* Before submitting your application, you should read our to understand how Bupa will use, store and share your information.* For Australia or New Zealand candidates - Before submitting your application, you should read our to understand how Bupa will use, store and share your information.National Development Chef page is loaded## National Development Cheflocations: Leedstime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: May 26, 2026 (13 days left to apply)job requisition id: R1220383Job Description:**National Development Chef****Contract:** National role with regular travel **Location:** National & occasional WFH days **Employment type:** 6 month FTC **Salary:** Competitive **Role specific benefits:** Company Car, eligibility for 10% Management bonus scheme plus excellent Bupa benefits **Hours:** Full time**We make health happen**As **National Development Chef**, you’ll play a pivotal national leadership role shaping the future of dining across **Bupa Care Services and Richmond Villages**. This is a unique opportunity to influence food culture at scale, elevating resident experience, building chef capability, and setting the standard for excellence in care‐based hospitality.You’ll lead the creation and delivery of a modern culinary vision, champion innovation, and drive consistency and quality across hundreds of kitchens, all while keeping residents firmly at the heart of every decision.**How you’ll help us make health happen*** Lead and embed a **national culinary strategy** that delivers exceptional, resident‐centred dining experiences* Design, launch and evolve the **Chefs’ Academy**, building a strong pipeline of skilled, confident culinary professionals* Drive **menu innovation**, ensuring food is nutritious, inclusive, seasonal, and compliant with clinical and dietary needs* Coach and mentor chefs at all levels, supporting performance, engagement, and succession planning* Champion food safety, compliance, and continuous improvement across all sites**Key skills and experience needed for this role*** Proven senior culinary leadership experience within a busy kitchen* Expert knowledge of **IDDSI, allergens management, HACCP, and food safety legislation*** Strong people‐development capability, with experience of **coaching and mentoring chefs** at all levels and delivering high quality training in a group environment* Demonstrable experience in **menu development**, nutrition‐led design, and standardisation* Confident stakeholder‐management skills, with the ability to influence across operational, clinical, and support functions**Benefits**Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. **Viva**, our global wellbeing programme, supports your mental, physical, financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We also offer flexible working and a wide range of family‐friendly benefits.Joining Bupa in this role, you can expect benefits including:* Competitive salary and management bonus opportunity* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus paid volunteer days* Bupa wellbeing initiatives* Excellent Pension scheme and life assurance* Access to discounts, learning, and development opportunitiesWe’re a health insurer and provider — not driven by shareholders, but by our purpose: **helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world**. Our people bring this purpose to life through being brave, caring, and responsible every day.At Bupa, we encourage everyone to **Be You at Bupa**. We champion diversity and inclusivity and actively encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.Bupa is a **Level 2 Disability Confident Employer**, committed to providing fair and inclusive recruitment processes and reasonable adjustments where needed.If you require this advert in an alternative format, please email **careers@bupa.com**.Time Type:Full timeJob Area:Business DevelopmentLocations:Alveston Leys, Home Based, c/o Angel Court, Home Based c/o Kirkstall Forge
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