Performance Chef Recruitment for Elite Athletes, Sports Teams & High-Performance Households
We recruit world-class performance chefs, personal chefs, private chefs and specialist sports nutrition staff - placing the right candidate in the right role, globally. From a private household in London to a professional club in Riyadh, every placement is handled with the same rigour and the same discretion.
Specialist Recruitment for Two Kinds of Client
Elite Athletes & Private Households
Finding, vetting, and managing a Personal Performance Chef takes time and focus you cannot afford to lose. We own the entire process - from brief through to signed contract - so you stay concentrated on training, competing, and performing.
We work with individual athletes and households across the UK, Europe, the US, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
Professional Sports Clubs & Organisations
From recruiting a Head Performance Chef to building a complete catering and sports science support function, we partner with clubs, academies, federations, and sporting organisations worldwide.
Whether you need a single permanent hire, short-term training camp or competition support, or a team-wide staffing solution, we deliver recruitment that holds up under the pressure of elite sport.
Performance Chef Recruitment Packages:
Tailored to Your Goals, Your Nutrition Needs & Your Budget
We curate a bespoke package around your goals, your dietary needs, and your budget. A range of frequently requested options highlighted below:
Delivered Performance Chef Package
Prepared meals, individualised to your requirements, hand-crafted off-site by a personal chef and delivered to your door. Our most cost-effective solution.
Typical profile: young, emerging star with limit budget but a passion for optimising nutrition.
Evening Only Service - ~4 hours per day
Evening meal, afternoon snack, and pre-sleep snack, individually prepared and live-cooked in your home each day.
Typical profile: single athlete or young couple
Lunch & Evening Service - ~8 hours per day
Lunch, evening meal, afternoon snack, and pre-sleep snack, individually prepared and live-cooked at home for you or your family.
Typical profile: a more senior athlete with family, who values the chef supporting family while away at training, joining in the evening.
Full Day Provision — ~12–14 hours per day
The full works. A full-time chef providing every meal, each day, for you and your household.
*for this service we may recommend a split service covered by two different chefs
Typical profile: international level athlete with large family, leaving no stone unturned in pursuit of performance.
Beyond the Kitchen: Sports Science & Sports Medicine Recruitment.
We increasingly recruit across the wider Sports Science and Sports Medicine space - nutritionists, dietitians, performance analysts, and specialist support staff. If your need extends beyond a chef, talk to us. Our network and our process are built for it.
Why Haute Performance: What Makes Our Recruitment Different
Performance Nutrition Expertise: 40+ Years at the Highest Level.
Our founders are professional nutritionists - not generalist recruiters who learned the terminology. With over 40 years of combined experience working alongside Olympic champions, Premier League, Champions League and World Cup winners, and world-title-holding athletes, we understand the demands of elite performance because we have lived them. That means we brief better, screen smarter, and place candidates who genuinely deliver.
A Rigorously Vetted Network of Performance Chefs.
Every candidate in our network is screened for technical skill, performance nutrition knowledge, personality, and cultural fit - not just culinary talent on paper. We also conduct a thorough reference, right to work, identity and DBS check.
End-to-End Support: We Stay Involved Beyond Placement. Our commitment does not end when a contract is signed. We liaise directly with the club, personal nutritionist, or other support team members to ensure your nutrition requirements are understood by the chef completing the circle of support that no other recruitment agency offers.
Complete Confidentiality: Every Placement Protected by NDA.
Your privacy is not a courtesy - it is contractual. Every chef and specialist we place signs a non-disclosure agreement protecting your identity, your household, and your personal life. You will never find your name on our social media or in our marketing. Discretion is a condition of everything we do.
Our Recruitment Process: From Brief to First Day
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We meet with you and your team to understand the role in full - the performance objectives, dietary requirements, schedule, household or club dynamics, and the personal qualities that matter. No assumptions. No templates.
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We build a detailed recruitment brief - covering the position, responsibilities, reporting lines, and candidate requirements - agreed with all relevant stakeholders before we begin searching. This brief drives a targeted search, not guesswork.
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We design and execute a bespoke search strategy built around the level, location, cultural fit, and goals of the role. We draw on our vetted network first - which reaches well beyond public job boards. Every candidate is thoroughly screened, with regular updates to you throughout.
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Shortlisted candidates are evaluated through structured interviews and presented to you as confidential profiles, each summarising background, key strengths, and specific fit for your brief. We gather references in full and keep all parties informed at every stage.
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We work with you and your chosen candidate to shape an offer that is compelling and workable for both sides. Our involvement concludes when your new chef or performance specialist accepts, commits, and is ready to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A Performance Chef is a culinary professional who specialises in preparing food specifically to support athletic or physical performance. Unlike a Private Chef who focuses on taste and hospitality, a Performance Chef works collaboratively with an athlete's Performance Nutritionist/Dietitian or wider support team to understand the athlete’s macronutrient and micronutrient targets, recovery protocols, periodisation, and dietary restrictions - and translate these targets into real food.
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Most chef recruitment agencies place hospitality professionals or staff high net worth households. We recruit specifically for performance nutrition roles and have over 40 years of combined expertise in the field ourselves. We understand the brief from the inside - which means we screen and assess candidates in ways a generalist agency simply cannot.
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The timeline depends on the complexity of the role and the specific requirements of the brief. Once we have a detailed brief we can advise on how long the recruitment process will take.
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Completely. All enquiries are treated with absolute discretion from the first conversation. Every candidate we work with signs a non-disclosure agreement. We do not discuss our clients publicly or reference them in any marketing materials under any circumstances.
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Increasingly, yes. Alongside performance chef recruitment, we recruit across the wider Sports Science and Sports Medicine (SSSM) space - including performance nutritionists, dietitians, and specialist support staff. If your need extends beyond a chef, we'd encourage you to get in touch and talk it through.
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Collaborative, honest, and straightforward. We're here to guide the process, bring ideas to the table, and keep things moving.
