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Cook | Full-Time
Iris Memory Care of Rowlett | Rowlett, TX
About the Role
Do you love cooking meals that bring comfort and joy? Iris Memory Care of Rowlett is looking for a dependable, detail-oriented Cook to join our team. Weekend availability is required. If you take pride in preparing food with care and want your work to truly matter, we’d love to meet you.
Schedule: 7pm–6pm w/ 1 hour lunch | 4 days per week
Rate of Pay: starting at $17.00/hour
*Pay is negotiable based on experience. Priority given to candidates with memory care experience.
About Our Community
Iris Memory Care of Rowlett is a small, freestanding memory care assisted living community conveniently located off George Bush Turnpike on Miller Road in Rowlett, TX. Our campus is home to 4 residents split between two buildings. All of our residents live with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, and as an age-in-place community, you’ll prepare meals for residents across the full spectrum of the disease.
What You’ll Do
- Prepare and serve meals to residents within scheduled times, with attention to quality, presentation, and efficient service
- Maintain food quality, proper quantities, and sanitation throughout the kitchen
- Keep the kitchen and food storage areas clean, organized, and safe
- Know residents’ food needs and preferences, coordinating with care staff as needed
- Follow established menus and adjust recipes with guidance from the consultant dietician to meet residents’ nutritional needs
- Inspect food for quality, temperature, and appearance before serving; offer substitutions as needed
- Maintain coolers, meal service records, and required documentation
- Follow all local, state, and corporate health, sanitation, and infection control requirements
- Report food service concerns or kitchen inspection issues, with a plan for correction
- Help train team members on daily kitchen sanitation practices
What We’re Looking For
- One to two years of similar food service experience preferred
- Working knowledge of food safety and sanitation regulations
- ServSafe certification, or ability to complete an approved course
- Supervisory experience with older adults’ food needs preferred
- Ability to prepare and serve a wide variety of foods skillfully
- High school diploma/GED or equivalent preferred
- Reliable attendance and ability to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs occasionally and 35 lbs regularly, with frequent pushing, pulling, bending, walking, reaching, and stooping
- Annual verification of a negative TB skin test
- Availability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays as needed
- Positive, team-oriented attitude
Why Iris Memory Care?
Our residents deserve more than a meal — they deserve food made with care by someone who understands how much it matters. At Iris, you’ll be part of a close-knit team that treats residents like family.
Apply today. Our residents can’t wait.
Iris Memory Care is an equal opportunity employer.
Salary : $17