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About the Role
Delaware North UK is hiring a casual Lead Chef to join our collaborative team at the London Stadium in Stratford, East London. You will lead a kitchen section, support team members in food production, presentation, and event execution, and create memorable dining experiences.
Responsibilities
- Lead kitchen operations from planning through delivery, attend team briefings, and manage food production, menus, staffing, and logistics.
- Ensure food consistently meets Delaware North’s standards and specifications, maintaining high quality, presentation, and consistency.
- Lead culinary teams, allocating tasks, monitoring performance, and maintaining clear communication.
- Drive high standards of food presentation and allergen compliance, ensuring quality guest experience, leading teams to deliver seamless event service.
- Ensure the operation complies with current health and safety, food hygiene, fire regulations, licensing laws, and trading standards, maintaining Delaware North’s policies and standards of excellence.
Requirements
- Minimum of Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate.
- Proven experience as a Senior Chef, Chef de Partie, Sous Chef, or Junior Sous Chef, working with high-quality ingredients and premium food offerings within a fine dining, luxury hospitality, or premium restaurant environment.
- Strong knowledge of classical and contemporary culinary techniques.
- Ability to stand for duration of shift.
- Comfortable handling various meat products.
- Availability to attend shifts for prep days, as well as matchdays and non-matchday event days when required, due to events-based nature of roles.
- Ability to travel and work at London Stadium.
Skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Reliability
- Punctuality
- Detail-orientation
- Attention to detail
- Plating presentation
- Organisation
- Performing under pressure
Location
- Stratford, East London
Work Type
- Casual shifts
- Part-time
- Flexible working
Experience Level
- Lead Chef
- Senior Chef
- Chef de Partie
- Sous Chef
- Junior Sous Chef
Education Level
- No degree required
Salary/Compensations
- GBP £20.40/Hourly
Benefits
- Free meal on event days
About the Company
- Delaware North UK manages the hospitality services at London Stadium since 2015. London Stadium is home of the Hammers and UK Athletics, a 60 – 80,000 stadium that has been at the centre of world-class events. Starting off hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics, London Stadium has grown to hold a vibrant portfolio of elite sporting events and concerts. From Europe’s first MLB Series, IRB 2015 Rugby World Cup matches, annual Athletics events, to artists like Burna Boy, Iron Maiden, Take That, and Metallica, there’s always something exciting happening at London Stadium.