Executive chef Gemma Amor and head of hospitality Jo Smith are the two team members who have been selected to join more than 4,000 colleagues in the USA to prepare the culinary programme for more than 60,000 fans to enjoy on Sunday 9th February. Gemma won the now defunct Chef Award at the 2017 Public Sector Catering Awards.
Gemma and Jo will be joining a brigade of more than 300 culinarians cooking an array of New Orleans and Louisiana inspired dishes. These include bread pudding, alligator sausage and lobster karagee, as well as a winning lineup of po’boys, ranging from soft shell crab to fried oysters and surf and turf.
Lenny Martinsen, regional executive chef at the Caesars Superdome, commented: “Preparing for the Super Bowl is an incredible honour and a challenge everyone at Sodexo Live! takes seriously, and it is great to welcome Gemma and Jo to the team this year.
“Ascot Racecourse and especially Royal Ascot is known as the epitome of hospitality, so we are all looking forward to the skills and knowledge the pair will bring to New Orleans.”
Super LIX will be the 16th Super Bowl that Sodexo Live! has delivered the catering and hospitality for, with the last being in 2020 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami for Super Bowl LIV.
It’s not the first time Sodexo Live! has sent its staff on exchange programmes across its global network. In the summer of 2024, 15 Sodexo Live! experience makers from the UK joined the French Sodexo Live! team at the Paris Olympics to work in the Athletes Village.