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Freelance Chef #203745
09/03/2019 09:52 PM
09/03/2019 09:52 PM
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Canyon Lake, Texas
captbob Offline OP
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Searching for a good freelance chef for charter in late December out of Tortola.


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"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home." -- James Michener
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Re: Freelance Chef [Re: captbob] #203755
09/04/2019 07:37 AM
09/04/2019 07:37 AM
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West Chester, PA
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I can't help you with the chef question but I love the idea. How would that work though? Would he/she stay on the boat and take up a cabin or hop off every night and ferry/dinghy home and have to come back in the morning? Or picked up at lunch time? I'm just curious how it would work.


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Re: Freelance Chef [Re: captbob] #203766
09/04/2019 11:55 AM
09/04/2019 11:55 AM
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Petoskey, MI
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Most charter companies can hook you up with a chef. They need a cabin to sleep as they’ll be with you the whole charter.

Re: Freelance Chef [Re: ligot] #203768
09/04/2019 12:01 PM
09/04/2019 12:01 PM
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Canyon Lake, Texas
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ligot.....Chef will have, at minimum, the crew berth in fore peak on a Lagoon 45 and stay aboard for a ten day charter. I bareboat and captain for a group of six....this time around on owner's time but often
directly through charter company.


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"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home." -- James Michener
Re: Freelance Chef [Re: captbob] #203770
09/04/2019 01:27 PM
09/04/2019 01:27 PM
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Somewhere out there
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Some of those crew berths are not really habitable. They sure look like it on paper, but often they are wet soggy mildew holes. When I was running charters I made that mistake 2x and never again.


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Re: Freelance Chef [Re: captbob] #203775
09/04/2019 03:36 PM
09/04/2019 03:36 PM
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Tortola/ Sonoma, California
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Must say...I have slept in those "coffins" several times and found them quite comfy...

Re: Freelance Chef [Re: Manpot] #203782
09/04/2019 06:05 PM
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Canyon Lake, Texas
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I have too but don't do it anymore. A big issue is no direct access to a head but in this scenario chef can pop up thru the hatch and right down into and thru my cabin to my ensuite head.
I certainly have no problem in sharing cabin with her but find that many women just feel more comfy having their own berth.


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"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home." -- James Michener
Re: Freelance Chef [Re: Manpot] #203974
09/06/2019 11:34 PM
09/06/2019 11:34 PM
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Somewhere out there
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But Mal, you are short and your standards are much lower than a paid crew. It is hit and miss, some forward berths are great, others suck, so I just say no as i don't want to show up and find out. No access to a Loo is a deal breaker for me.


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Re: Freelance Chef [Re: captbob] #204113
09/08/2019 05:23 PM
09/08/2019 05:23 PM
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Med/ Caribbean
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There are several websites for actual crew that may provide a more appropriate cast of candidates.
Here are just a couple

https://www.crewseekers.net
https://www.findacrew.net

Re: Freelance Chef [Re: captbob] #204146
09/09/2019 09:17 AM
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Massachusetts
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So now I'm a little curious about this! Anyone ever hire a chef on their own? Is there an advantage to having your charter co get one? Cost?



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