Parks Signature Fine Dining Culinary - Full Time

Artists, visionaries, storytellers - that's the Signature Fine Dining team at the Disneyland ® Resort! 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/Demi Chef * Dinner Cook 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, test, and ensure food is cooked and plated to proper standards * Clean kitchen equipment * Ability to handle special dietary requests and work with Guests requiring special requests due to dietary concerns 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 Dinner Cook * Prepare, season, and cook stocks, soups, sauces, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other foodstuffs * Read menus to estimate food requirements (such as but not limited to procedures and pars) * 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, and sauces * Able to perform line cook and pantry skills, such as roasting, baking, and broiling meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods * Add seasoning to foods during mixing or cooking according to taste * Formulate and prepare complex recipes including bakers/pastry recipes and high-end specialty desserts Basic Qualifications : * You must be at least 18 years of age to be considered for these roles * 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 * 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 * Passion for Culinary and delighting our guests with food! * 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 After clicking " Apply Now " below, the employment application will open in a new window. Please complete ALL pages of the application by clicking "Next" on each page, then "Submit" on the final page. KEYWORD: DLR CASTING, dlrcasting, DLRCulinary, DLR Culinary, Disneyland Resort Casting Hourly Jobs, DLRResortRoles, DLR Resort Roles, DLRCulinary, DLR Culinary This posting is seeking to fill multiple roles in California: * The pay rate for this Signature Fine Dining/Demi Chef role is $30.50 per hour * The pay rate for this Dinner Cook role is $28.50 per hour 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 (https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits)