Executive Chef- Manchester Entertainment District

Closing Date of Applications – 13/11/2025

Our Story

Manchester City is an English Premier League club whose roots began in East Manchester. From its first incarnation as St Mark’s West Gorton in 1880, the club became Manchester City FC in 1894. Behind each title lies emotion, moments and memories that resonate with millions of supporters around the world. Manchester City fans are known for their commitment and togetherness, as a Club that fights to the end.

The Role

As the Executive Chef for our 365 Food & Beverage Operations, you’ll have the unique opportunity to shape and deliver a new culinary vision at the centre of Manchester City’s emerging Entertainment District. In this pivotal role, you’ll define the tone, energy, and standards across a dynamic mix of brand new restaurants and venues - opening in 2026. It’s a position that combines creativity with leadership: crafting concepts, developing menus, and driving innovation across formats designed to rival the very best in Manchester. This is your chance to create lasting, destination dining experiences that celebrate authenticity, flair, and commercial success.

We’re looking for a culinary leader with the confidence to pioneer and the experience to deliver at scale. Someone who can bridge creativity and operations — inspiring teams, influencing partners, and ensuring each venue tells its own culinary story. The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record in multi-brand, high-volume hospitality, paired with a deep understanding of trends, seasonality, and guest experience. Above all, this is a role for a chef with imagination and authority: someone who can turn ambitious ideas into iconic Manchester dining experiences.

Your Impact

 Lead Culinary Vision: Define and drive the creative direction across all 365 F&B venues, from concept through launch and ongoing evolution.

Deliver Operational Excellence: Oversee menu development, standards, and kitchen operations, ensuring consistency, quality, and profitability across multiple outlets.

Innovate & Inspire: Champion fresh, seasonal, and trend-led food concepts that set new benchmarks for Manchester’s dining scene.

Collaborate & Launch: Partner with internal teams, vendors, and operating partners to bring each venue’s identity and offer to life.

Build & Develop Teams: Recruit, mentor, and lead talented culinary teams, creating a high-performance and inclusive kitchen culture.

Drive Sustainability & Standards: Embed ethical sourcing, waste reduction, and full compliance across all venues.

Shape the Guest Experience: Elevate dining through creativity, presentation, and storytelling that connects guests to the brand.

What we are looking for

Essential

• Proven experience as an Executive or Group Head Chef across large-scale, multi-outlet or hospitality group operations.
• Strong creative identity and passion for delivering distinctive, trend-led food experiences across diverse dining formats.
• Track record of launching and leading new F&B concepts from development to full operation.
• Deep understanding of kitchen operations, food safety, cost control, and team development.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to balance creativity with operational discipline.
• Collaborative leadership style with the confidence to inspire cross-functional and partner teams.

Desirable

• Experience in high-street, destination, or entertainment-led hospitality environments.
• Strong local and national supplier networks and awareness of UK culinary trends.
• Experience with market hall or vendor-style operations and multi-brand environments.
• Passion for mentoring and building diverse, inclusive kitchen teams.
• Familiarity with digital kitchen management tools, sustainability initiatives, and tech-enabled operations.
• Knowledge of Manchester’s food scene and a flair for adapting global trends to local audiences.

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview. 

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.