Category: Culinary

Delaware North’s Culinary & Hospitality Excellence for Future Success (CHEFS®) program continues to expand with eight executive chefs from all subsidiaries partaking in a training at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Copia in Napa, Calif. The executive chefs emerged with CIA ProChef® Mentor designations on Aug. 14, preparing them to mentor the fourth […]

Delaware North’s Culinary & Hospitality Excellence for Future Success (CHEFS®) program continues to expand with eight executive chefs from all subsidiaries partaking in a training at the Culinary Institute of America’s (CIA) Copia campus in Napa, Calif. The executive chefs emerged with CIA ProChef® Mentor designations on Aug. 14, preparing them to mentor the fourth […]

Delaware North’s Culinary & Hospitality Council recently brought a group of chef mentors from its Culinary & Hospitality Excellence for Future Success (CHEFS)® program to the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, N.Y., for intensive ProChef® I certification exams. The participating chefs hailed from well-known sports venues, a national park, an urban hotel and Walt Disney World Resort.

Delaware North Australia, in collaboration with the enterprisewide Brand Environments & Merchandising team, recently took home gold and silver awards from the Melbourne Design Awards in Australia for their work with the Greater Group at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC). The following spaces were recognized in the 2024 Better Future […]

Delaware North’s industry-leading Culinary & Hospitality Excellence for Future Success® (CHEFS) program was recently profiled by FoodService Director Magazine. The article, “How Delaware North builds career paths from hourly cook to salaried sous chef,” is below. The global foodservice operator’s culinary development program, Culinary & Hospitality Excellence for Future Success (CHEFS), offers a yearlong curriculum […]

Delaware North’s Patina Restaurant Group proudly secured two places in USA Today’s coveted list of “Top 10 Best Restaurants at Walt Disney World,” just in time for the global influx of summer vacation travelers. Via Napoli at Epcot grabbed the top spot at no. 1, and Maria & Enzo’s Ristorante in Disney Springs ranked no. […]

Delaware North brought together chefs from across the company for hands-on training June 24–26 to prepare them to earn ProChef® I certifications later this month at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. 

Patina 250, owned and operated by Delaware North’s Patina Restaurant Group, hosted hosted the latest installment of its Guest Chef Series, “Seafood & Spritz,” on June 11 at company headquarters in Buffalo. The event, which included a curated menu for seafood lovers and offered guests 15 varieties of seafood, was created by the Fresh Catch […]

It was barely 4 a.m. during the recent seven-day 2024 PGA Championship in Louisville, Ky., and all was – mostly – quiet at Valhalla Golf Club in the hours before spectators arrived. However, there was one place that buzzed with pre-dawn activity each day: the main production kitchen for Delaware North’s Patina Restaurant Group, the event’s official catering partner.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (May 2, 2024) – Michelin-starred Chef Carlos Gaytán and Patina Restaurant Group are pleased to announce the grand opening of three new Mexican dining concepts – Paseo, Céntrico and Tiendita – to the Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort. As a world-renowned and sought after figure in the industry, Gaytán is ushering […]