TOP CHARTER YACHTS | GOURMET CHARTERS
OUTDOOR DINING / HUNTRESS
SHAVED VEGETABLE SALAD / PASSION
RED SNAPPER TERRINE WITH SURIMI / SUNREEF 114 CHE
DINING ROOM / GALAXY
DINING ROOM / VA BENE
DECADENT TRUFFLES / LADY J
GOURMET CHARTERS HUNTRESS
VA BENE
Chef Tim MacDonald was a first-prize winner in the prestigious Antigua Charter
Chef Gabrielle Scott brings award-winning cuisine to the 157-foot Kees Cor-
Yacht Show’s culinary competition just a few months ago. He brings his
nelissen Va Bene, which in and of itself is an interesting yacht for charter. Va
gourmet skills to all meals aboard the 180-foot Feadship Huntress, where
Bene underwent a dramatic refit in 2008 that essentially turned the 1992 build
charter guests are treated to fine dining either outdoors or within a formal
into an entirely new yacht. The interior décor is now just as contemporary as
seating area conceived by world-renowned interior designer Terence Disdale.
Scott’s cooking, offering charter guests a luxurious atmosphere in which to
10 guests, 14 crew, weekly base rate $275,000
enjoy the chef’s delicious creations.
12 guests, 13 crew, weekly base rate from $179,000 PASSION Chef Thomas Francque of the 173-foot Swedeship Passion is an award-winning
GALAXY
chef who hails from the West Coast of the United States. He later trained in
Chef Hamish Watson is a New Zealand native who worked as a shepherd
London and Dublin, where he cooked at a Michelin-star restaurant, and went
before training at top-notch restaurants from Christchurch to London. He
on to earn the title “Chef de Cuisine” from the prestigious Culinary Institute of
brings a unique farm-to-table perspective to the gourmet meals aboard
America. He specializes in Asian, Indian, Caribbean and Latin American food
the 184-foot Benetti Galaxy, where he has earned a reputation for delicious
and has earned top honors in culinary competitions at several leading charter
tasting menus of seven to nine courses. In his spare time, Watson volunteers
yacht shows.
as a chef for charities working to help rebuild Christchurch in the wake of
12 guests, 15 crew, weekly base rate from $195,000
recent earthquakes.
12 guests, 15 crew, weekly base rate about $300,134 LADY J
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Chef Emma Beckett was an award winner at the most recent Antigua Charter
SUNREEF 114 CHE
Yacht Show, taking first prize in the culinary competition among yachts in the
Noted for its unconventional design, the 114-foot Sunreef Yacht CHE retains
size range of the 142-foot Palmer Johnson Lady J. In addition to serving
guest privacy, while bringing those with interest behind the scenes. A spacious
impressive savory dishes, Beckett is also a genius with sweets. She owns her
saloon and state-of-the-art galley share the main deck, and as a kitchen is the
own chocolate company and creates gourmet bites for charter guests to enjoy.
heart of many a home, the galley infuses life into the yacht’s center; guests
Be sure to ask for her chocolate mousse with green chilies, Thai basil and
enjoy the buzz of the chef’s creativity (whose specialty is macrobiotic cuisine),
thyme, served alongside a papaya and mint sauce.
wandering in freely for a sample of whatever’s being cooked up.
12 guests, 9 crew, weekly base rate from $109,000
8 guests, 5 to 6 crew, weekly base rate about $77,484