I'm a vegetarian. I have been for most of my life. So going home after my first day in the Pecos kitchen with a chunk of hamburger stuck in the layer of grease on my arm was less than appetizing! But let's back up...
While working in Frontierland Quick Service based out of Pecos Bill Cafe I was rotated through three main areas during my internship. The first was the counter and being in directed contact with our Guests every day. When it was time to rotate I wasn't sure how I would feel about switching to the back and working in the kitchen.
My second costume while working Walt Disney World actually got an adjustment. On top we wore white chef jackets. Yeah, I'm such a chef. Ha! While working we also had white paper hats to keep hair out of the food. We made ours every day when we arrived at the restaurant. At first my pants were a gingham print. I liked those, but soon they were all changed out and it felt more like we were wearing black MC Hammer pants. Oh well, it's not like anybody saw us except for any glimpses a guest might get through the kitchen window, so then it was only waist up. I did have to go to the Florida Mall to find some black steel toe shoes for working in the kitchen. Talk about ugly. I have no idea why I even carted those back to Oregon in the end. I should have left them in a dumpster. I never did wear them again after my last day in the kitchen!
Luis, cooking fries Note the paper hat and black pants! |
That was the main flow. Let's get deeper now. The same woman always cooked the burgers and buns. I never once saw a CP do that. I was fine with this for sure!! Someone would be assigned to cooking the fries. They had me do it for only a short time because, to be blunt, I wasn't strong enough. I couldn't lift up the bags that would be frozen to other bags and then get them into the fryer easily. I could hardly even lift the basket and dump it into the trays. My body just wasn't prepared for that, so I was switched elsewhere pretty quick. This is a time being wimpy worked in my favor!
Dan - the Man! - cooking chicken |
Some mornings I helped make cold sandwiches that would be rafted over to Tom Sawyer Island, but that was only when this beastly woman was on her days off. Remember her for later in this post.
There was a position where you basically kept all the ice stocked. That seemed to always be assigned to men. Score for me!
I spent a lot of time doing pots and trays and I loved it. I would load up all of the dirty pots from cooking or used the guest trays and get them washed. It was too fun and did result in multiple food/water fights with the custodial people.
You have to make it fun if you're stuck in a kitchen and wearing meat on your body! There was a lot of singing in the evenings when it wouldn't be as busy. Sublime was our music of choice!
Joe - a manager - I liked him |
Rebecca & Anne-Laure "Pretty people" usually on stage! |
At the end of the night we would have that kitchen absolutely immaculate. The whole team would be cleaning and getting every inch ready for a new day. If you go to a Disney park and eat at a restaurant you can rest assured you are getting food cooked to proper temperature in clean surroundings. Don't worry!
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