Regional Executive Chef

THE ROLE

The main purpose of the Regional Executive Chef role is to plan, facilitate and implement the world-class culinary offering that delivers a premium experience on match and non-match days across the Bernabeu stadium and other future venues.

This role goes beyond the Real Madrid environment as it offers a wider Iberian regional scope and the opportunity to unleash creativity, explore new culinary concepts, and build innovative partnerships that contribute to the long-term vision and strategic growth of the culinary department.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER

- Childcare vouchers to make family life a little easier

- A comprehensive health insurance with Aegon to keep yourself and your loved ones covered

- Company support to get your game on with your favourite sporting activities and keeping you active

- A pension scheme with Generali so your future is just as bright as today

- A flexible hybrid work setting giving you up to 52 days a year to work from home

- A Pluxee restaurant card to treat yourself to great meals

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

- Collaborate and drive the culinary team to set and deliver robust standards of operations and service whilst maintaining excellent food, health & safety, and food hygiene standards.

- Oversee plan and support the team to deliver the day-to-day operations to the set standards and in line with agreed budget.

- Assess market trends to identify new commercial opportunities, potential new products, assist with developing business cases and realise benefits.

- Source and build strong working relationships with local suppliers to ensure quality of produce exceeds expectations.

- Ensure that all menus tariff planning is produced within given time scale and fully costed, ensuring operating targets are met.

- Identify efficiencies that will improve p/l and operational performance.

- React quickly and efficiently to clients/supporter requests and changes in arrangements. Communicate such information to the catering office and kitchen where relevant.

- Maintain departmental food control procedures, ensure wastage is kept to a minimum and recorded on waste control sheets and ensure appropriate compliance paperwork is completed for inspection.

- Ensure all departmental rotas are produced being fully aligned to the business needs and costed inline to ensure operating targets are met.

- Ensure employees follow the company process of clocking in and out.

- Proactively support departmental administration, recruitment and training.

- Encourage personal development, passion for food and innovative thought across the culinary team.

- Continually assess the wider match day team ensuring they are trained to a level that enables them to perform their duties according to departmental standards.

- Attend weekly meetings to discuss forthcoming business.

- Have a thorough understanding of ordering systems and be able to navigate your way around the program. Be able to place orders using the purchasing database in line with supplier cut-offs.

- Carry post-match and weekly hygiene checks of kiosks & kitchens to ensure they are left match ready.

- Manage all weekly, game by game or monthly stock take procedures for the accurate recording of food products on site at the month end to assist in generating accurate accounts.

- Consult the Executive Team, monitor results in all areas of the business, look at the effectiveness of producers and discuss and implement any ideas or innovations.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Culinary qualifications or equivalent experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Advanced Food Safety & Hygiene Training.

- Advanced Certificate in Allergen Management.

- Advanced HACCP Certificate/course.

- Minimum 10 years experience in a fast paced, high volume fine dining hospitality restaurant environment such as stadium, arena, or high street chain.

- Project Management experience vital; great planning skills and ability to work to tight deadlines.

- Inspirational leader, history of building high performing, engaged teams. Robust people plan and dedicated to ensuring team trained and capable of best.

- Willingness to work flexibly, including outside of normal working hours is essential as this is not Monday-Friday operation.

- Bilingual level of Spanish and English.

INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE

At Legends Global, we are committed to leading the entertainment industry towards a greener, faster, and more innovative digital future. There’s never been a better time to join our team. We aim to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers, and suppliers. Join us and make a significant impact from day one.

We are committed to active inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunities. This commitment begins with our recruitment and selection process. We welcome discussions about flexible working arrangements.

If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know in your application. We are dedicated to providing a fair and transparent assessment process and will do our utmost to accommodate your needs.

If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered. We will continue to review applications on a rolling basis and may close the advert before the closing date.

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