Job Description
Role: Breakfast Chef
Hours: 40 hours per week
Location: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre, Lancing
Contract Type: Permanent
Deadline Day: 21st May 2025
About Brighton & Hove Albion FC
We compete at the highest levels of football on a global stage while embracing our Sussex community spirit. At the heart of everything we do is our commitment to high performance, professional excellence, and making a positive impact.
Fuelling performance from the first bite
We’re seeking a talented Breakfast Chef to energise our players and staff with high-quality, nutritious meals. As part of our growing catering team, you’ll have the opportunity to bring fresh, innovative ideas to life, shaping both home and away menus that support peak performance. You’ll collaborate with a passionate, creative team committed to culinary excellence and delivering the highest standards every day.
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Your culinary credentials
You will thrive under pressure and bring energy, precision, and passion to every service. With proven experience in a fast-paced kitchen environment, you’ll consistently deliver exceptional quality, even when the heat is on. A true team player with excellent communication skills, you’ll keep the kitchen running smoothly. To be considered, you’ll need a Level 2 NVQ (or equivalent) in Hospitality and Catering and a valid Food Hygiene Certificate.
Our values are essential to our success
Our values serve as guiding principles for how we connect with one another, our fans, partners and sponsors. As a club, we embody these values in everything we do:
🔵 Treat People Well
⚪ Exceed Expectations
🔵 Aim High. Never Give Up
⚪ Act with Integrity
🔵 Make it Special
In appreciation for your hard work and dedication, we are pleased to offer you a range of additional benefits, including but not limited to:
🥗 Complimentary breakfast and lunch at both sites
🏝️23 days holiday rising with length of service (pro rata for part time staff)
⚡Rewards platform, which includes access to 900+ retailers, a wellbeing centre and more!
👶 Enhanced family policies
🏋️♀️Access to a gym and padel court at our training ground
🎫 Priority access to match tickets and access to free WSL tickets for 2024/25 season
🎓 In-house training programme and CPD opportunities
💰 Exclusive discounts and benefits from our partners and local businesses
Our commitment to EDI
We take pride in being an equal opportunity workplace that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Our core values foster a strong ethical culture, enabling us to meet the needs of our diverse audience, both on and off the pitch. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage or civil partnership. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please contact teamtalent@brightonandhovealbion.com
Safeguarding is part of everything we do
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. We expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is UK-based and requires proof of the right to live and work in the UK. All job offers are conditional upon background checks, including a full 3-year reference history, DBS checks, and verification of your eligibility to work. Please note, we do not sponsor applicants without the right to work in the UK.
We are a local community club who compete at the highest levels of football on a global stage. Our ambition is to be a top ten Premier League club and a top four Women's Super League club. A commitment to high performance and high professional standards is at the heart of everything we do.
Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are proud to compete in the Premier League and play at home in our spectacular 30,000+ seater American Express Community Stadium. Premier League football is the most watched sports league worldwide, with an annual audience of over 1 billion people, in which we are thrilled for our men's first team to professionally compete. We are equally excited and proud of our women's first team who successfully compete in The FA Women's Super League, the top tier of women's football in England.
