Head Chef

📍 Location: The Brick Community Stadium
📑 Contract: Full time, permanent
👤 Reports to: Executive Head Chef
⏳ Hours: 40 hours per week (variable) 5 days over 7
📅 Closing Date: 16^th July 2026, 11:59pm

Role Purpose:

To lead and manage the kitchen team in delivering high- quality food consistently, ensuring all dishes meet standards for taste, presentation, and safety.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Day to day management of the six on site kitchens. From food preparation and service to ensuring high standards of cleanliness are adhered to.
• To follow all allergens policy and kitchen management H.A.C.C.P. (Full training given)
• Managing your kitchen team, rota planning and holidays.
• Daily ordering from suppliers, leasing with the stock taker monthly
• Working within our food and staffing budgets in order to maintain financial standards.

Qualifications:

(Essential)

• Valid driving licence

(Desirable)

• NVQ Level2 professional cookery or 7062

Experience:

(Essential)

• 2 years’ experience – providing for 100+ covers using fresh ingredients together with a string background in food led establishments

Knowledge, skills, and qualities:

(Essential)

• Ability to plan rotas
• Leadership & Team Management – Ability to motivate, train and oversee kitchen staff
• Time Management – Able to prioritise tasks and deliver dishes efficiently during busy service periods
• Attention to detail – Ensures consistent quality, presentation and portion control
• Organisation & Planning – Manages stock, ordering and kitchen prep to maintain smooth operations
• Health and Safety knowledge – Strong understanding of food hygiene regulations and safe kitchen practices
• Budgeting & cost control – Monitors food costs, reduces waste and maximises profitability
• Communication skills – Clear communication with kitchen and front- of- house teams
• Problem-solving – Handles issues quickly and calmly, especially under pressure

Health and Safety:

• Fully endorse, demonstrate and carry out the company’s health and safety policy.
• Comply with all company policies and statutory regulations relating to health and safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness, fire and COSHH. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards in your work place, and assist if required with the amending of risk assessments periodically.
• Have a full knowledge of procedures for evacuation with regard to fire.
• Identify and report maintenance requirements or hazards within the workplace and encourage any workforce to do the same to avoid injury.
  
  

Wigan Sporting Events Limited are committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Wigan Sporting Events Limited are committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults at risk during events and activities. The Club recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The Club expects all staff and volunteers to respect them.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit the application form to WRLCandWAFCjobs@wiganathletic.com