Chef
Responsibilities: Depending on the size of the galley team, a superyacht chef will typically be required to do the following:
• Provisioning (Ordering, purchasing and storage of food items)
• Liaising with the guests to plan the menu for the trip
• Preparing all the food for the guests as well as the rest of the yacht crew.
Sometimes the yacht schedule can change at the last minute and a great deal of initiative and flexibility is required. You may be called on to prepare food for the guests at any time, day or night! The food is a vital part of any stay on a yacht, so standards must always be high.
Experience: How much experience you need depends on the vessel. The smaller vessels may require the chef to perform other duties as well, but on the Gigayachts (really really big yachts over 100m!) only professionally trained chefs with lots of experience – on land or yachts – will be hired. This position tends to stand apart from the other career routes on the yachts but the same ‘service’ as other positions is imperative
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