Essential Marine Hospitality
Aim:
To provide aspiring yacht cooks, stewards and stewardesses with the skills
to deliver exceptional standards of service onboard luxury yachts and motoryachts
Duration:
4 weeks - Flexible programme option available
Qualify for:
Work as yacht cook or steward / stewardess aboard luxury sail or motor yachts.
Course Overview:
The world’s luxury yachts provide the perfect environment in which to deliver the ultimate standard of service, often in the world’s most glamorous locations. This programme prepares you with the skills needed to excel in this environment, together with essential safety training for work onboard.
The course also teaches a repertoire of delicious meals to impress and will improve your confidence and enjoyment when catering for guests and crew. With instruction from expert chefs and professional yacht crew, the programme provides a sound knowledge in basic cookery and preparation skills.
Benefits:
- Train to a broad and comprehensive syllabus, delivered by the top hospitality and maritime specialists
- Prepares you for a service career with opportunities to live on luxurious yachts and travel to some of the most spectacular areas of the globe
- Train to deliver the level of service to which most 5 star hotels aspire
- Popular with individuals transferring from other hospitality-related careers, as well as couples looking to work together in the industry
- Develop your ability and passion for delivering a level of service beyond first class.
- Huge demand for high calibre staff in this sector
Syllabus:
- Personal presentation, professional etiquette and protocol
- Table management, placement and settings
- Styles of service, courses and order of service, buffets
- Yacht steward style
- Bar tending and wine appreciation, including product knowledge of wines and ports
and cigars - Understand the standards required for catering on yachts
- Learn how to menu plan and provision for long passages
- Develop your knowledge of essential food hygiene and gain tuition in professional catering
- Learn how to make a wide selection of seafood dishes
- Other useful skills – bread making, carving joints, jointing a chicken, barbeque techniques, galley equipment
- Practical sessions making canapés and salads and simple mouth-watering desserts
- Menu planning and provisioning, including stowage, packing hazards, international regulations and dietary requirements
- Introduction to nautical terminology and essential safety procedures
Modules / Qualifications:
Hospitality Skills - 7 Days
UKSA Professional Marine Hospitality Certificate
Essential Marine Cookery - 6 Days
UKSA IW College Essential Marine Cookery course, CIEH Award in Food Safety in Carering
Core Skills - 10 Days
- STCW 95 Basic Training
- + RYA / MCA Personal Survival Techniques
- + MCA Personal Safety and Social Responsibility
- + MCA Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting
- + MCA Elementary First Aid
- RYA Powerboat Level 2
- RYA Short Range Radio
Practical Sailing Skills - 5 Days
RYA Competent Crew
Notes:
For those wishing to do a more flexible programme you can select which module you would like to do from the options listed above. This must include at least the Core Skills plus one other module to gain access to the UKSA exclusive careers service. Please contact a UKSA course advisor for advice on selecting modules.
