Area Support Chef

Relief Head Chef
Ireland - Full time, permanent

At Sodexo, we’re passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

We are currently seeking a dedicated and dynamic relief Head Chef to join our team and play a key role in driving excellence and innovation in Catering.

• Provide operational chef cover across multiple sites in Dublin, Kildare, and Longford
  , supporting annual leave and sick leave

• Deliver a consistent, high-quality catering service in line with Sodexo standards, SLAs, and KPIs

• Ensure full compliance with food safety, health & safety, HACCP, COSHH, and statutory regulations

• Manage food preparation, ordering, stock control, and portion control in line with budget and food cost targets

• Support and train kitchen teams to ensure high standards of service, hygiene, and performance

• Assist with special functions and ad hoc events, including night shifts and weekend cover (shift allowance paid for night work)

• Formal Culinary qualifications QQ Level 6 and above

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar role

• Strong knowledge of food safety and health & safety

• Flexible, organised, and customer-focused approach

• IOSH / HACCP certification (desirable)

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 for you.

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 high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
• 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

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day 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 to being an 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, So Together, 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.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications

Ready to be part of something greater?

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