About ESCA: professional yacht chef training and recruitment
ESCA Chefs was founded by chefs, for chefs. We understand the demands of this industry , and the gap that exists between culinary talent and the realities of working at sea.
With over 35 years of combined experience across hospitality, restaurant ownership, catering for UHNW individuals and private households, and the yachting sector, we built ESCA to answer the question we hear most often:
How do I become a yacht chef, and how do I succeed once I’m there?
For too long, chefs have been left to navigate yachting alone: dock-walking endlessly, guessing what captains and management companies actually want, and relying on training models that stop at certificates.
ESCA exists to change that.
We provide professional yacht chef training that focuses on operational readiness. Our goal is to prepare chefs for the real demands of life onboard, so they step into a galley with confidence, structure, and discipline.
A dedicated training and recruitment platform
ESCA is a combined yacht chef training and recruitment platform designed to support chefs through the full transition into yachting. We train chefs properly, assess their readiness, and help place them into roles that match their skill level, mindset, and long-term goals.
This is not about placing chefs quickly.
It is about placing them correctly.
For captains and management
For captains and management companies, ESCA offers a more reliable route to recruitment. We aim to earn your trust by ensuring the chefs who come through ESCA understand the expectations onboard — from galley standards and provisioning to professionalism, communication, and consistency under pressure.
Our goal is simple: to reduce risk onboard and raise the standard of yacht chef placement.
