Are you a culinary trained chef interested in cruising Australia, NZ and the remote Kimberley?
Are you interested in working within a highly professional (and fun) crew?
Position Snapshot
A high profile 32m private expedition yacht is on the search for sole chef to join their adventurous program.
The yacht is run with a fulltime crew of 5/6 and the chef will cater for both guests and crew.
The yacht has a terrific reputation , with both personable / friendly / accommodating owners and fun / adventurous / professional crew dynamic.
The owner fly’s in/out on various locations with good down time in-between for R & R and re-provisioning
Vessel movement plans over the next 12 months-
Joining in FNQ, with some local trips around the reef, Carins, East Coast, Whitsundays, then coming down East Coast for summer to Melbourne (possibly Tasmania) onto New Zealand for tail end of summer and then will travel to the remote Kimberely for 2025
The Chef
“Male or female. Good chef experience is a must! happy team player, fresh Healthy food, fit fun candidate preferred, owner loves his seafood, one of his sons is Allergic to Sesame products as well as most nuts so they must be happy and able to run a galley without those ingredients while he is onboard.”
Must be well organised, can provision accurately for longer trips, must be able to maintain clean workstation and organised stores. Generally diverse culinary range , will have good influence over menu selection suiting owners tastes
The Particulars
Full time position (12 months)
110-130k pa + super DOE/Negotiable
4 weeks paid holiday.
1 set of return flights home
start date : 1- 2 weeks
The chef must have working rights for Australia / NZ
Are you a deckhand looking for some serious seatime?
Are you interested in joining an expedition vessel cruising Oz/NZ and the remote Kimberely?
Position Snapshot
A 32m expedition vessel is on the search for a deck/mate for their travelling program
The yacht is run with a fulltime crew of 5/6 and the deck/mate will work within a highly professional superyacht style team , with plenty of opportunity to learn under an experienced/ approachable captain.
The owner loves his fishing / diving and therefore it would be beneficial (not essential) if the deck/mate was comfortable fishing, taking care of gear, setting up rigs , driving the day fishing / diving support tender, or perhaps accompanying the owner on spearing trips (if a spearo)
The fishing is secondary to having good seamanship skills , the right personality and a professional / hardworking approach.
The yacht has a terrific reputation, with both personable / friendly / accommodating owners and fun / adventurous / professional crew dynamic.
The owner fly’s in/out on various locations with good down time in-between trips.
The deck/mate should have competent tender driving skills, comfortable on bridge lookout and keen to gain some serious sea miles over the next 12 months.
Vessel movement plans over the next 12 months-
Winter: Cairns – Whitsundays – Gold Coast
Summer: Melbourne, Tazzy, New Zealand
Autumn: Top end (Darwin) and the remote Kimberley
The ideal candidate will have either a few seasons superyacht experience or come from a good commercial / tourism boat background, preferably with tickets
Salary is DOE and paid in $AUD
