Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I have something very special for you as a listener to my podcasts.I first met Chan while on a cycling tour of Sri Lanka and soon discovered what an amazing person he is with such incredible insight into a stunning country. So, coming up in September/October this year I will be hosting culinary tours with Chan as our very special tour guide in Sri Lanka.You can find out more about this tour through me or you can contact Chan through his websites. I just know you will love this special tour and I hope you can join me in September this year.www.rediscoversrilanka.comwww.eastboundgroup.comEmail: accordingtochan@gmail.comInsta: rediscoversrilankaWe will find out more about Chan and his life as a Sri Lankan Tour guide in an upcoming episode.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I am joined by Rosemary Peterswald, now living on the Gold Coast of Australia. Rosemary has lived quite the life of author, farmer, realtor, auctioneer, adventurer and so much more. Listen to this great story.Contact details:www.ballynastragh.com.auwww.ballynastraghbooks.com.auor just type in "Lots to chat about" on YouTube.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I catch up Kelly Higgins-Devine. Kelly is recognised as being one of the leading broadcasters in Australian Radio and on this podcast we get to learn more about the voice behind the mic.@kellyhigginsdevine

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I catch up with Chris Crawford, a commercial photographer originally from South Africa. He talks about his career starting off in advertising before making a life changing move overseas.Contact Information:Insta: @chriscrawfoWebsite: chriscrawfordphotography.com.au

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I catch up with Chef Luke King. This is a great story as he talks about starting off as a butcher before turning to study as a chef. He has since worked in many different restaurants including time as Chef De Cuisine on Hayman Island in the Whitsundays, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. He is now about to enter the world of Super Yacht Cheffing. Catch up with Luke on Insta at chef_Luke_King.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I had the pleasure of catching up with Chef Rene Moebius. He originally hails from Germany and has cheffed in many incredible restaurants across Europe and Australia. He also talks about his next move...the world of Super Yacht Cheffing. Listen to this great story.Follow Rene on Instagram and Linkedin - renemoebius

Welcome to 2025. This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I catch up with Colin Bushell, a true creative, writer, photographer and photo journalist. Listen to some of his incredible stories about famous musicians and artists including an interview with music icon David Bowie. www.colinbushellphotography.au FB: colinbushellphotography INSTA: @colbushell

This week on Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef I catch up with Chef Jake Warhurst. He's an Australian Chef that has cooked on private islands fro the rich and famous, won culinary awards, cooked for a famous performer and he's not even 35 yet. Don't miss this one as Jake tells plenty of chef stories from around the world.

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I have the pleasure of catching up with one of Australia's top comedians, Daniel Connell. I had a chance to go along and enjoy one of his shows recently and I can honestly say I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. He has his own laid-back style of humour and a great story to kick of 2025. www.danielconnell.com.au

This week on Tales From a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I catch up with another Medium from Brisbane, Australia. We met by chance but I learned that Carol has a unique story. She has had a varied career from Signwriter to spending over 20 years as an Immigration Officer. So, when did she realise she had psychic abilities. Listen and you shall find out more...

This week on Tales of a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead I catch up with another very successful medium and the 2023 winner of Australian Psychic of the year. It's a great story of how he left a career in environmental science to pursue a career as a medium. He will be doing more live shows in Brisbane, Australia in January 2025. www.rhyswynndavies.com info@rhyswynndavies.com

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: jimshyndman@gmail.com

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.