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Peter Frost

@Petefrost

Experienced Head Chef in the Yachting Industry

Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
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About

With over 10 years of experience in the yachting industry, I bring a wealth of skills and expertise to any boat and its itinerary. My background includes cooking for high-profile clients and managing kitchens in various locations, ensuring high standards and guest satisfaction.

Personal Details

Age43 years
GenderMale
ResidenceUnited Kingdom

Career Objective

To leverage my extensive culinary experience in the yachting industry to provide exceptional dining experiences for guests while managing galley operations efficiently.

Passports

United Kingdom

Visas

B1/B2

Hobbies & Interests

I enjoy exploring new cuisines, cooking techniques, and traveling to remote locations for culinary inspiration.

Experience

Head Chef

Apr 2021 - Aug 2025
M/Y Lunasea

Overseeing the day to day running of the galley operations, including the management of a sous chef crew food standards for 22 crew and up to 16 guests, responsible for the Food safety Management onboard. With the yacht being world cruising provisioning in very remote locations such as Greenland, Bora Bora, French Polynesia, New Zealand and Australia was under my management and provisioning for long passages of up to 3 weeks at sea at a time. Cooking for guest requirements, Guest cooking for both private (American owners and a wilder palette for charter guests. Providing menus within vegan restrictions, dairy free, vegetarian, and Arabic. Full beach set up BBQ, shoreside Pizza lunches with portable pizza ovens, extensive Canape cruises, themed dinners, Michelin standard tasting menus of multiple cuisines such as Japanese, Mexican, Spanish, Middle easter, south American, African and Asian late-night snack menus, Breakfast menus and Kids menus was also a requirement all created to a guest standard. Overseeing the completion of new galley fittings and equipment on 3 separate shipyard periods and setting up remote cooking for these periods when the galley was out of commission guests, responsible for the Food safety Management onboard.

Head Chef

Aug 2020 - Apr 2021
M/Y Solemates

Working for an American family on this Private and charter vessel, cruising North America and the Bahamas, catering for older client which included creating reduce sugar and low carb menus for dietary purposes heavily used charter vessel and guest use, with short turnaround times and managing the covid restrictions with regards to provisioning and galley operations being restricted at times with shoreside provisioners, creating vast multi cuisine menus, brunches and beach set up as well as kids menus, cooking workshops for our charter guests Management of a sous chef and overseeing crew food for 14 crew and guest cooking for 12.

Head Chef

Apr 2020 - Sep 2020
M/Y Aixoma

Russian owned private/charter yacht. Rotated with the head chef whilst he was on paternity leave, this very busy charter boat with 4 charters during my time on board, private Russian owner trips also, all charters being Russian and American clients. Bespoke buffet lunches and vast buffet dinners alongside Michelin standard tasting menus was the norm. Cruising Croatia and often going ashore daily for fresh produce at the wonderful markets. Setting up a new account format on board, stock taking and sop systems. Provisioning and organizing the galley and overseeing the daily running of the galley to always produce Crew food for 19 crew and Guest food for 14 guests.

Certifications & Qualifications

Other

STCW Basic Safety Training
ENG 1 Medical Fitness Certificate
Ships Cook Certificate
Food Hygiene Level II
Food Hygiene Level III
NVQ Hospitality

Languages

EnglishNative

References

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