Sous Chef

Portsmouth Community Football Club Limited

Organisation: Portsmouth Community Football Club Limited
Salary: Competitive
Location: Training Ground, Portsmouth Football Club
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 17 October 2025
Job Description: Job title: Sous Chef

Location: Portsmouth Football Club – all PFC grounds required.

Hours of work: Full time (42.5 Hours Per Week)

Reports to: Performance Chef

Remuneration: Competitive and based on experience

Role Summary

Portsmouth Football Club is looking for a talented Sous Chef to join our team and play a vital role in fuelling our players, staff, and coaches for success on and off the pitch.

This is more than just a kitchen role – it’s a chance to be part of an elite sporting environment, where the food you prepare will directly support performance, recovery, and wellbeing.

Working alongside our Performance Chef, you will help deliver fresh, nutritious meals for our Men’s and Women’s First Teams, Academy players, and coaching staff, while also supporting food operations across Pompey Health & Fitness Club. On days when the Performance Chef is away, you will take the lead in the kitchen – a fantastic stepping-stone opportunity for an ambitious chef ready to grow.

The role is primarily Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend work linked to the training and match schedule.

Your responsibilities will include:

The ideal candidate will:

Preparing and cooking high-quality, nutritious meals for players and staff with minimal waste
Leading the kitchen in the absence of the Performance Chef
Contributing creative ideas to post-training menus and nutrition-focused dishes
Supporting with catering for away games
Educating players on nutrition and its role in performance
Managing stock rotation, minimising wastage, and helping to control costs
Ensuring the highest standards of hygiene, food safety, and kitchen cleanliness
Assisting with the reopening of the Pompey Health & Fitness Café and its ongoing food service.
Your Skills and Experience:

Essential:

Proven experience in a busy, professional kitchen environment
Strong background in fresh food cooking
NVQ Level 1 & 2 in Professional Cookery (or equivalent)
Food Hygiene Level 2, Food Safety Level 2, and Food Allergen certification
Ability to thrive in a high-performance, fast-paced environment
Desirable:

A keen interest in sports nutrition and performance-focused catering

General Information

We promote an equal, diverse, and inclusive workplace and weare committed to providing the best experience for our colleagues. As a business we aim to be as representative of as many sections of society as possible, and for each colleague to feel respected and able to give of their best every day. We ensure that we treat people the right way, promote respect and believe that making the most of our differences is the key to the success of our business.

We take a robust approach to modern slavery and human trafficking and our organisation is absolutely committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in our corporate activities, and to ensuring that our supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.

Safeguarding
Portsmouth Women Community Football Club is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to ensuring that any club related activity will be in a safe environment where children, young people and adults at risk are protected from harm or abuse whilst under our care.

We acknowledge that every child, young person, or adult at risk who plays or participates in football should be able to take part in an enjoyable and safe environment and be protected from poor practice and abuse. Portsmouth Football Club recognises that this is the responsibility of every adult involved in our club.

We must always respect the dignity and spirit of all people, including children, young people and adults at risk. Treat everyone fairly, encourage a supportive and positive environment to promote healthy competition, skill development, fun and achievement. Avoid contact or conduct that may be interpreted or defined as inappropriate.

Health and Safety

Portsmouth Football Club is committed to ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all employees, contractors, visitors, and others who may be affected by our operations.

As part of this commitment, you are expected to take reasonable care for your own health and safety, as well as that of others. You must comply with the company’s health and safety policies, procedures, and any legal requirements relevant to your role. Together, we aim to maintain a safe and supportive environment that promotes the welfare and security of everyone involved in our activities.

Data Protection

The Club process all personal data collected during the recruitment process in accordance with complies with Data Protection Act (2018) and GDPR. Data collected as part of the recruitment process is held securely and accessed by, and disclosed to, individuals only for the purposes of managing the recruitment exercise effectively. All data that is deemed unnecessary will be disposed off at the end of recruitment process in line with our GDPR procedure.
How to apply: Ready to lead the way? The Club will not consider applications via third parties. To Apply: Please send us a cover letter and CV to HR@pompeyfc.co.uk , no later than 5 pm on 14th October 2025. If you don’t hear from us within 7 days of the closing date, please consider that your application was unsuccessful. At Portsmouth Football Club we are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and we aim to build an accurate picture of the make-up for our talent pools. Therefore, we ask that you submit the information on the below link to ensure we are always attracting a broad and diverse range of exceptional talent from all areas of society. Responses are anonymous and the data gathered will be used to inform our future initiatives but filling in this form is voluntary https://forms.gle/H7NmjG95fgLSaWPD7