Position Overview & Specifications

Chef - Bank

- CRO00MV


Chef Croft House Care Home, Braintree Road, Great Dunmow, Essex CM6 1HR It’s the small things that can often make the biggest difference. At Bupa Care Homes, we know it's our privilege to care for people – supporting them to live with dignity and independence. Right now, we’re looking for a caring and organised individual to join us as a Chef at Croft House Care Home in Great Dunmow to help us be the positive difference to our resident’s lives. Working hours and salary £11.14-£12.55 per hour Bank Contract What your typical day involves
  • Creating a varied and nutritional menu in line with dietary needs and preferences
  • Training and managing the kitchen team in prepping cooking and serving of food
  • Managing all mandatory paperwork including: adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries
  • Catering for special events or seasonal activities, such as summer fetes, Christmas parties and birthdays (as required)
Who we’re looking for A passion for cooking with previous experience working in a fresh food kitchen and relevant hygiene certificates. You want to create and deliver an excellent dining experience at each meal and make our residents feel at home. You’re a natural leader, open to new ideas with an innovative approach to cooking, always maintaining high standards. You’ll enjoy mentoring and supporting others and you’ll cherish the little moments with our residents, sharing your love of food with them.

The added benefits of Bupa

  • 28 days holiday
  • Hot meal provided on a 12-hour shift
  • Comprehensive induction, on-going training and development and options for internal apprenticeship schemes
  • Access to MyHealthcare which gives you quick, easy access to free support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from one phone number.
  • Additional health & wellbeing tools including Be Me App, Healthy Minds, Gym Pass & discounted health assessments
  • NEST workplace pension, life assurance & bereavement support
  • Healthcare Insurance Cash plan (after 18 months’ service) giving you the ability to claim on everyday treatments like dental, optical and private prescriptions
  • My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your wellbeing.
  • Wagestream – Access your income before pay day, if and when you need it
  • Only available to permanent employees where HealthRoster is used.
Who we are As a leading healthcare group, we run care homes and retirement villages in the health and social care sector, health centres, dental centres and hospitals all over the world. As well as providing insurance to over 16 million people. We’re a big company but no matter what business area you’re in, our purpose is simple – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. And we have belief in you to help us achieve it.

Please note that we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship in order for your application to be considered.


Want to know more? Check us out on Facebook and Twitter by searching for Bupa UK Careers. Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

Work Locations Croft House Braintree Road Great Dunmow CM6 1HR

Unposting Date Ongoing

Salary Amount £11.14-£12.55