Lead Chef, London Stadium
- Stratford, England, UK
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- Sport · Casual
- Posted 1 Oct 2026
What you'll do
The opportunity
Delaware North UK is hiring a casual Lead Chef to join our collaborative team at the London Stadium, in Stratford, East London. As a Lead Chef, you will be leading a kitchen section, supporting team members in food production, presentation, and event execution. Join us to connect with our team and create memorable dining experiences together.
Pay
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What will you do?
- 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
Skills in leadership, communication, teamwork, reliability, punctuality, detail-orientation, attention to detail, plating presentation, organisation, and performing under pressure
What you need
- No degree required
- 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
Perks
- Competitive weekly pay starting sign in to see pay, with opportunity to grow once working with the team
- Casual shifts, including evenings and weekends flexibly working part-time for the biggest events and matchdays, with opportunities to pick up extra shifts that suit your lifestyle
- Free meal on event days
- Experience working at major sporting events and concerts including West Ham United Football Club, UK Athletics Meet, with musical icons taking the stage, and more to come in 2026 and 2027
About Delaware North
Delaware North is a family-owned hospitality company based in Buffalo, New York, and has served sports fans since 1915. It runs food, drink and hospitality at stadiums, parks, resorts, airports and casinos across the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
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