Hi, I’m Rachel.
I’m a Kiwi who has been working in yachting for more than 8 years now. Wow! Time flies when you are having fun! I have worked as a stew, sole chef, sous chef and finally as a head chef on boats ranging from 30m- 90m+.
After being asked by my own crew to do their yacht resume’s every season, I finally caved and decided to set up this website and subsequent Cv writing business for other yacht crew.
If you want some social proof, I am @roundtheworldrachel on Instagram (It’s my personal page, and I generally don’t post anything about yachts or work, because of privacy and contractual reasons) And here’s an article about me from Dockwalk magazine, from when I was a sous chef, before stepping up. I was also published in a Food and Wine article about yacht chefs. And in 2022, I won the ACREW award for Mentorship, further solidifying my position in yachting as a mentor for new crew.
English is my native language, so if English is your second language, I can also help with your grammar and ensure your CV is written in a well-structured manner.
On the side of yachting, I also worked as a freelance tech journalist for a few Australian publications, namely pcworld.com.au, and I ran my own travel blog which I manage and built. I have built many other websites in the past for various small businesses and for personal use. Of course, I also built this website and manage the SEO and backend stuff mostly myself. I have slightly more knowledge of the techy side of websites than your average yacht chef 😉
Fun Facts: I did a really dated Tedtalk in 2019 about how the world needs to stop travelling so much. Thanks to Covid a few months later, that backfired spectacularly.
I hope that helps you get to know me a bit more. If you want to get in touch, swing me an email or drop a whatsapp message on my contact page.
