Walt Disney World has introduced a brand new limited-time Parisian culinary expertise with bottomless mimosas coming to the Cooks de France restaurant in World Showcase in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. This shares dates & particulars, together with a menu overview and images, plus why it is a vital improvement and hopefully a return to ‘2019 regular’ for the particular occasion.
This yr’s EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition begins on August 28, 2025 and runs by way of November 22, 2025 for a grand complete of 87 days. It’s starting and ending at some point sooner than final yr, which is roughly the historic norm. Though it had expanded lately, again in 2019 and earlier, the autumn foodie competition sometimes started Labor Day weekend and ended the weekend earlier than Thanksgiving.
Whereas the occasion period is already again to 2019 regular, the massive unanswered query is whether or not the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition can be fully again to regular when it comes to substance. It used to have a jam-packed plate of seminars, particular dinners, celeb chef panels, and varied enhancements. These have been absent for the previous 5 years. Now, we all know no less than one such meal can be supplied in 2025.
Right here’s the official announcement in regards to the Parisian breakfast buffet from Walt Disney World:
Bask in a standard French breakfast expertise that transports you straight to the cafés of Paris. Enjoyment of a bountiful breakfast buffet at Cooks de France that includes the next choices.
Assorted French Pastries
- Buttery croissants, ache au chocolat, almond croissants and different assorted pastries
Freshly Baked Baguettes
- Crisp on the skin, smooth and heat on the within—ultimate for spreading with creamy butter or luxurious French jams
Smoked Salmon
- Delicate and silky slices of smoked salmon, good for pairing with contemporary bread or a squeeze of lemon
Cheeses & Charcuterie
- A collection of premium cheeses and artisanal cured meats
Contemporary Fruit
- Seasonal fruit to stability the richness of the pastries and charcuterie
Benefit from the good accompaniment to your meal with limitless mimosas, fruit juices and freshly brewed espresso served to your liking. It’s a leisurely breakfast made to savor with pals and family members.
This pre-paid Parisian breakfast buffet expertise is just out there for a restricted time on Fridays and Saturdays in the course of the EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition. Advance Eating Reservations for the Cooks De France breakfast buffet will open on August 12, 2025 for seatings beginning on September 5, 2025.
Based on a bulletin on the restaurant’s web site, these ADRs would require pre-payment as soon as booked beginning August 12. It’s unclear whether or not the usual cancellation coverage will apply for this breakfast buffet, however the Cooks de France web site doesn’t at present replicate any adjustments.
Moreover, working hours haven’t been added for the breakfast buffet expertise at Cooks de France. Dates in September which were posted so far solely listing the usual lunch and dinner working hours.
It’s additionally notable {that a} full menu and costs haven’t but been posted. Given the distinctive nature of the expertise, restricted dates, limitless alcohol, and simply how costly all the things has gotten, we wouldn’t be stunned to see it price low triple-digits per individual. Hopefully that’s improper and it’s round $70. Nonetheless costly for breakfast, however that sounds about proper for an unique EPCOT Meals & Wine providing.
Our expectation is that every one of that is coming with the discharge of Walt Disney World’s official ‘foodie information’ to the 2025 EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition. It’s additionally fully potential that extra such culinary experiences can be revealed with the complete World Market menus, which needs to be coming within the subsequent week or so.
Our Commentary
Final yr’s EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition was extremely underwhelming. So was the one earlier than that, and the one earlier than that, for that matter. However the distinction final yr was that the park was fully wall-free, the occasion nonetheless was not again to “2019 regular.” The slate of seminars, culinary demonstrations, particular dinners, celeb chef panels, and varied enhancements didn’t return.
Not solely that, however the park didn’t even make the most of its area for a contemporary decor package deal–it was truly scaled again as contrasted with prior years. What had as soon as been Walt Disney World’s signature particular occasion of the yr has simply develop into EPCOT’s weakest competition. I don’t suppose that’s even a controversial opinion at this level. It’s in all probability the consensus, as each different competition has meals cubicles plus one thing else, whereas Meals & Wine has develop into simply the World Marketplaces. Extra of them, certain, however that’s nonetheless the one providing.
As defined in EPCOT’s Meals & Wine Competition Is Stale. Right here’s What We Need Disney to Change, the occasion actually wants a shot within the arm. Walt Disney World has been leaving cash on the desk by not bringing again the culinary seminars, demonstrations, meals with celeb cooks, and different particular occasions. These are the uncommon upcharge that’s a win-win for Disney and visitors, and it’s perplexing that they’ve all but to return.
With the CommuniCore Corridor occasion area, it looks as if a no brainer, as all of those particular occasions are expensive and generate a number of income. Nonetheless, CommuniCore Corridor wasn’t used for that function throughout final yr’s Meals & Wine, nor any of the festivals since.
CommuniCore Corridor was billed by Disney as a competition heart that will be a “dynamic area to anchor” EPCOT Festivals and an occasion area “restricted solely by the boundaries of creativeness.” As a substitute, CommuniCore Corridor is simply indoor seating and a few cubicles. To Disney’s credit score, they’ve used the area higher throughout 2025 festivals so far, nevertheless it’s nonetheless nothing particular.
We’re nonetheless holding out hope for a extra strong 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. EPCOT has a number of different unused (or underused) occasions areas other than CommuniCore Corridor that might be used. Perhaps we’ll lastly get the Wonders of Life pavilion or World ShowPlace put again into use for these occasions?! In all probability not gonna occur, however we are able to dream.
This breakfast buffet at Cooks de France is definitely a step in the precise course and hopefully the primary of many such bulletins within the subsequent couple of weeks. There are two issues which are notable about this providing.
The primary is that it’s being held not in a particular occasions area, however at a desk service restaurant within the France pavilion. So it’s not as if Walt Disney World must do something out of the abnormal to accommodate this.
The second is that Cooks de France is just not owned or operated by Walt Disney World. When it opened again in 1982, Les Cooks de France grew to become the primary restaurant in America affiliated with iconic chef Paul Bocuse. Since his passing, his son Jerome Bocuse nonetheless owns the corporate to at the present time.
That is notable as a result of Cooks de France opting to do a particular breakfast buffet expertise in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition is just not essentially indicative of any bigger-picture plans by Disney.
It might be that that is the primary of many bulletins, and Walt Disney World has been coordinating behind the scenes with eating places round World Showcase. This information got here out forward of a splashier announcement attributable to an unintentional web site replace (it’s been taking place lots these days).
Nevertheless it’s equally probably that the third celebration working participant that owns Cooks de France determined to do that by itself. Perhaps ADRs are down and Cooks de France realized they’ve the staffing to make this work, so that they determined to capitalize on the EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition with an occasion they know is more likely to promote out. A method of stimulating demand amongst repeat guests to offset a lower in vacationer curiosity. Both method, this might be an indication of extra to return.
Cooks de France is among the hottest eating places in World Showcase, so in the event that they’re seeing a “want” to seek out methods to extend bookings, it’s probably different eating places are in a worse place. As soon as the opposite third events see how well-liked that is (and our expectation is that it’ll promote out shortly), they’ll probably need in on the motion.
Perhaps it’ll be too late for that to occur this yr, however we may simply see related particular occasions supplied round World Showcase on the 2026 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. Hopefully there’s a concerted effort behind the scenes at Walt Disney World to breathe new life into the competition, and we gained’t have to attend that lengthy.
Perhaps this would be the yr the EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition turns issues round after stagnating for the final 5 years. It certain looks as if the particular occasion has develop into much less well-liked with every passing yr, so right here’s hoping that Walt Disney World has lastly realized that it’s gotten stale and that is the primary of many steps aimed toward addressing that. We’ll preserve you posted!
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Find out about lodges on our Walt Disney World Motels Evaluations web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Evaluations. To economize on tickets or decide which sort to purchase, learn our Suggestions for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets put up. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys put up takes a singular take a look at intelligent objects to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Journey Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the perfect place to start out is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for all the things that you must know!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be attempting to e-book ADRs for the Parisian breakfast buffet expertise at Cooks de France? Would you e-book different upcharges if supplied in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition? Did you attend the occasion in any of the previous couple of years? Hopeful any of the opposite demonstrations or seminars will return? Optimistic that CommuniCore Corridor will truly be put to good use this yr? Would you prefer to see Wonders or World ShowPlace venues make a return? Any questions we might help you reply? Listening to suggestions about your experiences is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
Walt Disney World has introduced a brand new limited-time Parisian culinary expertise with bottomless mimosas coming to the Cooks de France restaurant in World Showcase in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. This shares dates & particulars, together with a menu overview and images, plus why it is a vital improvement and hopefully a return to ‘2019 regular’ for the particular occasion.
This yr’s EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition begins on August 28, 2025 and runs by way of November 22, 2025 for a grand complete of 87 days. It’s starting and ending at some point sooner than final yr, which is roughly the historic norm. Though it had expanded lately, again in 2019 and earlier, the autumn foodie competition sometimes started Labor Day weekend and ended the weekend earlier than Thanksgiving.
Whereas the occasion period is already again to 2019 regular, the massive unanswered query is whether or not the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition can be fully again to regular when it comes to substance. It used to have a jam-packed plate of seminars, particular dinners, celeb chef panels, and varied enhancements. These have been absent for the previous 5 years. Now, we all know no less than one such meal can be supplied in 2025.
Right here’s the official announcement in regards to the Parisian breakfast buffet from Walt Disney World:
Bask in a standard French breakfast expertise that transports you straight to the cafés of Paris. Enjoyment of a bountiful breakfast buffet at Cooks de France that includes the next choices.
Assorted French Pastries
- Buttery croissants, ache au chocolat, almond croissants and different assorted pastries
Freshly Baked Baguettes
- Crisp on the skin, smooth and heat on the within—ultimate for spreading with creamy butter or luxurious French jams
Smoked Salmon
- Delicate and silky slices of smoked salmon, good for pairing with contemporary bread or a squeeze of lemon
Cheeses & Charcuterie
- A collection of premium cheeses and artisanal cured meats
Contemporary Fruit
- Seasonal fruit to stability the richness of the pastries and charcuterie
Benefit from the good accompaniment to your meal with limitless mimosas, fruit juices and freshly brewed espresso served to your liking. It’s a leisurely breakfast made to savor with pals and family members.
This pre-paid Parisian breakfast buffet expertise is just out there for a restricted time on Fridays and Saturdays in the course of the EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition. Advance Eating Reservations for the Cooks De France breakfast buffet will open on August 12, 2025 for seatings beginning on September 5, 2025.
Based on a bulletin on the restaurant’s web site, these ADRs would require pre-payment as soon as booked beginning August 12. It’s unclear whether or not the usual cancellation coverage will apply for this breakfast buffet, however the Cooks de France web site doesn’t at present replicate any adjustments.
Moreover, working hours haven’t been added for the breakfast buffet expertise at Cooks de France. Dates in September which were posted so far solely listing the usual lunch and dinner working hours.
It’s additionally notable {that a} full menu and costs haven’t but been posted. Given the distinctive nature of the expertise, restricted dates, limitless alcohol, and simply how costly all the things has gotten, we wouldn’t be stunned to see it price low triple-digits per individual. Hopefully that’s improper and it’s round $70. Nonetheless costly for breakfast, however that sounds about proper for an unique EPCOT Meals & Wine providing.
Our expectation is that every one of that is coming with the discharge of Walt Disney World’s official ‘foodie information’ to the 2025 EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition. It’s additionally fully potential that extra such culinary experiences can be revealed with the complete World Market menus, which needs to be coming within the subsequent week or so.
Our Commentary
Final yr’s EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition was extremely underwhelming. So was the one earlier than that, and the one earlier than that, for that matter. However the distinction final yr was that the park was fully wall-free, the occasion nonetheless was not again to “2019 regular.” The slate of seminars, culinary demonstrations, particular dinners, celeb chef panels, and varied enhancements didn’t return.
Not solely that, however the park didn’t even make the most of its area for a contemporary decor package deal–it was truly scaled again as contrasted with prior years. What had as soon as been Walt Disney World’s signature particular occasion of the yr has simply develop into EPCOT’s weakest competition. I don’t suppose that’s even a controversial opinion at this level. It’s in all probability the consensus, as each different competition has meals cubicles plus one thing else, whereas Meals & Wine has develop into simply the World Marketplaces. Extra of them, certain, however that’s nonetheless the one providing.
As defined in EPCOT’s Meals & Wine Competition Is Stale. Right here’s What We Need Disney to Change, the occasion actually wants a shot within the arm. Walt Disney World has been leaving cash on the desk by not bringing again the culinary seminars, demonstrations, meals with celeb cooks, and different particular occasions. These are the uncommon upcharge that’s a win-win for Disney and visitors, and it’s perplexing that they’ve all but to return.
With the CommuniCore Corridor occasion area, it looks as if a no brainer, as all of those particular occasions are expensive and generate a number of income. Nonetheless, CommuniCore Corridor wasn’t used for that function throughout final yr’s Meals & Wine, nor any of the festivals since.
CommuniCore Corridor was billed by Disney as a competition heart that will be a “dynamic area to anchor” EPCOT Festivals and an occasion area “restricted solely by the boundaries of creativeness.” As a substitute, CommuniCore Corridor is simply indoor seating and a few cubicles. To Disney’s credit score, they’ve used the area higher throughout 2025 festivals so far, nevertheless it’s nonetheless nothing particular.
We’re nonetheless holding out hope for a extra strong 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. EPCOT has a number of different unused (or underused) occasions areas other than CommuniCore Corridor that might be used. Perhaps we’ll lastly get the Wonders of Life pavilion or World ShowPlace put again into use for these occasions?! In all probability not gonna occur, however we are able to dream.
This breakfast buffet at Cooks de France is definitely a step in the precise course and hopefully the primary of many such bulletins within the subsequent couple of weeks. There are two issues which are notable about this providing.
The primary is that it’s being held not in a particular occasions area, however at a desk service restaurant within the France pavilion. So it’s not as if Walt Disney World must do something out of the abnormal to accommodate this.
The second is that Cooks de France is just not owned or operated by Walt Disney World. When it opened again in 1982, Les Cooks de France grew to become the primary restaurant in America affiliated with iconic chef Paul Bocuse. Since his passing, his son Jerome Bocuse nonetheless owns the corporate to at the present time.
That is notable as a result of Cooks de France opting to do a particular breakfast buffet expertise in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition is just not essentially indicative of any bigger-picture plans by Disney.
It might be that that is the primary of many bulletins, and Walt Disney World has been coordinating behind the scenes with eating places round World Showcase. This information got here out forward of a splashier announcement attributable to an unintentional web site replace (it’s been taking place lots these days).
Nevertheless it’s equally probably that the third celebration working participant that owns Cooks de France determined to do that by itself. Perhaps ADRs are down and Cooks de France realized they’ve the staffing to make this work, so that they determined to capitalize on the EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition with an occasion they know is more likely to promote out. A method of stimulating demand amongst repeat guests to offset a lower in vacationer curiosity. Both method, this might be an indication of extra to return.
Cooks de France is among the hottest eating places in World Showcase, so in the event that they’re seeing a “want” to seek out methods to extend bookings, it’s probably different eating places are in a worse place. As soon as the opposite third events see how well-liked that is (and our expectation is that it’ll promote out shortly), they’ll probably need in on the motion.
Perhaps it’ll be too late for that to occur this yr, however we may simply see related particular occasions supplied round World Showcase on the 2026 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. Hopefully there’s a concerted effort behind the scenes at Walt Disney World to breathe new life into the competition, and we gained’t have to attend that lengthy.
Perhaps this would be the yr the EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition turns issues round after stagnating for the final 5 years. It certain looks as if the particular occasion has develop into much less well-liked with every passing yr, so right here’s hoping that Walt Disney World has lastly realized that it’s gotten stale and that is the primary of many steps aimed toward addressing that. We’ll preserve you posted!
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Find out about lodges on our Walt Disney World Motels Evaluations web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Evaluations. To economize on tickets or decide which sort to purchase, learn our Suggestions for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets put up. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys put up takes a singular take a look at intelligent objects to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Journey Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the perfect place to start out is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for all the things that you must know!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be attempting to e-book ADRs for the Parisian breakfast buffet expertise at Cooks de France? Would you e-book different upcharges if supplied in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition? Did you attend the occasion in any of the previous couple of years? Hopeful any of the opposite demonstrations or seminars will return? Optimistic that CommuniCore Corridor will truly be put to good use this yr? Would you prefer to see Wonders or World ShowPlace venues make a return? Any questions we might help you reply? Listening to suggestions about your experiences is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
Walt Disney World has introduced a brand new limited-time Parisian culinary expertise with bottomless mimosas coming to the Cooks de France restaurant in World Showcase in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. This shares dates & particulars, together with a menu overview and images, plus why it is a vital improvement and hopefully a return to ‘2019 regular’ for the particular occasion.
This yr’s EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition begins on August 28, 2025 and runs by way of November 22, 2025 for a grand complete of 87 days. It’s starting and ending at some point sooner than final yr, which is roughly the historic norm. Though it had expanded lately, again in 2019 and earlier, the autumn foodie competition sometimes started Labor Day weekend and ended the weekend earlier than Thanksgiving.
Whereas the occasion period is already again to 2019 regular, the massive unanswered query is whether or not the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition can be fully again to regular when it comes to substance. It used to have a jam-packed plate of seminars, particular dinners, celeb chef panels, and varied enhancements. These have been absent for the previous 5 years. Now, we all know no less than one such meal can be supplied in 2025.
Right here’s the official announcement in regards to the Parisian breakfast buffet from Walt Disney World:
Bask in a standard French breakfast expertise that transports you straight to the cafés of Paris. Enjoyment of a bountiful breakfast buffet at Cooks de France that includes the next choices.
Assorted French Pastries
- Buttery croissants, ache au chocolat, almond croissants and different assorted pastries
Freshly Baked Baguettes
- Crisp on the skin, smooth and heat on the within—ultimate for spreading with creamy butter or luxurious French jams
Smoked Salmon
- Delicate and silky slices of smoked salmon, good for pairing with contemporary bread or a squeeze of lemon
Cheeses & Charcuterie
- A collection of premium cheeses and artisanal cured meats
Contemporary Fruit
- Seasonal fruit to stability the richness of the pastries and charcuterie
Benefit from the good accompaniment to your meal with limitless mimosas, fruit juices and freshly brewed espresso served to your liking. It’s a leisurely breakfast made to savor with pals and family members.
This pre-paid Parisian breakfast buffet expertise is just out there for a restricted time on Fridays and Saturdays in the course of the EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition. Advance Eating Reservations for the Cooks De France breakfast buffet will open on August 12, 2025 for seatings beginning on September 5, 2025.
Based on a bulletin on the restaurant’s web site, these ADRs would require pre-payment as soon as booked beginning August 12. It’s unclear whether or not the usual cancellation coverage will apply for this breakfast buffet, however the Cooks de France web site doesn’t at present replicate any adjustments.
Moreover, working hours haven’t been added for the breakfast buffet expertise at Cooks de France. Dates in September which were posted so far solely listing the usual lunch and dinner working hours.
It’s additionally notable {that a} full menu and costs haven’t but been posted. Given the distinctive nature of the expertise, restricted dates, limitless alcohol, and simply how costly all the things has gotten, we wouldn’t be stunned to see it price low triple-digits per individual. Hopefully that’s improper and it’s round $70. Nonetheless costly for breakfast, however that sounds about proper for an unique EPCOT Meals & Wine providing.
Our expectation is that every one of that is coming with the discharge of Walt Disney World’s official ‘foodie information’ to the 2025 EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition. It’s additionally fully potential that extra such culinary experiences can be revealed with the complete World Market menus, which needs to be coming within the subsequent week or so.
Our Commentary
Final yr’s EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition was extremely underwhelming. So was the one earlier than that, and the one earlier than that, for that matter. However the distinction final yr was that the park was fully wall-free, the occasion nonetheless was not again to “2019 regular.” The slate of seminars, culinary demonstrations, particular dinners, celeb chef panels, and varied enhancements didn’t return.
Not solely that, however the park didn’t even make the most of its area for a contemporary decor package deal–it was truly scaled again as contrasted with prior years. What had as soon as been Walt Disney World’s signature particular occasion of the yr has simply develop into EPCOT’s weakest competition. I don’t suppose that’s even a controversial opinion at this level. It’s in all probability the consensus, as each different competition has meals cubicles plus one thing else, whereas Meals & Wine has develop into simply the World Marketplaces. Extra of them, certain, however that’s nonetheless the one providing.
As defined in EPCOT’s Meals & Wine Competition Is Stale. Right here’s What We Need Disney to Change, the occasion actually wants a shot within the arm. Walt Disney World has been leaving cash on the desk by not bringing again the culinary seminars, demonstrations, meals with celeb cooks, and different particular occasions. These are the uncommon upcharge that’s a win-win for Disney and visitors, and it’s perplexing that they’ve all but to return.
With the CommuniCore Corridor occasion area, it looks as if a no brainer, as all of those particular occasions are expensive and generate a number of income. Nonetheless, CommuniCore Corridor wasn’t used for that function throughout final yr’s Meals & Wine, nor any of the festivals since.
CommuniCore Corridor was billed by Disney as a competition heart that will be a “dynamic area to anchor” EPCOT Festivals and an occasion area “restricted solely by the boundaries of creativeness.” As a substitute, CommuniCore Corridor is simply indoor seating and a few cubicles. To Disney’s credit score, they’ve used the area higher throughout 2025 festivals so far, nevertheless it’s nonetheless nothing particular.
We’re nonetheless holding out hope for a extra strong 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. EPCOT has a number of different unused (or underused) occasions areas other than CommuniCore Corridor that might be used. Perhaps we’ll lastly get the Wonders of Life pavilion or World ShowPlace put again into use for these occasions?! In all probability not gonna occur, however we are able to dream.
This breakfast buffet at Cooks de France is definitely a step in the precise course and hopefully the primary of many such bulletins within the subsequent couple of weeks. There are two issues which are notable about this providing.
The primary is that it’s being held not in a particular occasions area, however at a desk service restaurant within the France pavilion. So it’s not as if Walt Disney World must do something out of the abnormal to accommodate this.
The second is that Cooks de France is just not owned or operated by Walt Disney World. When it opened again in 1982, Les Cooks de France grew to become the primary restaurant in America affiliated with iconic chef Paul Bocuse. Since his passing, his son Jerome Bocuse nonetheless owns the corporate to at the present time.
That is notable as a result of Cooks de France opting to do a particular breakfast buffet expertise in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition is just not essentially indicative of any bigger-picture plans by Disney.
It might be that that is the primary of many bulletins, and Walt Disney World has been coordinating behind the scenes with eating places round World Showcase. This information got here out forward of a splashier announcement attributable to an unintentional web site replace (it’s been taking place lots these days).
Nevertheless it’s equally probably that the third celebration working participant that owns Cooks de France determined to do that by itself. Perhaps ADRs are down and Cooks de France realized they’ve the staffing to make this work, so that they determined to capitalize on the EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition with an occasion they know is more likely to promote out. A method of stimulating demand amongst repeat guests to offset a lower in vacationer curiosity. Both method, this might be an indication of extra to return.
Cooks de France is among the hottest eating places in World Showcase, so in the event that they’re seeing a “want” to seek out methods to extend bookings, it’s probably different eating places are in a worse place. As soon as the opposite third events see how well-liked that is (and our expectation is that it’ll promote out shortly), they’ll probably need in on the motion.
Perhaps it’ll be too late for that to occur this yr, however we may simply see related particular occasions supplied round World Showcase on the 2026 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. Hopefully there’s a concerted effort behind the scenes at Walt Disney World to breathe new life into the competition, and we gained’t have to attend that lengthy.
Perhaps this would be the yr the EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition turns issues round after stagnating for the final 5 years. It certain looks as if the particular occasion has develop into much less well-liked with every passing yr, so right here’s hoping that Walt Disney World has lastly realized that it’s gotten stale and that is the primary of many steps aimed toward addressing that. We’ll preserve you posted!
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Find out about lodges on our Walt Disney World Motels Evaluations web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Evaluations. To economize on tickets or decide which sort to purchase, learn our Suggestions for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets put up. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys put up takes a singular take a look at intelligent objects to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Journey Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the perfect place to start out is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for all the things that you must know!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be attempting to e-book ADRs for the Parisian breakfast buffet expertise at Cooks de France? Would you e-book different upcharges if supplied in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition? Did you attend the occasion in any of the previous couple of years? Hopeful any of the opposite demonstrations or seminars will return? Optimistic that CommuniCore Corridor will truly be put to good use this yr? Would you prefer to see Wonders or World ShowPlace venues make a return? Any questions we might help you reply? Listening to suggestions about your experiences is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
Walt Disney World has introduced a brand new limited-time Parisian culinary expertise with bottomless mimosas coming to the Cooks de France restaurant in World Showcase in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. This shares dates & particulars, together with a menu overview and images, plus why it is a vital improvement and hopefully a return to ‘2019 regular’ for the particular occasion.
This yr’s EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition begins on August 28, 2025 and runs by way of November 22, 2025 for a grand complete of 87 days. It’s starting and ending at some point sooner than final yr, which is roughly the historic norm. Though it had expanded lately, again in 2019 and earlier, the autumn foodie competition sometimes started Labor Day weekend and ended the weekend earlier than Thanksgiving.
Whereas the occasion period is already again to 2019 regular, the massive unanswered query is whether or not the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition can be fully again to regular when it comes to substance. It used to have a jam-packed plate of seminars, particular dinners, celeb chef panels, and varied enhancements. These have been absent for the previous 5 years. Now, we all know no less than one such meal can be supplied in 2025.
Right here’s the official announcement in regards to the Parisian breakfast buffet from Walt Disney World:
Bask in a standard French breakfast expertise that transports you straight to the cafés of Paris. Enjoyment of a bountiful breakfast buffet at Cooks de France that includes the next choices.
Assorted French Pastries
- Buttery croissants, ache au chocolat, almond croissants and different assorted pastries
Freshly Baked Baguettes
- Crisp on the skin, smooth and heat on the within—ultimate for spreading with creamy butter or luxurious French jams
Smoked Salmon
- Delicate and silky slices of smoked salmon, good for pairing with contemporary bread or a squeeze of lemon
Cheeses & Charcuterie
- A collection of premium cheeses and artisanal cured meats
Contemporary Fruit
- Seasonal fruit to stability the richness of the pastries and charcuterie
Benefit from the good accompaniment to your meal with limitless mimosas, fruit juices and freshly brewed espresso served to your liking. It’s a leisurely breakfast made to savor with pals and family members.
This pre-paid Parisian breakfast buffet expertise is just out there for a restricted time on Fridays and Saturdays in the course of the EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition. Advance Eating Reservations for the Cooks De France breakfast buffet will open on August 12, 2025 for seatings beginning on September 5, 2025.
Based on a bulletin on the restaurant’s web site, these ADRs would require pre-payment as soon as booked beginning August 12. It’s unclear whether or not the usual cancellation coverage will apply for this breakfast buffet, however the Cooks de France web site doesn’t at present replicate any adjustments.
Moreover, working hours haven’t been added for the breakfast buffet expertise at Cooks de France. Dates in September which were posted so far solely listing the usual lunch and dinner working hours.
It’s additionally notable {that a} full menu and costs haven’t but been posted. Given the distinctive nature of the expertise, restricted dates, limitless alcohol, and simply how costly all the things has gotten, we wouldn’t be stunned to see it price low triple-digits per individual. Hopefully that’s improper and it’s round $70. Nonetheless costly for breakfast, however that sounds about proper for an unique EPCOT Meals & Wine providing.
Our expectation is that every one of that is coming with the discharge of Walt Disney World’s official ‘foodie information’ to the 2025 EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition. It’s additionally fully potential that extra such culinary experiences can be revealed with the complete World Market menus, which needs to be coming within the subsequent week or so.
Our Commentary
Final yr’s EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition was extremely underwhelming. So was the one earlier than that, and the one earlier than that, for that matter. However the distinction final yr was that the park was fully wall-free, the occasion nonetheless was not again to “2019 regular.” The slate of seminars, culinary demonstrations, particular dinners, celeb chef panels, and varied enhancements didn’t return.
Not solely that, however the park didn’t even make the most of its area for a contemporary decor package deal–it was truly scaled again as contrasted with prior years. What had as soon as been Walt Disney World’s signature particular occasion of the yr has simply develop into EPCOT’s weakest competition. I don’t suppose that’s even a controversial opinion at this level. It’s in all probability the consensus, as each different competition has meals cubicles plus one thing else, whereas Meals & Wine has develop into simply the World Marketplaces. Extra of them, certain, however that’s nonetheless the one providing.
As defined in EPCOT’s Meals & Wine Competition Is Stale. Right here’s What We Need Disney to Change, the occasion actually wants a shot within the arm. Walt Disney World has been leaving cash on the desk by not bringing again the culinary seminars, demonstrations, meals with celeb cooks, and different particular occasions. These are the uncommon upcharge that’s a win-win for Disney and visitors, and it’s perplexing that they’ve all but to return.
With the CommuniCore Corridor occasion area, it looks as if a no brainer, as all of those particular occasions are expensive and generate a number of income. Nonetheless, CommuniCore Corridor wasn’t used for that function throughout final yr’s Meals & Wine, nor any of the festivals since.
CommuniCore Corridor was billed by Disney as a competition heart that will be a “dynamic area to anchor” EPCOT Festivals and an occasion area “restricted solely by the boundaries of creativeness.” As a substitute, CommuniCore Corridor is simply indoor seating and a few cubicles. To Disney’s credit score, they’ve used the area higher throughout 2025 festivals so far, nevertheless it’s nonetheless nothing particular.
We’re nonetheless holding out hope for a extra strong 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. EPCOT has a number of different unused (or underused) occasions areas other than CommuniCore Corridor that might be used. Perhaps we’ll lastly get the Wonders of Life pavilion or World ShowPlace put again into use for these occasions?! In all probability not gonna occur, however we are able to dream.
This breakfast buffet at Cooks de France is definitely a step in the precise course and hopefully the primary of many such bulletins within the subsequent couple of weeks. There are two issues which are notable about this providing.
The primary is that it’s being held not in a particular occasions area, however at a desk service restaurant within the France pavilion. So it’s not as if Walt Disney World must do something out of the abnormal to accommodate this.
The second is that Cooks de France is just not owned or operated by Walt Disney World. When it opened again in 1982, Les Cooks de France grew to become the primary restaurant in America affiliated with iconic chef Paul Bocuse. Since his passing, his son Jerome Bocuse nonetheless owns the corporate to at the present time.
That is notable as a result of Cooks de France opting to do a particular breakfast buffet expertise in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition is just not essentially indicative of any bigger-picture plans by Disney.
It might be that that is the primary of many bulletins, and Walt Disney World has been coordinating behind the scenes with eating places round World Showcase. This information got here out forward of a splashier announcement attributable to an unintentional web site replace (it’s been taking place lots these days).
Nevertheless it’s equally probably that the third celebration working participant that owns Cooks de France determined to do that by itself. Perhaps ADRs are down and Cooks de France realized they’ve the staffing to make this work, so that they determined to capitalize on the EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition with an occasion they know is more likely to promote out. A method of stimulating demand amongst repeat guests to offset a lower in vacationer curiosity. Both method, this might be an indication of extra to return.
Cooks de France is among the hottest eating places in World Showcase, so in the event that they’re seeing a “want” to seek out methods to extend bookings, it’s probably different eating places are in a worse place. As soon as the opposite third events see how well-liked that is (and our expectation is that it’ll promote out shortly), they’ll probably need in on the motion.
Perhaps it’ll be too late for that to occur this yr, however we may simply see related particular occasions supplied round World Showcase on the 2026 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition. Hopefully there’s a concerted effort behind the scenes at Walt Disney World to breathe new life into the competition, and we gained’t have to attend that lengthy.
Perhaps this would be the yr the EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition turns issues round after stagnating for the final 5 years. It certain looks as if the particular occasion has develop into much less well-liked with every passing yr, so right here’s hoping that Walt Disney World has lastly realized that it’s gotten stale and that is the primary of many steps aimed toward addressing that. We’ll preserve you posted!
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be attempting to e-book ADRs for the Parisian breakfast buffet expertise at Cooks de France? Would you e-book different upcharges if supplied in the course of the 2025 EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition? Did you attend the occasion in any of the previous couple of years? Hopeful any of the opposite demonstrations or seminars will return? Optimistic that CommuniCore Corridor will truly be put to good use this yr? Would you prefer to see Wonders or World ShowPlace venues make a return? Any questions we might help you reply? Listening to suggestions about your experiences is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
