Cooking by a Non-Jew for an Elderly Woman
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Question
An elderly woman has a foreign worker who works for her. Can she cook for her?
Answer
It is permitted both on Shabbat and on weekdays when there is no one else to cook for her. However, the correct way is for a Jew to cook and for her to reheat, or at least for the lighting of the fire to be done by a Jew, or at least for her to light from a candle lit by a Jew.
Source
Shabbat 129. Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 328, Paragraph 19. See also there in Mishnah Berurah, Section 63.
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