Disney is debuting new products and food items to celebrate the opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, inspired by Leah Chase.
Walt Disney World’s newest ride, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, will open to the public on June 28 at Magic Kingdom park in Florida, and later this year at Disneyland in California. To celebrate, the theme park is debuting new dishes and products inspired by 2009 filmcharacter Tiana, Disney’s first Black princess who dreams of opening her own restaurant in 1920s New Orleans.
Tiana was inspired by “Queen of Creole Cuisine” Leah Chase, who owned and operated New Orelans restaurant Dooky Chase’s with husband Edgar “Dooky” Chase Jr. from 1946 until her death in 2019. In addition to helping introduce the country’s diners to dishes like Louisiana gumbo and Southern fried chicken, Leah played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement, hosting NAACP members and leaders including Martin Luther King Jr.
The line takes riders through her prep kitchen, where you can spot a batch of Tiana’s famous beignets being made and the gumbo pot she uses in the original film. Imagineers took care to ensure that Tiana’s kitchen paid tribute to Chase, even outfitting the space with the same brand of cookware that Chase owned.
“This is huge. To showcase the hard work of my grandparents, it means the world to us,” says Edgar “Dook” Chase IV, the current executive chef of Dooky Chase’s restaurant and grandson of Leah Chase. “But it also showcases what Tiana is all about: hard work and confidence, and that takes you to the next level. Working alongside my grandmother was a treat. She’d invite everyone to the kitchen, and that’s what her true gift was.
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