Pro-Performance Chef

• Location: Middle East, specific country and city shared under NDA
• Contract: Full-time
• Working pattern: Calendar-driven around training, competition, taper, recovery, and off-season
• Travel: Extensive international travel with the Principal
• Confidentiality: Strictly confidential; NDA required before further details

Oplu is leading the search for a Pro-Performance Chef to join a high-profile private athlete household in the Middle East. This is a newly created role within a small and discreet household team, supporting an elite-level training and competition calendar.

The Pro-Performance Chef will own the daily delivery of periodised, macronutrient-targeted meals set by the Principal’s nutritionist and sports scientist, both at home and on the road.

This is not a private chef role with a nutrition badge on it. It is a performance-chef position structured around the Principal’s coach, nutritionist, sports scientist, and physiotherapist.

The role

• Design daily menus to macronutrient targets across pre-season, in-season, competition, taper, recovery, and off-season.
• Manage competition-week nutrition, including carbohydrate loading, hydration strategy, pre-event meals, and post-event recovery.
• Batch cook, pre-portion, and prepare travel-ready provisions for training facilities and competition venues.
• Source high-quality proteins, complex carbohydrates, seasonal produce, and functional ingredients, and manage specialist suppliers.
• Travel internationally with the Principal, often at short notice, researching local sourcing and kitchen facilities in advance.
• Feed back to the performance team on dietary compliance, appetite, energy, and recovery.

Who you are

• Proven Private Chef or Performance Chef in an elite-athlete, professional sports, or comparable high-performance household environment.
• Strong working knowledge of sports nutrition and periodised menu delivery.
• Formal nutrition training welcome, but not essential.
• Comfortable with extensive international travel at short notice.
• Discreet, calm under pressure, and comfortable operating as part of a wider performance team.
• Comfortable signing an NDA before further details are shared.

Apply confidentially via Oplu. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.