Job Description

We are a football club with a desire to be the best and are always looking for talented people to join our Everton Family.

Everton is a workplace people crave to join, where extraordinary talented people belong, thrive and deliver the remarkable. Executive Performance Head Chef - Finch Farm
Who are we: We are Everton Football Club and we are icons of world football. As one of the bastions of the global game, with a rich and successful history, we are now setting our sights on a new, exciting future.

With a proud and illustrious past, the Club is current embarking on a new and exciting journey with the construction of our new Everton stadium on the banks of the River Mersey. With that exciting development comes an ambition to have a Men\xe2\x80\x99s and Women\xe2\x80\x99s First Team squad that is competing regularly at the top of domestic and European football.

Our values underpin how we behave, how we represent our club in our city, and across the world of football, and how we look after one another daily. They provide a framework for how we work with partners, suppliers, and most importantly our fans.

About the opportunity: A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Executive Performance Head Chef to join our Football Performance department at Finch Farm.

You will have responsibility for the food production and service standards across our Finch Farm training facility, with direct accountability for the delivery of food service to the Men\xe2\x80\x99s First Team, whilst also having oversight of the delivery of provision across the Women\xe2\x80\x99s team, Academy, and Everton colleagues.

You will operate directly in line with our football strategy and performance focussed culture across the Club, with the opportunity to work closely with key stakeholders to develop menus that emphasise performance meals and recipes.

The role has key working relationships across the Performance Department but specifically with our Assistant Head of Sports Science & Nutrition. The role plays a fundamental part in helping our players to achieve their individual nutritional goals, ultimately enhancing health, recovery, and performance. You will also be responsible for the supervision, development and management of the overall function, including staff management, menu development and monitoring budgets for the department.

Not only will you get to be with us and play a huge part of a moment in history for a storied Football Club, but you will play a lead role in ensuring our players are in peak physical condition.

Who we are looking for: We are looking for an experienced Executive Performance Head Chef who will come and join us and be the heart and soul of performance strategy.

You will have previous experience within a fast-paced, elite sporting environment, and can demonstrate experience as a Head Performance Chef in a professional catering environment providing nutritional meals to elite sports professionals.

You must be comfortable working with a wide variety of demands and be flexible enough to support a team in an ever-changing environment and will be required to travel with the team to home and away games following their weekly schedule, ensuring all food provided meets the presentation, taste and performance needs of the group.

This role is on a permanent contact, based within Finch Farm training ground in Liverpool (Halewood).


The closing date of this advert is Friday 1st December 2023; however, the Club reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.


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The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.



This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications including
proof of eligibility to work in the UK which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.



Equity & Inclusion

Everton is committed to ensuring everyone is respected, celebrated, and empowered for who they are, regardless of their identity. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, those who identify as female and those from racially diverse communities. We are dedicated to supporting the physical and mental/emotional wellbeing of all our people. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition and require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application/interview/onboarding process, please let us know by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team via email -
careers@evertonfc.com



To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the FA\xe2\x80\x99s Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton will offer a guaranteed interview to those who highlight they are female, from a Black, Asian or Mixed Heritage community or have a disability/long-term health condition should they meet a pre-determined level of the advertised job criteria. This scheme does not guarantee any applicant employment.