Wrexham AFC: Sous Chef

The Sous Chef plays a key leadership role in delivering exceptional food experiences across all Club operations - from hospitality and events to catering for first team, academy, and women’s squads.

Working closely with the Head Chef, the Sous Chef ensures the highest culinary standards, nutritional excellence for athletes, and consistency in quality across all areas. They act as a role model within the kitchen, empowering and supporting the team to deliver with professionalism, curiosity, and pride.

The Sous Chef leads the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence, championing our team-first culture and ensuring every service runs smoothly, efficiently, and in line with Club values.

What you’ll be doing

Culinary Excellence

• Support the Head Chef in developing and delivering creative, seasonal menus for hospitality, events, and player catering within agreed budgets.
• Take pride in food quality and presentation, ensuring each dish reflects professionalism and care.
• Maintain a strong understanding of sports nutrition, supporting the Head Chef in providing balanced, performance-focused meals for players.
• Prepare, oversee, and supervise the cooking of high-quality dishes, ensuring consistency and innovation in every service.
• Evaluate food products and ensure quality standards are consistently achieved.
• Encourage curiosity and continuous improvement within the kitchen team — inspiring others to learn, adapt, and grow.

Operational Delivery

• Oversee daily kitchen operations to ensure smooth, efficient, and safe service across all outlets.
• Support matchday service, ensuring readiness, coordination, and clear communication across the team.
• Liaise with the Head Chef and Head of Food & Beverage to ensure clear planning for staffing, orders, and event requirements.
• Take responsibility for hygiene, cleanliness, and food safety across all kitchen areas, ensuring full compliance with the Food Safety Management System.
• Ensure all kitchens are set up, cleaned, and closed down to the highest standard.
• Monitor labelling, storage, and product rotation to ensure all food served is of optimum quality and fully traceable.
• Work with the Head Chef to complete deep cleans, stock checks, and audits as required.
• Check off deliveries alongside the Head Porter, ensuring all goods meet Club standards and specifications.

Leadership & Teamwork

• Lead and motivate junior chefs and kitchen assistants, providing clear direction, encouragement, and constructive feedback.
• Act as the senior kitchen lead in the Head Chef’s absence - maintaining calm control and a solutions-focused approach.
• Support the development of kitchen staff through training, coaching, and sharing best practices.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues across departments, promoting a united vision and team-first approach to every service.
• Foster a positive, inclusive environment that values collaboration, communication, and appreciation.
• Demonstrate professionalism and respect at all times, setting the tone for behaviour and standards in the kitchen.

Financial Awareness

• Support the Head Chef in managing budgets, controlling costs, and reducing waste.
• Contribute ideas for efficient working practices and menu development to maximise quality and profitability.

Health, Safety & Wellbeing

• Take personal responsibility for maintaining the highest standards of hygiene, cleanliness, and safety.
• Ensure all staff follow correct procedures for food handling, storage, and temperature control.
• Comply fully with the Club’s Health & Safety and Food Safety policies.
• Promote wellbeing, teamwork, and a safe working environment for all kitchen staff.

Special Features:

Whilst the Club is an equal opportunities employer, please note that this role requires a level of fitness suitable for being on your feet during matches/events; lifting and carrying of food and beverage items and equipment whilst organising facilities for events.

Other reasonable duties may be required in line with the needs of the business.

Safeguarding

• We are committed to ensuring everyone who engages with the Club Academy has a positive, safe, and supportive experience.
• Staff are required to comply with all aspects of the Academy Safeguarding Policies and arrangements and to take personal responsibility and care to enable strong safeguarding practices to be embedded in the Academy and across the Club too.
• This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check with Children’s Barred List.

Health & Safety

• Take responsibility and care for the health and safety of yourself and other employees and members of the public who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work.
• To comply with all aspects of the Club’s Health & Safety Policy and arrangements, to enable the company to perform its civil and statutory obligations in relation to Health & Safety.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

• Hold a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Experience / Qualifications required

• Extensive experience in a supervisory or senior chef role.
• Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate (minimum).
• Relevant professional catering qualification.
• Hospitality or Food Service Management qualification (desirable).
• Strong organisational and leadership skills.
• Experience in high-volume or fast-paced hospitality environments.

Person specification

• Team Player: Works collaboratively, supporting others to achieve shared goals.
• Professional: Maintains high standards in all aspects of work.
• Empowering: Encourages others to take ownership and grow in their roles.
• Curious: Open to learning, experimenting, and improving.
• Proud & Positive: Takes ownership and pride in every service.
• Reliable & Calm: Dependable under pressure, with a solutions-based mindset.
• Appreciative: Values teamwork and recognises others’ contributions
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CLUB VALUES

Code of Conduct  

Wrexham Football Club expects the highest standards of integrity and conduct in all matters concerning the Club and its employees. The Code of Conduct makes clear the standards of conduct expected from its employees and explains the responsibilities of the Club, as the employer. All employees are expected to always act wholeheartedly in the interests of the Club.  Any conduct detrimental to its interests or its relations with its customers, suppliers, the public or damaging to its public image shall be a breach of Club rules and policies. Discriminatory, offensive, and violent behaviour are unacceptable, and any complaints or concerns will be dealt with and acted upon.  

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Wrexham Football Club are committed to ensuring that equality, inclusion, and diversity of opportunity is at the very heart of everything we do to ensure we provide fair and non-prejudicial access to the services across the Club. We uphold everyone’s freedom of rights and choice to be different and aim to provide opportunities for everyone to succeed. It is the policy of the Club that no person, whether player, job applicant, employee, volunteer, or customer, shall be discriminated against. The Club opposes all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination, either direct or indirect, or harassment, on the grounds of the following ‘protected characteristics’: Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage & civil Partnership, Pregnancy & Maternity, Race, Religion or Belief, Sex and Sexual Orientation. Anyone who is found to be in breach of this could receive disciplinary action, which may well include suspension and dismissal.  

The Club is fully committed to the EFL Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Standards and as we are under represented in these areas; we particularly welcome ‘entry level’ applications from women, individuals from Black and Minority Ethnicities, the LGBT community and anyone with a disability.   

Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment

Wrexham Football Club are committed to and has both a moral and legal obligation to ensure that all children and vulnerable adults are protected and kept safe from harm whilst engaged in services organised and provided by the club and believes that the general wellbeing, welfare and safety of all children and vulnerable adults engaged in club activities is of the upmost importance. The Club will fulfil its responsibilities by ensuring it displays best practice in safeguarding matters – including Safer Recruitment - carried out in a spirit of partnership and openness with the child or vulnerable adult, families, and the relevant local authority. 

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a potential candidate from working with the Club. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of the offence(s) committed.    As an organisation using the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to assess applicant’s suitability for positions of trust, the Club complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly.   Potential applicants need to check on the government website (https://www.gov.uk/tell-employer-or-college-about-criminal-record/what-information-you-need-to-give) whether cautions / convictions should be disclosed as part of their application.