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Disneyland Resort Executive Chef Andrew Sutton Receives Prestigious Culinary Honor

Napa Rose Chef Honored with Antonin Carême Medal

Napa Rose Executive Chef Andrew Sutton, a 26-year culinary veteran, was honored as one of four recipients of the Antonin Carême Medal presented by The Chefs Association of the Pacific Coast, Inc. in San Francisco on November 16.

Sutton accepted the medal for his lifetime of achievements including his involvement in creating an award-winning menu, featuring hand-selected ingredients from throughout California’s diverse regions for Napa Rose, the five-star restaurant he helped launched when he joined the Disneyland Resort nine years ago.

“This medal means so much to me,” Sutton said. “It is truly humbling to be recognized for outstanding and lasting contributions. For me, what it’s really about are the people I work with and the guests we serve.”

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Paul F Anderson is blogging

Paul F Anderson is back and blogging at the grandiose named “Disney History Institute” blog. Anderson was the editor and author of the fabulous “Persistence of Vision” magazine and audio tape series from back in the 1990s. He’s only been going at this for a… Read More »Paul F Anderson is blogging

Join Marty Sklar and support Ryman Arts

I’ve just been notified about an upcoming very special event to be held at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. You get to spend an evening with Disney Legend Marty Sklar and Ryman Arts gets to continue its mission of teaching teens essential skills for art and life in a rigorous, nurturing studio environment.

The event is Saturday, December 12th, and tickets are limited. I truly think any Disney fanatic would find Marty’s presentation to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Full details below the jump:

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Terrific Fandub of “That’s What Friends Are For” from Jungle Book

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. If you’re out for Black Friday right now, I wish you luck. Myself, I’m taking it easy. So it was perfect serendipity when this video landed in my inbox today. It’s a video of two guys, Julien Neel… Read More »Terrific Fandub of “That’s What Friends Are For” from Jungle Book

Help a member of the Disney Family

If you have the means, please take a moment to help a member of the Disney family help his son and family recover from a tragic accident. You’ll help a great family and you may get a one of a kind artist piece from a… Read More »Help a member of the Disney Family

Changes coming to the Disney Studios

The LA Times points out how the changes coming to the Walt Disney Studios under new studio head Rich Ross portend a titanic shift in strategy. In less than eight weeks, Rich Ross has swiftly stamped his imprimatur on Walt Disney Studios. The novice movie… Read More »Changes coming to the Disney Studios

Flash Forward, Episode 109: “Believe”

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Tonight’s episode marked another step in the format for “Flash Forward” that I hope continues, where some of the lesser stories are given more screen time while the main plot advances more or less in the periphery. Aaron and his daughter, and Dr. Bryce and his mystery Japanese lady are obvious secondary plots in the overall scheme, but are interesting nonetheless and help flesh out the characters that support our leads…

NTSB Report on Fatal Monorail Accident to be delayed

Update: Apparently this news is no news at all. For NTSB is still on their approximately 1 year from incident timeline for the accident. For a while lit looked like the NTSB report on the Disney World fatal monorail accident would be swift in coming.… Read More »NTSB Report on Fatal Monorail Accident to be delayed