Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead
82 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis podcast is about an Aussie Chef, who for the past 26 years, somehow landed the dream job of cheffing on luxury yachts for the rich and famous in the Mediterranean, The Caribbean, and back home in Australia. You'll hear stories from crew, interesting charter guests, and from others connected to the Global Luxury Yacht Industry.
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Episodes
Super Yacht Chef Danny Davies
May 04, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MBThis week on Tales of A luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Super Yacht Chef Danny Davies who shares his story from spending time in the military and serving abroad including cooking for the British Royal family to cooking for high profile guests aboard superyachts. Danny is now US based with a Vegan Cookbook and his own cooking podcast.
Warren East & Elizabeth Lee - Charter Operators based in the Bahamas
April 24, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes - 94.2 MBThis week on Tales of A luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Captain and Chef Team Warren East and Elizabeth Lee, charter operators based in the Bahamas.
Captain Evan Kezsbom
April 13, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBThis week on Tales of A luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Captain Evan Kezsbom, former crew member with Lisa on board ‘Enigma’ in the BVI. He’s now based in Colorado, USA, running a successful photography business and Pet Store.
Jalene Szuba - Former Producer, Charter Crew member and now a Health & Wellness Coach
April 10, 2022 08:00 - 38 minutes - 87.6 MBThis week on Tales of A luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Jalene Szuba, a former producer turned yacht crew member before transitioning into a Health and Wellness Coach in Colorado, USA.
Anthony Bantoft - Australian Superyacht Celebrity Chef
April 06, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes - 121 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Australian Superyacht Celebrity Chef, Anthony Bantoft, who has cooked for the top tiers of society all around the world.
Josh Eckles - Charter guest to Crew
March 27, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Josh Eckles from Texas who she met on-board a charter as a guest, who then became a valued member of the yacht crew leading an adventurous life at sea visiting exotic locations.
Taya Meeikeaw - Taya Kitchen - Brisbane, Australia
March 13, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes - 84 MBThis week on Tales of A luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Chef Taya Meeikeaw, owner/operator of Taya Kitchen in Brisbane, Australia, a popular Asian Cooking School, which specializes in Thai, Malaysian, and Vietnamese cooking classes.
Odila Weeks - Owner of Driftwood Spa in BVI
February 27, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes - 95 MBThis week on Tales of A luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Odila Weeks, Owner of Driftwood Spa, originally from the Island of St. Lucia, now based in the British Virgin Islands.
Elizabeth Ryback - Luxury Yacht Chef
February 13, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBThis week on Tales of A luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Chef Elizabeth Ryback about her life onboard luxury yachts, luxury villas, and also cooking for royalty.
Janelle Colquhoun - International Opera Singer and managing her life coping with Type 1 Diabetes and losing her vision.
January 23, 2022 08:00 - 45 minutes - 105 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks to Australian-born - International Opera Singer, Janelle Colquhoun about how she has managed her busy life and career doing so many things and coping with Type 1 Diabetes and losing her vision.
Lauren Loudon - Former Private Chef on Superyachts and participant on UK Masterchef: The Professionals.
January 09, 2022 08:00 - 53 minutes - 124 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks to Lauren Loudon, A former private chef on superyachts and in 2021 participated in the U.K. edition of Masterchef: The Professionals. In keeping her love of creative, hearty food alive with the community she has recently opened her own Café Deli in Oxted, Surrey in the U.K.
Kerry Hucal - Former Charter Yacht Owner and now Charter Yacht Broker in the USA.
December 26, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 96.5 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks to Canadian Kerry Hucal about her time as a Captain/Chef and owner-operator of her own charter yacht and now a charter Yacht Broker. She has a unique story about ghosts in the shipwreck of the Rhone off Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands.
Melissa Neidlinger - Former Caribbean Yacht Owner now running a bespoke Cake Bakery - Eats by Chef Mel
December 12, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes - 121 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Melissa Neidlinger, a former Yacht chef/owner in the Caribbean, now based in Indiana, USA, where she runs her own bespoke cake bakery, Eats by Chef Mel.
Shaun De Vries - Melboune based Entrepreneur and Founder of Open Pantry Consulting
December 08, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 97.1 MBThis week on Tales from a Luxury Chef, Lisa Mead speaks with Shaun De Vries, a Melbourne-based entrepreneur and founder of Open Pantry Consulting and host of the podcast ‘Principle of Hospitality’.
Joy Weston - Owner of Crew Pacific Agency in Cairns
December 04, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes - 109 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Joy Weston - Owner of Crew Pacific Agency based in Cairns. Listen to her stories and adventures overseas from getting her first job onboard a Super Yacht in Nice to now running her own Crew Pacific Agency in Cairns, which also specialises in Deckhand and Steward courses as well as placement on yachts here and overseas.
Charmaine Asplet - Owner Operator of Sydney Luxury Motor Yacht - Galaxy
November 28, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 76.4 MBThis week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead speaks with Charmaine Asplet, owner operator of Luxury Motor Yacht - Galaxy, based on Sydney Harbour. My new cookbook is now available too from: https://mascotbooks.com/mascot-marketplace/buy-books/cookbooks/galley-gourmet-with-chef-lisa-fine-dining-made-easy/
Polly Baptist - International Vegan Chef and Avid Yacht Racer
November 14, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with International Yacht Chef Polly Baptist, who specialises in plant-based cuisine. She’s also an avid yacht racer and also in a past life a top fashion designer.
Dick Schoonover and Tamera Allen in Tortola
October 24, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 111 MBThis week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Dick Schoonover and his wife Tamera Allen. Dick is a guru of knowledge in the yachting industry and is the Manager of Crewed Yacht Clearing House, Charterport, BVI in Tortola while his wife is a director of Alpha Bravo Yacht Charters. My new cookbook is now available too from https://mascotbooks.com/mascot-marketplace/buy-books/cookbooks/galley-gourmet-with-chef-lisa-fine-dining-made-easy/
Spencer Howson - Australian Radio Presenter
October 21, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 99.4 MBThis week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Australian Radio Legend, Spencer Howson, about his life in radio, where it began, and where he is broadcasting now in Brisbane, Australia. My new cookbook is also now available from this week: https://mascotbooks.com/mascot-marketplace/buy-books/cookbooks/galley-gourmet-with-chef-lisa-fine-dining-made-easy/
Captain Jean Cane - International Yacht Captain and adventurer
October 10, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MBThis week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with International Yacht Captain, Jean Cane on what it’s like to be a female Captain working in a male-dominated field. Listen to her stories from her travels and fun adventures while at sea.
Craig Quartermaine - ABC Radio Host, TV Presenter and Stand-up comedian
September 30, 2021 08:00 - 55 minutes - 128 MBThis week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Craig Quartermaine, host of Sunday Evenings on ABC Radio, presenter of the TV show ‘Moving to the Country’, and stand-up comedian.
Emily Mack Karczewski - Leading Yacht Broker, Maine, USA.
September 26, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 87.3 MBThis week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Emily Mack Karczewski, a leading Yacht Broker based in Maine, USA, about her travels and her business.
Kenetha Ashton - Yacht Chef
September 15, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutes - 94.5 MBThis week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks to Yacht Chef, Kenetha Ashton from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a small Eastern Caribbean State in the Windward Island chain of the Lesser Antilles.
Capt Andy Woodruff
September 12, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBThis week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Captain Andy Woodruff, on how he ended up owning and operating his own charter yacht in the Caribbean.
Sharon Kaker Blake - Charter Guest from Texas
September 08, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 73.6 MBThis week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Sharon Kaker Blake, a multi repeat charter guest from Texas who has a love of scuba diving in exotic locations.
Akim Johnson - Steel Pan Drummer and gifted musician in the BVI
August 29, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 99.1 MBThis week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead catches up with Akim Johnson, a leading Steel Pan Drummer and gifted musician living in the BVI. He’s also a music teacher, vocalist, and performer of other musical instruments.
Captain Whitey and Chef Max
August 22, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 78.8 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Captain John and Chef Max White about their adventures in the yachting industry.
Chef Gorvey Henry - London based Chef recognised for his bespoke cakes
August 12, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBThis week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with leading London-based Chef, Gorvey Henry. Born in the British Virgin Islands this chef is highly recognised for his bespoke cakes.
Deborah Harney-Gregor
August 08, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 78.5 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Deborah Harney-Gregor about her time spent as a Stewardess, now a Life Coach and hypnotherapist in Vancouver, Canada.
Alex Dick Reid - Ground Sea Adventures
July 25, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutes - 94.2 MBThis week on Tales of A luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Alex Dick Reid, a former journalist and surf magazine writer who travelled the world seeking out surf stories but has since returned home to own and operate Ground Sea Adventures in the British Virgin Islands.
Kate Purdy - International Chef
July 11, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 74.2 MBThis week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with international chef Kate Purdy on what it’s really like cheffing on luxury yachts in the Caribbean.
Trailer - Chef Lisa Mead
June 27, 2021 08:00 - 40 seconds - 1.53 MBTales From A luxury Yacht Chef is my new podcast commencing very soon. You'll be hearing lots of amazing stories from people of all walks of life including those working-on-board, special guests, and others connected to the world of luxury yachting, and of course information on visiting some of the most exotic ports in the world.