Superyacht Chef Certification and Superyacht Chef Training.

Adapt your culinary talents to a Superyacht environment

Are you an already skilled Chef looking for additional training for a Superyacht Certification?

The Superyacht Crew Academy 3 day Superyacht Chef course includes the IYT Internationally recognised RIB tender driving certificate and a one day course on Chef's duties and responsibilities aboard a Superyacht. This course, plus the 5 day STCW95 course will give you the qualifications needed to use your chef qualifications aboard a Superyacht.

Qualified & experienced chefs come from all walks of life & from diverse backgrounds. Formal training & qualification is essential, not only as a chef, but also as a member of a superyacht crew. A chef aboard a superyacht is far more challenging than being a chef in land-based kitchens. It requires an aptitude for learning new produce, concepts & culinary variety.

A yacht chef must work alone unless fortunate enough to have a galley chef or sous chef onboard. Generally the chef is the source of the entire crews state of culinary satisfaction and contentedness…. as well as the owners, of course.

Yachting etiquette, hygiene and galley sanitation are essential elements of the chef superyacht training process. Provisioning is also vital be it in remote island areas where produce & some supplies are virtually impossible to procure or in a new country where ingredients are very different and come in packages that are unintelligible or unrecognisable.

A superyacht chef needs to be flexible, adaptable, creative, easy going & love the sea…and the motion that comes with it whilst under passage! The chef's understanding of the dietary needs, allergies & alternative eating habits of the crew, owners, and guests are of primary importance to a happy vessel.

Chef's Introduction to Superyachts

Superyacht Chef’s Introduction to Yachting is a short course for chefs and cooks with existing restaurant and hotel backgrounds. The course will give you detailed training to adapt your culinary skills to chef/steward/ess positions on superyachts.

Your Trainer, Helga Kramer

Hello, I am Helga Krammer, the instructor for the Chef courses at Superyacht Crew Academy. I have been a successful chef aboard yachts worldwide over the past 9 years undertaking including several Atlantic crossings and enjoyable cruising seasons in the Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Caribbean, East & West Mediterranean, USA, New Zealand & Australia.

Whether you are a Chef on a large, high profile yacht or a cook on a smaller, less-formal yacht, you will need special skills for galley management, and menu planning, including preparation and planning for extended cruises, finding and buying supplies in foreign countries where the foods, labels and spoken language may present challenges, storing the supplies in the limited space available, and confidently preparing meals while at sea.

My job at the Superyacht Crew Academy is to show you how to meet these challenges. I look forward to helping you make the most of an exciting and rewarding career aboard superyachts.

The main features of our Chef's Introduction to Superyachts Courses

3 Day Chef's Basic Seamanship (including RIB Tender certificate)

Day 1 & 2 --The Superyacht Industry --

RIB small power boat theory
basic seamanship
practical assessment

Day 3 --Advanced galley management --

Daily routines & yard periods
Health, hygiene, rubbish disposal
Guest chef/cook versus crew cook
Provisioning and passage planning
Language recognition of produce
Loading and storage
International cuisine
Preference sheets and menu planning
Guest entertaining
Dietary requirements, cultural and allergies
Superyacht Chef tips

1 Day Advanced Galley Management

For those who already have background skills on small boats.

What other qualifications will I need?

Chefs also require STCW95 certification. Superyacht Crew Academy can assist with this requirement if you are not already qualified.

Where does the course take place?

The course is run from the Superyacht Crew Academy's modern new hospitality training annex at Warriewood NSW, 45mins North of Sydney’s CBD. To see a map of how to find us, CLICK HERE

How much does the course cost? -

CHEF'S INTRODUCTION TO SUPERYACHTS, ADVANCED GALLEY MANAGEMENT including BASIC SEAMANSHIP/RIB TENDER- 3 days - AUD$1100

ADVANCED GALLEY MANAGEMENT - 1 day - AUD$450

SPECIAL CHEF & STCW95 PACKAGE OFFER!!

We are able to offer you a special $100 savings if you book to take the STCW95 course at the same time you book the 3 day Chef. Just tick the "STCW95" reservation box in the sign up below.

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AGREEMENT FOR GENERAL BOOKINGS
When a confirmed booking is made and accepted by Club Sail Pty.Ltd (hereafter referred to as the 'Company' a binding contract shall be deemed to subsist between both parties. No liability shall accrue to either the Company student/passenger if either is prevented from fulfilling any of their contractual obligations by any incidence of force majeure including acts of God, strikes, or any other event which can reasonably be beyond the control of either party. In the event of any dispute arising out of the terms of this contract, it shall be referred to a mutually acceptable arbiter whose decision shall be binding to both parties. It is understood that the student/passenger will indemnify the Company for any non-insurable claims that may be made against it for damage or loss caused by the student/passenger or by members of their party whether wilful or through negligence.

HOW DO I BOOK
1. Tick your choice of course, workshop or sailing adventure trip and date on the pricing table and complete the booking form below.
2. Telephone Club Sail to check availability and one of our team will be happy to discuss your choice with you.
3. Reservations can be taken over the phone - (see payment clause below)
4. A confirmation letter and tax invoice will be sent to you outlining your chosen activity details.

PAYMENT
All bookings will be held for a maximum of 7 days and the booking will not be confirmed until a completed and acceptable booking form has been received, which may be a fax copy, to the Company together with a 50% deposit for the course, or offshore milebuilder.

CANCELLATION
Inside 30 days must be made in writing by the person who completed the booking and be sent to the Company at their address and is deemed to take effect on receipt. Cancellations made between 30 and 15 days will incur a loss of deposit. Balance of payment is to be no later than 15 days prior to commencement of the course. There will be no REFUNDS given for cancellations made inside 15 days. If a student leaves the yacht and /or abandons a course or milebuilder trip before the scheduled termination date and time for whatever reason NO REFUNDS will be given. When the deposit to secure a place in a course has been made and if the student then cancels outside 30 days, an administration/service fee of $150 will BE CHARGED. Any course material that has been issued to the student, MUST be returned to the Company before the remainder of the deposit is refunded.

INSURANCE
It is advisable to be covered by an insurance policy for the adventure sailing trips to safeguard yourself in the case of cancellation. A copy of the policy is to be forwarded to Club Sail.

WEATHER CONDITIONS
Whilst every effort will be made by the Instructor to give the students/passengers maximum time on the sea, weather conditions may be such that, in the opinion of the Instructor, the yacht or crew may be in danger and in such circumstances the vessel will remain in a place of safety. If the weather conditions are such that a prevention of the start or curtailment of a course or sailing trip occurs then no refunds will be given but alternative dates will be offered.

TRANSFER/CANCELLATION
The Company reserves the right at its' discretion to transfer the course or sailing trip from one yacht to another and this action will in no way waive the terms and conditions stated herein. In the event of the Company having to cancel a course or sailing trip, without offering any acceptable alternative then the student/passenger shall be entitled to a full refund of monies paid and no further liability shall be incurred by the Company.

MEDICAL
The student/passenger agrees to advise the Company in writing of any medical disability or illness which may adversely affect the ability to participate in the course or sailing trip that they have chosen. It shall be at the discretion of the Company to refuse to accept a booking of a student/passenger where there is an unacceptable risk to the party and the Company in doing so.

PRICING
Goods and Services Tax is included in all prices for courses, sailing trips and workshops. Prices are valid in Australian Dollars..

DISCLAIMER
Club Sail shall not be held liable for death, personal injury, loss or damage to property howsoever arising and therefore by signing this booking form, you hereby release, to the full extent permitted by state, law and equity, The Company, its' employees and agents from all actual and contingent liability in respect of such personal injury, death, loss or damage.