About the Role
The Retail Head Chef is responsible for leading the retail culinary operation for The Championships at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), delivering innovative and sustainable high-volume catering. The role sits within Wimbledon Food & Drink, the official caterer at AELTC, and the wider Levy culinary team. It involves shaping creative menus, driving culinary innovation, and managing logistics to bring outstanding food experiences to life on a global stage. The position also carries the ambition to raise the bar on food quality, creativity, and guest experience in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the culinary vision for The Championships' Retail operation, creating innovative dishes and exciting new concepts.
- Own the full culinary journey from menu development and tastings through mobilisation, live delivery and post-event review.
- Turn ideas into action, ensuring tasting feedback is captured, implemented and reflected in final operational specifications.
- Set the culinary standard, creating detailed recipes, flavour profiles, dish descriptions and presentation guidelines.
- Champion quality and sustainability, working with purchasing teams to secure seasonal, locally sourced and sustainable products.
- Use data to drive decisions, optimising menu sales mix, stock levels and waste across retail outlets.
- Master production and logistics, developing efficient pre-production and night-production schedules that balance time, storage and cost.
- Ensure operational readiness, making sure every kitchen has the equipment, resources and support needed to deliver exceptional menus.
- Raise the bar on quality, benchmarking food trends and guest feedback while carrying out daily dish and service checks throughout The Championships.
- Lead from the front, supporting area chefs and managers on the ground while driving culinary projects and consistently exceptional standards.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Experience of high-volume event, premium hospitality, multi-outlet or large-scale catering operations
- Strong influencing, coaching and people development skills
- Highly motivated self-starter
- Independent person who demonstrates initiative
- A genuine excitement for food, someone who has their finger on the pulse of current trends
- Proactive, positive individual able to quickly build partnership relationships with key stakeholders and work as a team player
- Ability to drive through change
- Has a commercial approach and inquisitive nature
- Ability to influence and operate at all levels
- Able to problem solve and make balanced business decision
Benefits & Perks
- 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
- Your birthday off
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Aviva Digicare
- Medicash (dental, optical, therapy treatments)
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- 2 days' additional leave after returning from maternity leave
- Day off for your baby's first birthday
- Enhanced family leave
- Shopping, entertainment, and travel discounts
- 20% off Nuffield Health and 10% off PureGym memberships
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Retail Head Chef | AELTC Wimbledon in London employer: Global Sports Jobs Limited
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