This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I have Jim Hyndman as my special guest. He's a man of many talents having studied Russian, French and Italian. He's lived and worked in some amazing destinations too, but it was after a spiritual awakening that he followed the path of being a Medium and this is something I have always been interested in.....and you can find out why and a whole lot more today... Jim's email: [email protected]

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I'm talking with Restaurateur and Chef Katrina Ryan from her top Brisbane Restaurant. With a long-time passion for food she left her career as a physio behind and has been on quite a journey. At one time as head chef for Neil Perry in Sydney, she found herself cooking for celebrities Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Today, she runs her own restaurant, The Golden Pig in Brisbane, Australia. www.goldenpig.com.au

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I catch up with Lenzy Ruffin from Washington DC. He started his career in the computer industry but through many twists and turns he landed himself a new career. With skills and experience in film and photography he now teaches chefs how to create revenue generating cooking shows on YouTube. YouTube Channel - Parkroad Studios. Socials - parkroad studios www.parkroadstudios.com

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I finally catch up with Jane Stabler from her Sydney based PR Agency, Evil Twin. Join me for an interesting conversation with my PR person who played a significant role in convincing me to begin a podcast a few years ago. www.eviltwinpr.com.au

This week on Tales From A Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I'm talking with Chef Andrew Hindley. I truly think he is living the dream, based on the island of Paxos in the Greek Islands...Join me as I find out how he ended up in this ideal location. Instagram: supperonpaxos

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I meet up with Stephanie Spanjer who hails from the Netherlands. We chat about her journey to the island of St. Martin in the Caribbean, and how a health scare almost derailed her career.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I catch up with Actress, Producer and Lawyer, Sophia Emberson-Bain. Originally from the British Virgin Islands she is now based here in Australia. Listen to her story...

This week on Tales From A Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I catch up with Captain Spyridon Kapetanakis. I first met Spiros when we worked together on a motor yacht recently in the Maldives. He hails from South Africa and already in a short space of time has had many adventures. I chat to him about all of that and much much more...

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I spend time with Masterchef Contestant Stephanie Griffen. We chat about the whole Masterchef TV experience and what she has planned for the future.

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I sit down with Chef Jack Brown. He's a classically trained Aboriginal Chef who is on a mission to get more Australian native ingredients used in everyday cooking. The Zin House – Mudgee Instagram-Chef Jack Brown

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I thought this might be a good time to answer some of the questions I receive on my socials about my background, yachting and chefing abroad on luxury yachts. I'm happy to connect so reach out with your questions on instagram and thanks for listening to my podcast.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I catch up once again with Capty Whitey and Max, who are on a world trip with their American owners aboard Nutmeg, a catamaran they both work on. We find out where they are on their journey of a lifetime, places they've visited, and where they are off to next. You can also locate and follow them online with a tracking code. www.forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-Nutmeg/

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I catch up with Alana Mills and I think you'll find this episode most interesting. My guest has many talents specialising in personal training and wellness. She's also a published author and public speaker and has a fascinating story to tell. Enjoy.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I chat with Producer, Podcaster, and radio Broadcaster, Adrian Abraham about his move to Singapore for a career in radio, plus a whole lot more.

This week on Tales From a Luxury yacht Chef with Lisa Mead my guest is Chef/Restauranteur, Johnny Di Francesco. He's Melbourne-based but known worldwide and we chat about his amazing career with Italian Cuisine and how he got the title of the World Champion Pizza maker. 400gradi.com.au

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, my special guest is Ben Barker. He is an incredibly talented musician and artist, specialising in modern Aboriginal dreaming art. He also has an extraordinary talent for playing didgeridoo and guitar at the same time. Barker's work stands as a testament to the richness of cultural diversity and the power of artistic innovation.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, my guest is New Zealand-born Superyacht Chef, Adam Brydon. He is a rockstar in the Super Yacht industry with a background in Michelin Star restaurants. He's currently based on a luxury 140m Superyacht. In this episode, we get a chance to hear what it's really like to live and work on this level of luxury boat plus a whole lot more...Don't miss this one.

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, my special guest is Jackie Goudie, a head chef on luxury super yachts working in loads of exotic locations. Listen to this great story where she also mentions she's also a qualified Health Coach and Yoga teacher.

This week on 'Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, my guest is Kathy Beales, a Chef, Author, and now a Massage therapist.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, British-born Chef, Rob Bellamy, joins me and reveals how his career took him to a new country- Australia. He talks about some of his exciting cooking adventures including recent visits to Bali and Lombok.

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I'm chatting with co-founder and CEO of Gathar, Jodie Mlikota. Gathar is the largest double-sided marketplace platform in Australia that seamlessly connects those who love to cook with those who love to entertain.

This week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I catch-up with Malaysian born Chef, Lisa Liu - Saucy Wench. Listen to her story as she transitioned from a career in architecture to creating a delicious line of Asian sauces plus a whole lot more... Insta: saucywenchhourmetfoods saucywench.com.au

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, I Catch up with popular TV and Radio Host in Singapore, Michelle Martin. There's so much more to her story and she has many strings to her bow...

This week on 'Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef' with Lisa Mead, my special guest is Sharon Burrill. This is a great story and we find out how a social worker in Canada becomes a manager of a Butterfly Farm in Aruba.

This week on 'Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef' with Lisa Mead, my guest is Lynn Ringseis. Lynn and her husband begin a successful career working together as Captain and Chef on yachts in the Caribbean, leading an ideal life until heartbreaking situation occurs. Lynn also talks about writing her first book titled "I'm the Captain now". This is a great heartwarming story, don't miss this one.

This week on 'Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef' with Lisa Mead, my guest is Dee Williams. She comes from Sri Lankan heritage and moved to Australia to study Hospitality and eventually became a contestant on MasterChef Australia. Since then she has moved on to teach workshops, create content for her very own YouTube Travel and Food Channel, and judge others in culinary competitions

This week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, my special guest is Chef Kirsten Tibballs. A globally recognised pastry chef, Kisten has hosted her own TV show and appeared multiple times on Master Chef Australia as a guest celebrity chef. You can see more on her website: savourschool.com.au

This week on 'Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef' with Lisa Mead, my special guest is Martin Van Enoo. Martin was a guest on my yacht, we chat about him almost dying from a skiing accident, his father being a Japanese prisoner of war in Indonesia, leaving the US to work in Europe and learn his parent's Dutch language plus loads more.....

This week on 'Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef' with Lisa Mead, I meet up with Keshia Davis Barnes. This is her story about growing up on a Five-Star Luxury Island in the Caribbean before forging an illustrious career in the field of Culinary and Hospitality Skills and now turning to positive self-help.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I'm talking with Chef Moe Veniot, from New Brunswick, located on the East Coast of Canada. He's about to make the jump from being a land chef to the sea as a luxury yacht Chef and I thought this would be a great episode to find out about his process and any tips. To get in contact with Moe, on Instagram his details are @mveniot

This week on Tales From A Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I thought I would provide some answers to questions that I get asked a lot. At the top of the list is "How do I get a job onboard a luxury yacht, as crew or a chef". As I am currently onboard a luxury yacht myself at the moment in the British Virgin Islands, let me explain the process of what you need to do, the qualifications, and where to find those jobs.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I have a very special guest, Virgin Islands-born Designer, Kristin Frazer. This is a fascinating story of her life growing up and her business life as head of her company, Trefle Designs, a world-recognized fashion label.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I have someone very special who was a guest on a yacht I was cheffing on in the Caribbean. His name is Joe Riccitelli, a name synonymous with some of the biggest music recording stars. A former Co-President: Rhythm production at RCA Records and now the founder of his own label, Golden Retriever Entertainment, a full record label services company.

This week on Tales From A Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, my special guest is a multi-Emmy award-winning news journalist and author, Margie Smith Holt. This is a great story as she talks about her media career in radio and television, winning 4 Emmys in the process, and why she left it all to escape to the Caribbean. Her latest book, 'Not On Any Map: One Virgin Island, Two Catastrophic Hurricanes, and the True Meaning of Paradise' is available now online. For more information: www.margiesmithholt.com

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef, my special guest is Yacht Chef, Sandra Anderson. This is a great story of how Sandra transitioned from the world of IT to owning her own yacht and cheffing on it plus being discovered for an internet cooking show in New York.

This week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, my special guest is Kate Henderson. She had quite an interesting childhood growing up when her parents decided to buy a boat and with no sailing experience sailed around the world. That's where her adventure begins...Listen to this amazing story.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, we're back home in my home state of Queensland, Australia, where I  caught up with Australian Stand-Up Comedian, Georgie Humphries, also born in Queensland. We met at Brisbane Radio Station 4BC and she has quite a story apart from being on stage doing comedy gigs around Australia.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I sat down with Brisbane Radio 4BC producer, Aiden Taylor and we talked about his career, travels, and his life-changing experience as an exchange student attending Texas A&M University, and much more.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I thought I would just take a little break from doing an interview and spend this one reflecting on all the great guests that have shared their wonderful stories during 2022. There were some real highlights for me along the way and although I only have time to mention a few I want to take this time to thank all of my guests and to wish all of my loyal listeners seasons greetings and a Happy New Year. I will return in 2023 with a brand new season of interviews. 

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef, we're back home where I caught up with High School friend, Mairi Cameron.  She still calls Brisbane, Australia  home, but has travelled widely as a successful Movie and TV Director. She talks about her first feature film, The Second, and her other film and TV achievements.

This week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef I caught up with Canadian Yacht Chef Jade Konst and she has a real story to tell. She's an expert diver and yacht chef, who had to adapt her life due to a medical condition. This did not stop her from living the best life cheffing on yachts around the Caribbean.

This week on Tales from A Luxury Yacht Chef, I'm talking with my good friend and Super Yacht Chef, Vicki Pettigrew from the British Virgin Islands. We first met while cheffing on yachts and then by chance we ended up in the same place many years later. You will hear lots of great stories in this episode.

This week on Tales From A Luxury Yacht Chef I chat with Media Executive, TV and Radio Broadcaster, Jason Dasey about his broadcasting career that has taken him all around the world to the BBC in London, CNN in the US then to Singapore, and back home here in Australia. 

On Tales From A Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Meade this week I reached out to Yacht Chef Niki Smith, who grew up in a yachting family, but never planned to actually work on yachts herself... Well, that soon changed as she and her husband, Captain Scott, spent the majority of their yachting life together based in the Caribbean.

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Meade I catch up with an old friend of mine, Bronwyn Carrick. She hails from Sth Africa and worked in some fabulous places on luxury yachts as a Chef and Stewardess. Listen to her travel stories, where she met royalty and even some famous movie stars.....

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, my guest is Kylie Champion from Champion Crewing & Concierge based at Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia. Operating at the gateway to the Whitsundays, Kylie shares her experiences as a businesswoman in the marine industry specializing in marine recruitment.

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef, my special guest is Hannah Staddon, a Superyacht Professional Chef born in South Africa and qualified in Vegan Cookery, now based in the Bahamas. Listen to her stories from sailing and cheffing aboard superyachts to trekking through to Base Camp on Mt Everest.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, we meet up with Shane Mahoney from Lugos Travel based in Florida, USA. Shane is a Luxury Lifestyle Vacation Specialist, who creates original and memorable vacation adventures all around the world.

In this episode of Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef, Captain Andy Woodruff interviews Lisa Mead to find out the real life-story of a Luxury Yacht Chef.

This week on Tales of a luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Patrick Ward from Swaziland. Listen to some of his adventures as a former Yacht Captain, Dive Instructor, and now Hotel Owner.

This week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Superyacht Chef Elisa Eliot, a US Based Chef, who specialises in Nutrition, both on land and sea. Listen to her inside story of being the personal chef for Dwayne " The Rock' Johnson.

This week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Chef Grace Dvornik, who describes her culinary style as “Upscale Down Home Cooking”. This freelance chef, based in Florida, has served celebrities from around the world, royalty, and retired politicians. Listen to her story and journey as a yacht chef.

This week on Tales of A luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Paige Logsdon, the luxury motor yacht owner of ‘Angel Eyes’, an 85’ Horizon which was featured on a Netflix episode of “The World’s Most  Amazing Vacation Rentals.

This week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with Maya Wierzbicki from St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands on life and her journey as a chef.

This week on Tales of A luxury Yacht Chef, Lisa Mead talks with a former yacht crew member, entrepreneur, and adventurer, Nicke Abraham, now a training specialist based in South Africa, where she runs the Professional Extraordinary in Leadership Training Program - The Winning Attitude Skills Training.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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. 

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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’.

This 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.

This 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/

This 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.

This 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/

This 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/

This 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. 

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

Tales 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.