Sous Chef

2 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Oak View Group Full time

Oak View Group

Oak View Group is the global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. Offering an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and a client roster that includes the most influential, highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions on the planet.

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About the Venue

Co-op Live will offer a food and beverage hospitality service that will put us head and shoulders above the crowd, as we welcome over 23,500 fans and amazing artists to taste the delicious food and drinks unique to the space in Manchester.

With 32 amazing bars and restaurants and 12 premium lounges and clubs – we’re going to be delivering an exceptional hospitality service for the people of Manchester and beyond. On the menu will be great food, seasoned with world class service and all with a planet friendly vibe in the heart of our vibrant community.

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Role Purpose

In the role of Sous Chef your responsibilities will involve supervising kitchen operations, hot and cold food delivery service, maintaining food service standards, ensuring allergen awareness, optimizing kitchen efficiency, and upholding food safety and hygiene compliance. You will demonstrate extensive menu knowledge, communicating events and service history to your team, ensuring thorough cleanliness, collaborating with the back of house team, fostering staff relationships and well-being.

This is a Casual role requiring flexibility on evenings and weekends.

Salary : £19.00 per hour + holiday pay on top

Start Date : Upon completion of DBS check and onboarding 

Knowledge, skills required:

Minimum of 3 years of experience in a professional kitchen, with a proven track record in culinary operations and a strong understanding of food preparation, cooking techniques, and kitchen management.

Our Inclusion Commitments

Our venue is for the fans, the artists, everyone Attracting a diverse workforce which reflects our local community is what will make our venue the best music venue in the UK

We understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our  people , improves our  service , and raises our  excellence . We are committed to creating a great place to work amplifying voices from all different backgrounds. There is something for everyone at Co-op Live, come and get involved.

If you do require any additional support or reasonable adjustments to support your application, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure you have everything you need. We will consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the required skills necessary to fulfil the role.

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

We recognise the importance of safeguarding, dependent on role you will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS), details of which will be shared with you at interview.


If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements. 

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