsourced to in house catering models. \nDesigning and implementing operational frameworks.\nDeveloping cost efficient procurement and supplier relationships.\nSpecifying and commissioning equipment, planning kitchen layouts and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.\n\nIf you are a hardworking and committed professional ready to contribute to our continued success, we’d love to hear from you!\n\nJoin us at Liverpool Experience Campus and be part of something extraordinary!\n\nPlease note, we may close this vacancy before the stated closing date if we receive sufficient applications for the position. Therefore, if you are interested in this position, please submit your application form as soon as possible.\n\nClosing Date: 29 May 2026\n\nInterview Date: 1 and 2 June 2026\n\nEquality, Diversity and Inclusion\n\nLiverpool Experience Campus know the value of having a diverse and representative team across our organisation. We promote equal opportunities and are committed to having an inclusive work force where everybody feels respected, are treated fairly and diversity is celebrated. As such we strongly encourage and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates from all members of the community regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion, belief or sexual orientation