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WDW Prep To Go - a Disney World planning podcast

Talking with food pro Shay Spence - PREP 405

WDW Prep To Go - a Disney World planning podcast

Shannon Albert from WDWPrepSchool.com, a Disney World planning site

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

From culinary student to magazine food editor to Next Level Chef contestant, Disney enthusiast and social media content creator Shay Spence has created the perfect job that meshes with so many of his interests. Shay chats with Shannon about his background including where his love of Disney originated, how his career path has landed him at this spot, and what he believes is the most underrated restaurant at Walt Disney World.
 
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0:00.0

Today I'll talk to Food Pro Shay Spence that's coming up on this episode 405 of W.W. Prep to Go. And then. Hello and

0:25.0

I welcome to W.Pereptica,

0:27.0

we talk strategy and ideas for people playing their Disney World trips.

0:31.0

I am your host Shannon Albert

0:32.0

from W.D.W.Pere.com. Thank you for being here for episode

0:35.2

405. Today is an interview. It's been a little while since I had an interview. I

0:40.5

like doing them. I love mixing it up and having all different kinds of episodes, but it is sometimes

0:45.9

hard to find people that I want to talk to and people interested in talking to me, but I've been trying

0:51.1

to track down Shay since last year and we were able to finally connect for this

0:55.4

episode. If you don't know Shay he is a food pro and we talk about his career including his time as the food editor at People magazine.

1:06.2

He was on a Gordon Ramsey cooking show last year.

1:09.8

He has a large internet following because of his food-related content, but part of that is also Disney related.

1:17.3

And so we have that coming up in just a moment. As always, a reminder to follow on social media and a reminder that we do have a

1:25.8

Patreon there is a video version of this podcast up on Patreon and we also have a

1:30.8

weekly podcast that we do there a a private Facebook group, meetups in person, etc.

1:35.8

Lots of stuff going on over there. So if you would like to join us, we would love to have you.

1:41.4

I think that is it. Without any further ado. Here's my chat with Shay.

1:46.2

Welcome to podcast Shay. Hello I'm so happy to be here finally. Yes we've been trying to make this work for a while and finally it worked in your

1:55.8

schedule so I'm happy to come back to you. Yes and now we have even more to talk about than we originally tried to set up an interview.

2:05.2

So it all works out.

2:07.8

So you and I have known each other on social media for a while, but for people that don't already know you, what's your like elevator pitch of what you do?

2:17.0

My elevator pitch. I do, well, I think I've stretched myself way too thin, because I do way too much now, but I was originally

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