I just caught up and I want to chime in about Marie wanting to work as a yacht chef. As we've all mentioned there is no way she could get a job as a chef on a super yacht (like Loon or Below Deck). She couldn't get a job as a sous chef or even a dish washer.
Well, she couldn't even get a job as a chef on a small yacht! I follow Lily Davison, who was a stew on Below Deck Med season 8, on Insta and TikTok. She's now a chef on a catamaran based in Barbados. It's just her and the captain, and they have between four to seven guests on board each charter.
She gets up at 6am, works out, then preps breakfast (including a fruit platter) before making a hot breakfast. After that meal, she preps dessert and makes either a focaccia, naan or pizza dough.
While the guests are off the boat she makes their beds, and tidies their bathroom. Then she preps for lunch eg a protein and four sides, pizzas and salads, poke bowls etc. In the afternoon, she preps dinner (my favourite is her beef ragu that she starts in the morning). When the guests come back from snorkelling, she has a large platter for them at 5pm before dinner at 7.30pm followed by dessert.
She's in bed by 10pm after cleaning the kitchen, dining area and setting the table for breakfast.
When off charter, she gets the preference sheets for the next charter, uses Chat GPT to organise menus then has huge lists of ingredients. The captain and her strip the beds, take the laundry in town to be cleaned and she shops at least 3 supermarkets to get the food.
Back on the boat, she cleans all the cupboards before restocking.
Marie wouldn't last day one of breakfast!