Head Chef - Sports and Entertainment

Closing Date 29 May 2026

Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £40,902 - £45,447 per annum
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week

At Liverpool Experience Campus, we create unforgettable experiences, and we’re looking for a Head of Security to take the lead in keeping them safe. Our award-winning waterfront events campus – home to the M&S Bank Arena, Exhibition Centre and Convention Centre – welcomes over a million visitors each year for an exciting mix of international, national, and regional events. From major televised productions and political conferences to global association gatherings, arena shows, and public exhibitions, this is a unique opportunity to lead security operations across a diverse, high-profile, and dynamic portfolio.

 

Join us as Head Chef - Sports and Entertainment at Liverpool Experience Campus!

 

Company Benefits

We 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 including:

•    An enhanced holiday scheme, which increases with length of service.
•    An excellent pension scheme is available.
•    Access 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. 
•    Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes.
•    An excellent occupational sick pay scheme.
•    Free onsite parking right in the heart of the city centre.
•    Employee Reward Platform.
•    Agile working and flexi time policies, where appropriate and in line with business needs.
•    A dedicated wellbeing strategy to support staff when at work.
•    25 Qualified Mental Health First Aiders on site.

 

 

Liverpool Experience Campus is a place where you can truly make a difference. Some of the wonderful things The Liverpool Experience Campus have achieved / continue to work towards: 

•    Disability Confident Employer
•    Member of the Fair Employment Charter
•    Real Living Wage employer
•    Social value impact plan - last year we contributed over £6.4m
•    Green Meeting’s Gold Standard
•    Sustainability Strategy
•    Positively influencing biodiversity – in the grounds of our campus, we have 3 beehives
•    Carbon Neutral Campus
•    Accessibility Strategy
•    AccessAble Guide

 

 

About the Role:

As ‘hands-on’ Head 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.

 

 

 Key Responsibilities include:

•   Lead menu development and culinary innovation across retail and hospitality services. 
•   Ensure food quality, presentation, and consistency meet Liverpool Experience Campus brand standards. 
•   Manage and mentor Sous Chefs and wider kitchen teams, fostering a high-performance culture. 
•   Oversee stock control, menu costing, portion control, and wastage reduction.•   Lead menu development and culinary innovation across retail and hospitality services. 
•  Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation including Health and Safety, Food Safety, Allergen management, COSHH, Environmental Health, and Fire Precautions. 
•   Collaborate with F&B leadership and support services to align culinary delivery with operational and commercial goals.
•  Drive efficiency in kitchen operations, ensuring labour and food cost targets are achieved. 
•   Act on guest and client feedback to continuously improve culinary standards.
•    Maintain strong supplier relationships and oversee procurement of food products.
•   Support event planning and execution, ensuring seamless integration of culinary services. 

 

 

We highly value the behaviours, attitudes and skills which will help you to develop and excel in this role. In this case, we are looking for someone who:

•   Leads kitchen team with professionalism, positivity, and accountability.  
•   Delivers high quality food consistently across large volume events. 
•   Stays calm, organised and solution focused under pressure.  
•   Champions a guest first mindset and adapts to diverse audience needs. 
•   Drives creativity and menu innovation while meeting commercial targets.    
•   Communicates clearly and collaborates effectively with all departments. 
•   Maintain rigorous food safety, HACCP, Allergen Management Hygiene, and compliance standards. C
•   Demonstrates strong cost control, planning and operational discipline.  Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise high volumes of work.

 

In addition to the above, the candidate will need to be enthusiastic, like minded and complement our experienced and talented team. If you have drive, passion, ambition and wish to play a part in Liverpool Experience Campus’s continuing success story this could be just the job for you!

 
Please 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.

 

 

To apply for this position, please click below:

APPLY HERE

 

Closing Date: 29 May 2026

Interview Date: 1 and 2 June 2026

 

For further information, assistance, or to obtain information, please contact the People Team via email recruitment@lexliverpool.com

 

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Liverpool 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.