Is there a restaurant where Disney can train or experiment on dishes?

[old lady]

Should there be a restaurant that young trainee can learn how to cook for Disney guests?

 

[piccolopat]

With the amount of people that are served, I don't think it would be practical or realistic to expect Disney to be a training ground for new chefs. There are plenty of smaller restaurants that will take in people just starting in the business but my guess is that most will require at least some experience and formal training.

 

[Wild4Walt]

I love the concept and it's Disney so you never know....

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Such a question betrays a lack of knowledge on how restaurant kitchens work.

Which is to say every restaurant has juniors doing prep and other tasks, which is a way of learning and working forward.

 

[JZCubed]

Should there be a restaurant that young trainee can learn how to cook for Disney guests?

Are you asking if Disney hires inexperienced food-handlers to work in their kitchens?

Let me make a distinction - taking something like precooked meat and slapping it on to a piece of bread is not cooking, it is food handling. So yes, an inexperienced person can be hired for this type of McJob. On the other hand, the person cooking that meat is likely to have some experience (possibly starting out at that McJob) and/or education - because handling raw food requires some additional knowledge and/or experience.

So if I were to venture a guess - no, Disney likely hires people with some experience to cook. But that experience may be a food-handling job at Disney.

There are cooking schools, community college courses, and even plenty of High Schools 'home ec' classes (see: Careers in the Culinary Arts nonprofit) that prepare people to get hired as cooks - anywhere. Disney likely hires people to cook with any of these experiences. But Disney is not likely to hire as a cook what would have been termed 'apprentices' before these learning opportunities became ubiquitous.

 

[DisBuckMan]

Are you asking if Disney hires inexperienced food-handlers to work in their kitchens?

Let me make a distinction - taking something like precooked meat and slapping it on to a piece of bread is not cooking, it is food handling. So yes, an inexperienced person can be hired for this type of McJob. On the other hand, the person cooking that meat is likely to have some experience (possibly starting out at that McJob) and/or education - because handling raw food requires some additional knowledge and/or experience.

So if I were to venture a guess - no, Disney likely hires people with some experience to cook. But that experience may be a food-handling job at Disney.

There are cooking schools, community college courses, and even plenty of High Schools 'home ec' classes (see: Careers in the Culinary Arts nonprofit) that prepare people to get hired as cooks - anywhere. Disney likely hires people to cook with any of these experiences. But Disney is not likely to hire as a cook what would have been termed 'apprentices' before these learning opportunities became ubiquitous.

It's an "old lady" post.

Really doesn't deserve the thought or time you put into it.

Search "her" history and you'll understand what I'm talking about. Ridiculous question after ridiculous question, and never responds to any answers given.

Someone thinks they're funny.

 

[JZCubed]

It's an "old lady" post.

Really doesn't deserve the thought or time you put into it.

Search "her" history and you'll understand what I'm talking about. Ridiculous question after ridiculous question, and never responds to any answers given.

Someone thinks they're funny.

I only realized that after I posted.

But I do appreciate the heads-up.

At this point, old lady does remind me of the comedic skit where an absurdity was thrown-out to the audience to, "Discuss."

Was that Mike Myers as Linda Richman in Coffee Talk?

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Should there be a restaurant that young trainee can learn how to cook for Disney guests?

1) Basically, NO WAY.
2) WDW is about serving The Masses and En-Msss, and not individual whims of chefs or cooks.

 

[Deb & Bill]

They do have a Culinary Internship program.

 

[crazy4wdw]

The closed Bonfamille's Café at Port Orleans French Quarter often serves as the test kitchen when Disney chefs are developing new menu items. At least that was true several years ago.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

The closed Bonfamille's Café at Port Orleans French Quarter often serves as the test kitchen when Disney chefs are developing new menu items. At least that was true several years ago.

When used as a chef or other training program, it is not open to the public.