Napa Rose Fine Dining Culinary - Full Time

Napa Rose Fine Dining Culinary - Full Time

At the Disneyland Resort, our culinary teams are more than chefsthey're artists, visionaries, and storytellers. Join us at Napa Rose, our award-winning fine dining restaurant located inside Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, where exceptional ingredients and imaginative cuisine come together to create unforgettable dining experiences. Napa Rose has reopened with a bold new menu and a stunningly reimagined space, continuing its legacy of redefining fine dining in California. With this exciting transformation, now is the perfect time to become part of something extraordinary! Working at Napa Rose offers unparalleled opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic, lively, and high-volume environment that celebrates innovation and excellence. If you're passionate about fine dining culinary arts and ready to bring magic to every plate, we invite you to apply for these opportunities at Napa Rose today:

• Dinner Cook
• Specialty Cook

All roles:

• Responsible for ensuring food is cooked to proper standards
• Clean kitchen equipment and practice all HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) procedures

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
• Adjust thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters, and steam kettles
• 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.
• Observe and test food being cooked by tasting, smelling, and piercing with a fork to determine that it is cooked

Specialty Cook:

• Use a variety of cooking techniques such as braising, baking, roasting (oven or rotating spit), and high-level skillet/saut work
• Operate all kitchen equipment, including adjusting thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters, and steam kettles
• Ability to inventory product, read menus (BEOs, Restaurant Orders), and estimate food requirements to create a production plan
• Maintain standards and specifications related to food preparation and food handling daily, understand measurement requirements
• Uphold food safety and sanitation guidelines, including temperature requirements and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) procedures while understanding the science in cooking temperatures
• Demonstrate advanced culinary technical skills required in preparation of food and use of kitchen equipment
• Demonstrate the 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
• Passion for Culinary and delighting our Guests with food!
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in culinary field with a focus on high volume production
• Culinary education degree or equivalent experience required with less than 2 years of experience in culinary field
• Proficient knife skills
• Proven knowledge of culinary techniques and terminology
• Proven ability to read and understand recipes
• Organizational skills
• Ability to multitask and adapt to production requirements in a fast-paced team environment
• Speed, accuracy, and efficiency are required and ability to work well under pressure
• 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

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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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 Dinner Cook role is $28.00 per hour.
• The pay rate for this Fine Dining Specialty Cook role is $30.00 per hour.

About Disneyland Resort:

When Walt Disney opened Disneyland on July 17, 1955, he said he hoped it would be "a source of joy and inspiration to all the world." Since then, the Disneyland Resort has welcomed more than 800 million guests, expanding to become an approximately 500-acre, multifaceted, world-class family resort destination, complete with two renowned Disney theme parks, three hotels and the exciting shopping, dining and entertainment area known as Downtown Disney District. Through a combination of creativity, technology and innovation, the resort brings storytelling to new heights, and Disneyland Resort cast members play an integral part in bringing that Disney magic to life for thousands of guests every day.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., which is part of a business we call Disneyland Resort.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.