Parks Signature Fine Dining Culinary - Full Time

22 Hours ago • 3-5 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

The Disneyland Resort's Signature Fine Dining team seeks culinary artists for full-time roles at Carthay Circle and Club 33. Responsibilities include operating kitchen equipment, maintaining food safety standards (HACCP), preparing and cooking various dishes (including advanced techniques for Demi Chef roles), handling special dietary requests, and working collaboratively within a fast-paced environment. Roles involve precise food preparation, following recipes, maintaining proper temperatures, and ensuring high-quality food presentation. Excellent communication, teamwork, and guest service skills are essential. The ideal candidate demonstrates a passion for culinary excellence and understands culinary techniques and terminology.
Must have:
  • 5 years culinary experience or degree & 3 years experience
  • Food safety knowledge & certification
  • Excellent communication & teamwork skills
  • Advanced cooking techniques (Demi Chef)
  • Ability to handle special dietary requests
Good to have:
  • Culinary degree (CIA or equivalent)
  • Basic wine knowledge
  • Experience with specific kitchen technology

Job Details

Job Summary:

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.

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION
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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

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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: .
  • 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.

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