Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka Walt Disney World Swan a me Dolphin Resort iā Dan Herman i chef alakaʻi mai kāna kūlana mua ma ke ʻano he chef sous executive.
E mālama ʻo Chef Herman i nā hana ʻai a pau o nā hale ʻai a me nā mea inu he 17 o ka hale hoʻokipa, ʻahaʻaina a me nā limahana o ka 200.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Herman i kāna ʻoihana ma ka Walt Disney World Swan a me Dolphin Resort ma kahi o 20 mau makahiki i hala aku nei i ka makahiki 1999 a ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi i ka kūleʻa o ka ʻai. Ua hoʻomohala ʻo ia i nā papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana a he mea nui ia i ka hana ʻana i ka Food & Wine Classic o ka hōkele. Ua kōkua pū ʻo Herman i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka mea inu ma ka hale hoʻokipa, e nānā ana i ka wehe ʻana o nā hale ʻaina i mahalo nui ʻia e like me Il Mulino a me Todd English's bluezoo, i ʻike ʻia e USA Today ma ke ʻano he Top 10 Foodie Spot.
Me ka ʻoi aku o 23 mau makahiki o ka ʻike meaʻai mai ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna kēkelē i ka hoʻokele lawelawe meaʻai mai ke Kulanui ʻo Radford, ua manaʻo ʻia nā menus hoʻokumu a Chef Herman a me kona mākaukau hohonu e alakaʻi i nā hana kuke ʻai hōkele ʻoi aku ka nui o nā makana ʻaina he nui. Ma waena o nā hanohano i loaʻa iā Herman a me kāna mau hui i ka wā o kona noho ʻana, ʻo ia ka nui o nā ʻike mai ka National Association of Catering Executives, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, AAA, TripAdvisor, USA Today, Orlando Sentinel a me nā manawa he nui e hōʻike ma ka Hale James Beard.
Ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i chef hoʻokele nui, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Herman i ka executive sous chef i ka makahiki 2006 a ua kūleʻa ʻo ia i ka mālama ʻana i ʻelima mau hale ʻaina maʻamau a me kahi kīhini commissary multi-faceted. Ma kēia kūlana, ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia, hoʻolālā a hoʻokō i nā menus hou hou e pili ana i ka seasonality, e hoʻopili ana i nā huahana kūloko, organik a hoʻomau. Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana i nā ʻahaʻaina, ua loaʻa mau ka hale hoʻokipa i ka Marriott's High Event Satisfaction Scores.
Ua komo mua ʻo Herman i ka hui ʻai meaʻai ma ke ʻano he chef hale ʻaina. ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻo ia i ka chef ʻahaʻaina paʻakikī kahi i ulu ai ʻo ia i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana culinary o Walt Disney World Swan a me Dolphin Resort's award-winning banquets division. ʻO ia ke kuleana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā menus hou me ke ʻano nani a me ke ʻano pilikino no nā hui VIP a me nā ʻahaʻaina, i kekahi manawa e like me ka nui o nā malihini he 400.
Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i ka hui ʻai ʻai ʻo Walt Disney World Swan a me Dolphin, he chef de cuisine ʻo Arthur's 27 ma Wyndham Palace Resort and Spa ma Orlando.
"ʻAʻole kūlike ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o Chef Herman i kāna ʻoihana a me ka hale hoʻokipa," wahi a Walt Disney World Swan a me Dolphin Resort Luna Nui ʻo Fred Sawyers. "ʻO kāna kālena a me kāna ʻike e hoʻolilo iā ia i waiwai kūʻokoʻa i ka Walt Disney World Swan a me Dolphin Resort."
