--- title: Cardigan Ridge Chef/Cook at Lifespark in Saint Paul, MN description: Lifespark is hiring for the Cardigan Ridge Chef/Cook role in Saint Paul, MN. Pays $21 per hour. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/cardigan-ridge-chef-cook-at-lifespark-01a0d94e-ab42-71bf-a2c4-ef14f3483cdb date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Lifespark as Cardigan Ridge Chef/Cook in Saint Paul, MN. Pays $21 per hour. Part-time role. See the full description and apply. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/b02qwp.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Lifespark | | **Location** | Saint Paul, MN | | **Salary** | $21/hr | | **Type** | Full Time, Part Time | | **Posted** | Oct 30, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** B · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** No H-1B sponsorship on record for Lifespark. - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Lifespark. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $42,000 – $62,000 a year (median $43,000). ## Description Cardigan Ridge, a Lifespark Senior Living Community, is looking for a Culinary Director to join our growing team! At Cardigan Ridge Senior Living, we're redefining senior living in Little Canada, MN. We help seniors Age Magnificently in our gorgeous, apartment-style community, providing Assisted Living, Independent Living, and Memory Care services. Join our team today! **Position:** Part-time Chef/Cook **Shifts Available:** 600 am - 1:00 pm (part-time, 4 shifts/ pay period) | 11:00 am - 6:30 pm (part-time, 4 shifts/pay period) **Hourly:** $21/hour **Service Area:** Little Canada, MN Are you compassionate towards others? Are you passionate about enriching the lives of others? If so, we want you to join our team and help seniors Age Magnificently! Our Cook/Chef becomes family and impacts the lives of our residents who live in a Lifespark Senior Living Community. Our **Chef/Cook** becomes family and impacts the lives of our residents who live in a Lifespark Senior Living Community. **Cardigan Ridge,** a Lifespark Senior Living Community, is looking for a **Chef/Cook** to join our growing team.   In this position, you will be responsible for preparing food in accordance with prescribed resident/tenant diet specifications, facility procedures, and dietary and sanitary regulations. Duties include:     - Prepare and serve food and meals in accordance with planned menus, diet plans, recipes, portions, and temperature control procedures. - Direct and assist in cleaning and sanitizing work areas, equipment, floors, dishes, and utensils. - Check all trays for menu and diet requirements, preferences, and accuracy. Ensure proper storage for food and supplies. - Review and process diet changes and ensure menus are maintained and followed in accordance with established procedures. - Ensure that food and supplies are available for the next meals.  - Assist with inventory and storing incoming foods and supplies.  - Report any hazardous conditions, equipment, accidents, and incidents. - Adhere to universal precautions and sanitary, safety, and infection control policies and procedures.       **Preferred Qualifications:**      - High School Diploma or equivalent. - Experience in a senior living setting is preferred. - Must be able to relate professionally, positively, and cooperatively with residents, residents’ families, and employees. - Must possess advanced computer skills, including email use.   **Benefits:**      - Annual Reviews/Raises {Shift differentials if applicable} - Paid Time Off – Vacation Time - Mileage reimbursement - Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full-Time Hires - Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance - Life Insurances - 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees - Referral bonuses - Career path to other positions within our growing company!   Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace — earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 12 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare — but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark’s full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South – this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you – let’s get you hired. *It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer’s premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.*   #SLGlow2   ## Skills - Universal Precautions - Infection Control - Temperature Control ## Benefits - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Disability Insurance - Paid Time Off (Pto) - 401(k) Plans - Transportation ## Related - [Hospitality & Food Service jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/hospitality-and-food-service?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Food & Beverage jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/hospitality-and-food-service/food-and-beverage?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Chef jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/hospitality-and-food-service/food-and-beverage/chef?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [Hospitals and Health Care](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/healthcare/hospitals-and-health-care?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 385444 jobs - [Minnesota](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/minnesota?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 48027 jobs - [Saint Paul, MN](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/minnesota/saint-paul?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 2524 jobs ## Related pages - [Hospitals and Health Care](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/healthcare/hospitals-and-health-care?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 385444 jobs - [Minnesota](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/minnesota?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 48027 jobs - [Saint Paul, MN](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/minnesota/saint-paul?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 2524 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)