Artists, visionaries, storytellers – that’s the Signature Fine Dining team at the Disneyland® Resort! Under our Culinary Director, Chef Andrew Sutton, our Fine Dining restaurants offer incredible growth opportunities to develop your skills as a professional chef, culinarian, and craftsman. With access to the best ingredients, our award-winning restaurants at Carthay Circle and Club 33 set the backdrop for one-of-a-kind experiences that can only be brought to life through our connection to our food! If you are ready to use your culinary skills in an innovative and fast-paced environment to create magic at our impressive Parks Signature Fine Dining restaurants, then apply for one of our hourly roles today!

Hourly Opportunities may include:

• Signature Fine Dining/Dinner Cook

• Signature Fine Dining/Demi Chef

Responsibilities :

All Roles

• Operate all kitchen equipment, including adjusting thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters, and steam kettles

• Maintain standards and specifications related to food preparation and food handling daily, understand measurement requirements

• Uphold food safety and sanitation guidelines, including maintaining proper temperature requirements and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) procedures while understanding the science in cooking temperatures

• Responsible for checking and maintaining proper temperatures throughout preparation, cooling, holding, and serving of food items, including adjusting thermostat controls to regulate temperatures

• Observe and test food being cooked by tasting, smelling, and piercing with cooking utensils to determine that food is cooked properly, according to specifications

• Clean kitchen equipment

• Ability to handle special dietary requests and work with Guests requiring special requests due to dietary concerns

Signature Fine Dining/Dinner Cook

• Prepare, season, and cook stocks, soups, sauces, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other foodstuffs for consumption in hotels and restaurants

• Read menus to estimate food requirements and procure it from storage

• Measure and mix ingredients according to recipes, using a variety of kitchen utensils and equipment, such as blenders, mixers, grinders, slicers, and tenderizers to prepare soups, salads, gravies, desserts, sauces, and casseroles

• Bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods. Add seasoning to foods during mixing or cooking according to personal judgment and experience

Signature Fine Dining/Demi Chef

• Use cooking techniques such as braising, baking, roasting (oven or rotating spit), and high-level skillet/sauté work

• Ability to inventory product, read menus (BEOs, Restaurant Orders), and estimate food requirements to create a production plan

• May prepare sauces “a la minute” using advanced sauce preparation techniques

• Prepare confits and compotes, and create seasonings, cures, and rubs

• May bone and clean shellfish, cut, trim, or grind meats, fish, or poultry

• Must demonstrate ability to present and discuss menu item preparation with Dinner Cooks, Order/Grill Cooks, and Guests

Basic Qualifications :

• You must be at least 18 years of age to be considered for these roles

• Demonstrate 5 years of experience in culinary field/restaurant, or a culinary degree and 3 years of related experience

• Strong communication and organizational skills; proven leadership and interpersonal skills with an ability to lead a team in a very fast-paced environment

• Adept at troubleshooting and can calmly handle difficult situations

• Proven ability to create, read, and understand recipes

• Understand the purpose of the knife and when to use it

• Exhibit a positive, friendly, and helpful attitude to our Guests and fellow Cast Members

• Demonstrate excellent guest service skills and able to give appropriate service recovery

• Demonstrate passion and enthusiasm for working in the kitchen

• Proven knowledge of culinary techniques and terminology

• Food Safety Certification or equivalent

• Ability to work with technology (plate costing buffet system, CAFÉ system, KDS, Workbrain)

• Must be flexible and able to work a variety of shifts, including days, nights, weekends, holidays and special events

Preferred Education :

• Vocation School training or High School certification

• Culinary Education Degree, Certification from CIA, or equivalent

• Basic wine knowledge

Additional Information :

SCHEDULE AVAILABILITY

Our Theme Parks and Resort Hotels operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and some shifts may start as early as 5:00am while some may end as late as 3:00am, 4:00am or 5:00am Must be flexible and able to work a variety of shifts including days, nights, weekends, holidays and special events.

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Ready to learn more about the exciting Culinary opportunities at the Disneyland Resort? Watch our recent Virtual Culinary Webinar and hear directly from our chefs and discover all the possibilities a career with Disney Culinary could provide. Learn about the variety of experiences and cuisines our teams bring to life! To watch the recording, click HERE (https://youtu.be/rlbo4mjObGo)

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This posting is seeking candidates to fill multiple roles in California. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits .

• The pay rate for this Signature Fine Dining/Dinner Cook role is $27.50 per hour.

• The pay rate for this Signature Fine Dining/Demi Chef role is $29.50 per hour.

Job ID: 1256204BR

Location: Anaheim,California

Job Posting Company: "Disneyland Resort"

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