--- title: Director Culinary at Lifespark in Delano, MN description: Lifespark is hiring for the Director Culinary role in Delano, MN. Pays $58K–$65K per year. Full-time role. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/director-culinary-at-lifespark-01a18eaa-9378-7b48-a22a-48a085a95a98 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Lifespark as Director Culinary in Delano, MN. Pays $58K–$65K per year. Full-time role. See the full description and apply. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/ry3gf9.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Lifespark | | **Location** | Delano, MN | | **Salary** | $58K/yr - $65K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 30, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A · 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 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 Director of Culinary becomes family and impacts the lives of our residents who live in a Lifespark Senior Living Community. **Legacy of Delano**, a Lifespark Senior Living Community, is looking for a **Director Culinary Services** to join our growing team! **Legacy of Delano** is a fun filled Senior Living Facility, located right off of Highway 12 in Delano, near Coborn’s. It has 51 total units, between both Assistant Living, Independent, and Memory Care Apartments. Delano is a growing community with compassionate team members, who help our residents AGE Magnetically, join our team today! Position: **Director of Culinary** Salary: **$58,000 - $65,000 annually, depending on experience** Service Area: **1350 Saint Peter Avenue East, Delano, MN 55328** Schedule: **1.0 FTE, Full - Time / Monday – Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm** *(working the floor, week 1: Friday, week 2: Monday. On-call and weekend rotation as needed)* **Lifespark Benefits Include:**   - 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! *Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we’ve been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That’s where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.* **Position Duties & Responsibilities:** In this position, you will be Responsible for meeting high standards in the areas of meal preparation, communication, record keeping, and effectively working with staff, residents, tenants, and their families to ensure high quality and nutritional dietary services. *Duties include:* - Purchase and check-in all food and non-food items. - Manage inventory weekly. - Review and adhere to departmental budget. - Oversee the production and service of food and participate as needed. - Hire, orientate, train, counsel, and discipline culinary employees. - Develop work procedures and schedules. - Evaluate work performance of culinary employees. - Participate in facility leadership meetings, Interdisciplinary Team meetings, Quality Assurance/Improvement, Care Conferences, and other facility meetings as required. - Make daily contact with residents and families. - Interview residents and families to ensure nutritional needs are met. - Nutritional monitoring of residents through assessments, progress notes and dietary care planning. - Work in conjunction with facility Consulting Dietitian (where applicable) to assure optimum nutrition is obtained for all residents. - Complete documentation as needed. - Process and review diet orders to ensure compliance with physician orders. **Preferred Qualifications:** - Must have a current Serve Safe Certification (or acquired within first month of employment) - Minimum of one year experience in culinary field preferred. - Must be able to relate professionally, positively, and cooperatively with residents, resident’s families, and employees. - Must possess advanced computer skills. *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.* #SLWEST1 ## Skills - ServSafe Certification - Leadership - Progress Notes - Diet Orders - Care Planning - Quality Assurance - Nutrition ## 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) ## Related pages - [Hospitals and Health Care](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/healthcare/hospitals-and-health-care?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 385443 jobs - [Minnesota](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/minnesota?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 48024 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)