Yacht Cookery Course

Achieving your goal of working as a yacht chef in a yacht galley / kitchen can be an exciting and rewarding endeavour. Our 4 week yacht cookery course will arm and prepare you with specific techniques, tips, and an awareness of some of the challenges you will face.

During the first week of the yacht cookery course you will be given a sound working knowledge of basic cookery techniques. Working on board a yacht will require you to improvise from time to time. As you learn how to improvise by using time-saving cooking methods and workarounds, you will become more confident and effective. Our student feedback reveals how others have benefited from this.

A yacht galley chef will be expected to cater for the yacht owner and the guests during cruises to a variety of locations. You will have to plan your menus very carefully to ensure supplies are fully covered before the yacht leaves port. Last minute changes to menus may be required in response to varying weather conditions. 

Yacht cookery is normally carried out within limited work space. We teach you how to develop planning and preparation skills. Yachts may come with varying cooking equipment so you will find our professionally equipped kitchen will give you the chance to try out and use a wide variety of kitchen utensils. Be sure to view our virtual tour of the yacht cookery course kitchen.

 If I had to sum up my 4 weeks in one word it would be ‘inspirational'. Bridget F 
 

We cover dining etiquette including formal and informal table laying and teach kitchen management, organisation and hygiene. We also include a session on matching food with wine. You may have the chance to work on a yacht owned by a millionaire or a royal personage in which case you will be expected to use these particular skills. We are a Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene registered training and examination centre for the Foundation Food Hygiene Certificate.

The yacht cookery course syllabus also includes budgeting and stock control, client liaison including handling, and housekeeping skills such as cleaning and bed making are also covered where required.

Course fees include accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner. You do not need to bring any special cookery equipment, you will be provided with everything you need to enable effective learning. This includes a well researched and presented 500 page course book (yours to keep and make notes in). Past students call it their bible!

Finally, we offer our students free use of a nearby luxurious four star sport and fitness centre (including fabulous pool) at Tortworth Court ( http://www.four-pillars.co.uk/Tortworth/lclub.html)

 I came to the course with a few years of yacht cooking experience but now I
can provide more upscale cuisine and presentation. Not only did I learn quite a
bit, but I had a great time in the process. Anna K - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA