FOOD ON CARGO SHIPS | STEWARD DEPARTMENT | GALLEY OPERATIONS | LIFE AT SEA

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@jimc-sb7cg Год назад

I’m a cook on the Great Lakes and it’s amazing how from one boat to the next the differences in what the crew wants to eat. I replaced a steward who was all about heart healthy and the crew was begging me for bacon cheeseburgers at lunch. So they got them every day if they wanted. Another crew was all about wraps at lunch. Except for one guy who wanted Mac and cheese and hot dogs all the time. Some crews eat lots of soup and others won’t touch it. And contrary to Gordon Lightfoot, it’s never too rough to feed the crew. Although I’ve had to tell an officer that onion rings were out of the question. We were rolling 20-30 degrees that day.

@Tipp_Of_The_Mitt Год назад

From watching many of the maritime gally/food videos on YT, the lake boats all appear to have great food of whatever the cooks are making.

@n_tha_kitchen3797 Год назад

How did you get that job

@doyoulovehimloretta1607 Год назад

Thunder Bay Alpena girl here waving 👋 hi. Take good care.

@Tipp_Of_The_Mitt Год назад

@@doyoulovehimloretta1607 Well Hello from Cheboygan, lol.

@doyoulovehimloretta1607 Год назад

@Tipp_Of_The_Mitt hi my friend, love Cheboygan!

@janterjehalsen3324 Год назад

Im a cook on a Norwegian fishing vessel. 16 to 20 people, and usually 6 weeks at sea. Saturday at 20.00 hours its always Steak. The whole Norwegian fleet. That is how we count the weeks!

@TheWandererTiles Месяц назад

how do you cook a steak if the sea is rough?

@TheWandererTiles Месяц назад

How do you cook steak if the sea is very rough?

@janterjehalsen3324 Месяц назад

@@TheWandererTiles We have a gyro stabilized pan, but mostley I brown the filets and finnishes them in the owen.

@rashidsukhera8674 10 месяцев назад

Hello from indian ocean. Capt Rashid Sukhera here, i gotta show this to my chief cook😂.

@kaycey7361 4 месяца назад

Ask your cook , to prepare some pork roast. Tasty and offensive to you but loved by the rest. 😂😂

@diane9247 4 месяца назад

@@kaycey7361 Are you trying to be funny?

@CRUSHENGLISH Год назад

Mate just the way you open this piece says it all "We always see big ships in the distance but completely ignore the fact that people are on board", was class. I'm amazed by how well stocked the larder on board that ship was. Bloody interesting!

@GulfCoastTim Год назад

Over 30 years ago, I worked for a security company in Florida, one of my first jobs ever. I'd stand watch on ships like this while they were in a shipyard. Once at dinner time aboard some foreign ship, they called me into their dining room or mess hall (as you all call it) and invited me to eat. I could hardly understand their language but they were very polite and friendly. They told me to sit down at the table, then brought me a plate of food. I don't remember what it all was but i remember that food was so good.

@barbarawright5774 Год назад

Oh lovely!

@josephlewis6987 Год назад

I'd like to try the food on board cargo ships,submarines.

@Aeoxander 11 месяцев назад

In today's world, people need to be VERY careful because the food might be drugged or poisoned.

@josephlewis6987 11 месяцев назад

Ohh! That's very good

@all.day.day-dreamer 10 месяцев назад

I love the warm and inviting voice of Joe. His words are carefully chosen and with his tone, it's soothing and easy to listen to. The music and editing he has chosen brings a fair amount of "romance of the sea" to the over-all vibe of his videos, and I honestly enjoy his videos. I wish him all the best. I hope he makes a good amount of money to fund the next chapter in his life. My favorite parts of the video were showing the cooks that were dancing, laughing and enjoying their tasks of cooking. I love cooking for others and the compliments I receive.

@joannehart9624 Год назад

I really enjoyed this episode. I've attended professional cooking school and always wondered what it would be like to work on ship. Food service is a difficult and demanding job, and onboard a ship raises that to another level. Glad to hear about some of those great departments that really understand how important their responsibility is.

@tomelko Год назад

Food and ships... two great things that go great together.

@markakira8988 Год назад

I'm fascinated by cargo ship food and most YTube videos just show the food, galley and steward. This was in depth. Logically thought out and well paced. I never considered the 3 main factors. I paused at each food spread. I like how the steward wrote 'Honey Mustard' in yellow for Super Bowl menu. He cares and has pride. //Fishing scenes were my favorite part. Shout out to Arsenio, his Marlin was the most cool/neat/interesting highlight of the video. //Happy to see Grey Poupon as one of the condiments.

@leversforever9748 Год назад

A sailfish that identifies as a Black marlin

@karmenolsen7686 Год назад

Truly enjoy your content! Multitudes of us will never experience this, many will not even know this life exists. Thanks for sharing.

@TacoMyrick 11 месяцев назад

I was a deckhand on a towboat. Illinois Waterway and Upper Mississippi. We ate GOOOOOD! Fridays was fish...Saturdays steak...Sundays was fried chicken. Without fail. When Joe mentioned cheeseburgers being a time stamp I immediately thought of our Saturday steak. We were also allowed free access to food in the galley at all hours of the night. If you have a favorite cereal or something like that our cook did their best to accommodate. Our regular cook was an awesome lady. Us regulars called her Mom.

@joylapine9004 6 месяцев назад

I don’t know why your videos fascinate me because I am petrified of large bodies of water…the ocean…a lake…a reservoir or large river. I’m sure you all work very hard and need large meals to keep your energy up. Great video!

@HazletNJ 2 месяца назад

Greetings from Hazlet, NJ Thanks for this and all of your videos. I’m living vicariously through you. I’m a retired 70 y/o stroke survivor and I love your narrations/descriptions.

@MrStarfishPrime Год назад

My Uncle was a merchant Sailor in the 70-80s (Spanish). He always said that contrary to most of the stereotypes the food in the ship was always good and the cook always had as a pride doing new things and making the crew happy.

@Tonyx.yt. 8 месяцев назад

awfull cooks are probably thrown overboard😂

@PG-ku9qd Год назад

Joe - I love that you are a regular hard working guy sharing what your life at sea is like. It's stuff like this video that is most compelling for us that don't get to see what it's like on a day-to-day basis. As always, really well done video. Thanks so much for sharing, brother!

@Fjord_Driver Год назад

Gordon Ramsay should do a 30 day run as the chef on a cargo ship. That would be interesting.

@KingofCrusher 2 месяца назад

They'd all murder him in the kitchen in like five minutes, lol.

@bigstick6332 Год назад

Great video as always. We can really feel like we're experiencing ships life by watching these. Thanks, and godspeeed.

@chuckoboy952 Год назад

I was a cook for the United States Navy for Twenty years, The best time of my life , spent most of my time in the med 😊😊😊 Have fun bud Good Memories ❤❤

@Mark-pp7jy Год назад

Nice video Joe. I like the way you calmly explain different aspects of your profession. Also, that you give "credit" where credit is due. Nobody wants to work with someone who is stuck in negativity, and I have no doubt that your gratitude has served you well. All the best, Mark

@guylamaupassant 4 месяца назад

If I had 20 or more years to serve on board I would be enrolling in a class as soon as possible. I didn't know this career was available until I saw Joe Franta's youtube channel. Thanks for the heads up.

@2fast65 Год назад

Great video Joe I agree food can make or brake the attitude of people after extended times of work Thanks for taking us along have a great day be safe.

@bradleygraves5915 4 месяца назад

As a cook myself (at a resort on the beach) I am immensely PROUD of those stewards making use of the fresh fish. I got some red snapper one time and made "rainbow" tacos with the snapper, and salsa (mango, tomato, red and white onion, jalapeno, and cilantro). SImple, but one of my best days thanks to the guys who got the fresh fish.

@mikegallegos7 Год назад

Nice. When I was crew on submarines, Military Sealift Underway Replenishment (unrep) ships, the schooner Barbara, I mostly enjoyed the food. Since going ashore for a few years, am now returning to sea as Cook and did a contract on Pride of America. They cruise around the Hawaiian Islands so the food is always fresh and always delicious. I learned a lot aboard under Chef Alaine and as long as the budget and port of calls allow, great tasting food is always my intention. I don't like to work with canned food but there are ways to make it work, however fresh is king. I will add baking to my skills by shadowing a baker or two an hour or two off duty to pick up what I can. Am very interested in bread so will focus on that staple before desert baking. Thanks for the video, Shipmate !

@jerrygengler9515 Год назад

Keep up the content Joe. As an ex Navy guy(submariner at that), I have always been fascinated by the sea. I'm too old now to jump into a life like you have, but it truly is interesting(yes I get it can be a grind) but this video rings so true. On the subs we were fortunate to have great cooks and a definite moral booster at that. One of our cooks enjoyed baking so much we had doughnuts, cakes, brownies, etc. Those were the treats. Only one time did it get to us when deployed for a long time, the cooks had to invent what to do with chuck roast, so we had french dips, yankee pot roast, Mississippi pot roast, beef stew, etc. They tried, but everyone was tired of road beef essentially HA!.

@MesaperProductions Год назад

Tunny SSN-682, '94-'98. You?

@jaideedave Год назад

@@MesaperProductions Not him but I was on an old diesel boat 71-74 SS75 HMCS Rainbow nee Argonaut from USN we ate very well thank you..Our cooks were savvy and when we went to sub base San Diego Point Loma we traded a lot of beef roasts for lobster..

@keokukia9800 Год назад

The food looks amazing. I've had some food that "everyone" said was terrible, but it seemed great to me. I think some people tend to get bored with food and begin to think it's terrible when it's actually quite good. Friends have said I'd eat the tableclothe if it didn't have plates on it, so maybe I don't require much.

@Oldman808 Год назад

Yeah, I’ve never understood picky eaters. If I was too busy to take a lunch break, I’d hand another worker some money to bring me lunch. They’d always ask what I wanted, and I’d tell them just bring me the same thing you get.

@TheGor54 Год назад

Some folks just open thier mouths when they're not hungry. Watch out for those types, they're always trouble.

@davidmelton7268 Год назад

Thanks Joe! As always, your videos are informative and insightful, and the production values are just amazing. You are a great presenter. I think I could listen to you talk about pretty much anything! Wishing you safe travels, wherever you are, and thanks again.

@BigRoofBigSnow Год назад

A beautiful constructed video to tell a simple yet compelling story. Thank you and job well done!

@beckyumphrey2626 2 месяца назад

A great cook is always key to a great crew.

@mesquitoful Год назад

My Dad was a Panama Canal Pilot in the 1970s. He took me along on many transits. Crazy how that was allowed. I remember eating strange but delicious food from heavy China. And these were freighters and and bulk carriers. My sisters, being privileged, went along on the cruise ship transits. Royal Viking Sky, Sea, whatever.

@pamspencer5733 Год назад

So jealous! 😤

@celial56 Год назад

I like Joe's videos because they help me relax and forget my day to day worries for a little while. I also enjoy learning what life on a cargo ship is like.

@kevi.h8609 Год назад

Hi Joe, how right you are, if a ship is a good feeder then you have a happy crowd (crew) if not a good feeder you have multiple pay-offs here there and every where. On the Aussie coast there was a chief steward named by the crowd as Tom the cheap, as you can imagine not a happy ship. Great video as always Joe. Greetings from Tasmania.👍

@mwlgo6188 Год назад

Fantastic video Joe! Keep’em coming! May you have fair winds and following seas.

@mattheweburns Год назад

12:32 I never thought about the variety of food being a perk for a port pilot lol I didn’t realize they were on board that long. Really cool to hear that.

@michaelangelo3305 Год назад

that dance he did showed he cared about the food

@GiselleTrujillo Год назад

A very underrated subject. Keep it coming! Much more appreciation for this industry.

@bobseashols517 Год назад

I was a cook on a US ballistic missile submarine (90-95). This was an excellent video.

@johnkane1898 8 месяцев назад

I had started watching this video earlier in the day and paused it for a few hours. Getting ready for bed I thought about switching back on and remembered my late Dad who passed 2 years ago telling me when he was a Belfast Harbour Pilot in Northern Ireland about a big Indian flagged ship he brought in and had the best Indian food ever on board. I started playing the video again and Joe you’re saying about the Tampa pilot coming aboard saying his favorite ships are the Indians for their food.

@indianabukidboyszutowicz3191 Год назад

Thank you so much for this video. Having cooked for Military Sealift Command, and now soon to be cooking in the private sector shipping industry, it is nice to know what I am going to be getting in too. Most everything you said is definitely true, the stewards department can really make or break the moral fibber of a ship. I worked with great Filipino cooks and others, we knocked it out of the park almost everyday. Three proteins every lunch and dinner, two starches, and three vegetable dishes. Up at 5am, out of the galley at 6:30pm 7 days a week. Love the job and putting smiles on my fellow shipmates faces. I specialize in authentic Mexican, and love Filipino food dishes, as well as many Asian dishes, not to mention many curry dishes as well. Great video, loved it!!!!!

@bakerbill4274 Год назад

Learn to make other dishes. I'm a Chief Cook and never make more than one Asian or Mexican dish per week. That includes anything curry. If all you make is Asian food, then you'll probably get a lot of shit from the crew. This isn't MSC. We're not predominantly Filipino.

@indianabukidboyszutowicz3191 Год назад

@@bakerbill4274 copy that. I cook almost everything. Very well versed on many dishes, especially American foods and dishes.

@neilturner6865 Год назад

I work on the equivalent of the msc on the Royal Fleet Auxilliary as a chief 👨‍🍳we have to feed large ships crews as the msc my budget is £3.68 per person per day safe sailing calm seas Bro 👨‍🍳

@GrumpyForester Год назад

Really excellent video, Joe. This is a world I will never know, so thanks for this peek behind the curtain on the world of food on a cargo ship...

@waynecory5314 Год назад

You make such a good point here! I know from your videoes & others, that you guys work your ass off at most times, & often enough doing messy pain in the ass hard jobs! Has to be so great to know the stewards love & care about their fellow shipmates - & have a really great meal waiting for you, when you finally get a break!

@bakerbill4274 Год назад

It's not because we care about our shipmates really. A lot of cooks are just lazy and here to pick up a paycheck. For me, I care about the food I prepare. The crews are too diverse to satisfy everyone, so my "bar" is if I'm happy with the meal I put out. As for the crew's happiness, it's simply not a factor. If there's a REAL problem, then the Captain will address it with us. Whining about the food is simply a passtime onboard most ships.

@sandy1653 Год назад

@@bakerbill4274 If the crew isn't complaining about something, they aren't breathing.

@FoxyfloofJumps 5 месяцев назад

Wow... Cargo ships are the very definition of "choose wisely". Your videos are really opening my eyes to a totally different lifestyle, that still has roots centuries-old.

@liamh9814 Год назад

Joe, never change your style, the authenticity of your voice is your unique appeal. Fantastic content. I always wanted to be a merchant sailor. Instead I went into law. Your videos are a vicarious pleasure. Thanks.

@JoseCaballero-c4m Месяц назад

Yea I did 30 years on various type of ships love it

@texbraz Год назад

Joe, you do great videos. What more can I say? They are just great.

@purpleandred7 6 месяцев назад

I was planning on serving my family leftover stuffed shells with meatballs for dinner tonight, but after seeing that steak on your video I'm now defrosting 4 New York strips steaks for dinner instead 😋🤤🥩

@pattrickhumphreys2257 Год назад

Having been in Navy aboard an Aircraft Carrier. The Ship had two mess decks for the enlisted E-6 and below. Had the three main meals and midrats, midrats being a meal at midnight. The food was always good. Breakfast was always the best because its really hard to mess up eggs. lol

@indianabukidboyszutowicz3191 Год назад

We had a cook baker that came on our ship and he was able to screw up eggs. OMG, he is not there no more. Tao-187 Kaiser!!!

@raxxmoriti Год назад

0:12 those are beautiful bridge equipment. JRC Radars JRC VHF Radios with the Yokogawa Gyro giving true heading

@rupertthedrone4717 Год назад

Hey! I'm currently training to be an AB in the UK and these videos are really making me wanna try deep sea! I'm doing my training with a ferry company and your videos really help me relax after a long monotonous day securing cargo and vehicles! Thank you for the content!!

@russellhalleran9080 8 месяцев назад

Smooth Seas Ahead ! As a NAVY Carrier sailor,food was always important and our cooks did an Outstanding job. Thanks for the video.

@sribalagiragavendran3579 Год назад

Big fan of your videos . I am in pre-sea training in India. All your videos are helpful for me. Keep posting such videos. Keep up the good work👍

@keinaanabdi6821 9 месяцев назад

Both Nicole and Mikey have a great story telling ability I would have enjoyed if they chose to make vlogs, specially we would like to hear how Nicole got to an officer.

@timothyferguson105 Год назад

Love your videos! That was a Sailfish, actually a small one. I caught a 135-pound one off the coast of Costa Rica

@laura-ann.0726 Год назад

At my age (66), I'm way past the time of life where I might have considered the merchant marine as a career, so Joe's video's are my chance to see what my life might have been like had I made a few different choices when I was in my twenties. Great video, Joe!

@mikepette4422 Год назад

ditto was just saying the samething

@kathyslatton3998 Год назад

Our dad was a cook on merchant marine ships. Loved his cooking, he could make anything taste great!

@JeffDeWitt Год назад

Yes, I see some of these videos about the people who work on merchant ships and think if I'd made different choices that's something I might have done. (and maybe if my parents had too... if we hadn't moved from western Michigan were we could see the ships).

@jamesftoland Год назад

My experience exactly

@wildwestunlimited Год назад

Same here!

@mattheweburns Год назад

11:33 shut the door on the bag of ice cream bro what you doing? Lol what a spread, though we would be very fortunate to have that in office settings.

@rfw700 Год назад

I worked on a couple of drillships. One of them was called the Noble Duchess. When I was on it, we were working in India, consequently we had a mainly Indian crew including catering. Everything we had was spicy. One day the cook made doughnuts. These were presented to the crew on a large platter, and arranged to form a large pyramid of doughnuts. On seeing these doughnuts, I had a Homer Simpson moment and subconsciously said "Mmm Dougnuts". This coincided with taking a bite of one, and quickly realising I had probably taken a bite of what was probably the spiciest, hottest thing I had ever eaten. We also had to contend with a huge infestation of cockroaches, which invariably found their way onto your plate. I got as far as moving them to the side of my plate. I never knowingly ate them, but I'm sure they were part of my diet.

@alexbaum2204 Год назад

About 16 years ago, I was on a ferry from the Indonesian port of Bitung to the city of Ternate in the Moluccan islands. It was a two day trip. Being the only westerner on board, and using my bicycle to travel the islands, I think the captain took a shine to me and invited me to have dinner in the mess with him and his officers. I was very flattered and very humbled by the experience. There we sat, eating fried rice, beef rendang, and lumpia. There we sat together, flicking away denizens of cockroaches as we tried to finish our food. I’m two days out now from going to the SIU training program. Cockroaches are one of my biggest fears. But I guess if I’m flicking them away with the rest of the crew and I’m not alone in it, it’s not as bad as it could be.

@anotheraccount4776 Год назад

Yeah everything about India just sucks period.

@rfw700 Год назад

@@alexbaum2204 l was also on another drillship, called Deepwater Expedition, the cockroaches also found there way into your food. However the food was quite good. Eventually the company called in pest control experts, who got rid of the cockroaches. After that the food was terrible. Maybe cockroaches are quite tasty after all.

@barbarawright5774 Год назад

Spicy doughnuts, oh no!! Just swallow. Thanks for telling us. Cockroaches is protein. Oh dear.

@guymorris6596 Год назад

Yikes.

@marvint.martian5034 Год назад

Hamburger Saturday! What a flashback... Thanks for another great one Joe!

@frankcelle744 Год назад

As always, a fantastic video. I have a lot of down time at work and go down a TON of RU-vid rabbit holes...this is by far my favorite channel on RU-vid. I've re-watched so many of your videos. Thanks for keeping great content coming. You obviously put a ton of time and effort into these on top of an already demanding job. Thanks Joe, be well.

@rockcityprepper9134 2 месяца назад

I’m a chef and that looks like fun and crazy hard work. I’m sure you know. Treat them good and they will treat you better. Dig it.

@benjaminmccluskey2643 Год назад

Dang Joe, you make me want to quite my engineering job of 20+ years and become a sailor man!! Traveling the world and being on the Ocean! I would love it!!! I'm not afraid to work hard either. I was Blue-collar way before white!!

@bakerbill4274 Год назад

I'm a former Civil Engineer and now sail as Chief Cook. Not making as much money, but I can live on 90k with 6 months vacation each year!

@Wedgedoow 5 месяцев назад

Great insight to maritime victuallling, thanks for posting Pete

@neilharrison7555 Год назад

Great video, very informative. I retired in 2017, after 43 years. In the '70's / '80's the food was good, both from the point of quality and how well it was cooked. After that, things tended to go downhill as Owners tried to cut costs. However, if you had a good Captain who also liked his food, we'd get good food, despite any "squeeze" put on by the Owners. In my last say 10 years the Cook was usually Filipino, cooking for a couple of Europeans (or just me!) Chinese and other nationalities. Not an easy job. Yes, the standard of stores supplied varied. India/Pakistan/Egypt was usually poor. Aussie/NZ/USA/Europe usually very good. Some cooks were brilliant. Some...not so much! I was astounded by the amount/selection of foods/snacks/ice cream etc in the Messroom fridges. I have seen NOTHING like that in the last 10-15 years of my time at sea. Thanks for an informative video. And yes, the Cook has one of the most difficult jobs on a ship. Safe Sailing.

@josephemidy8604 Год назад

you make a great point, the captain dictates the budget, if the stewards dept is really good, the steward can order anything he wants provided what comes out of the galley is keeping his crew happy..with the exception of that aqua green/blue company that could care less about food on the ship, they are about calories, bottom line cost and not traditional fare for seafarers. Companies and the union go far to try to sell healthy and not comfort food for mariners that cost allot less. Companies like Crowley, OSG and few a others really care about their crews being happy with quality food. I know Tom Crowley cares allot about his crews happiness while working on his vessels...thank god there are good ship owners like him still around. I'm retired and thank Tom and other good vessel operators who see the value in happy and well fed crews...an unhappy crew leads to mistakes and eventually unfortunate outcomes for all aboard. I ounce had a captain tell every new hire coming aboard not to mess with his steward...rule 1...smart captain!!!

@jeffvandenberg8422 Год назад

Another great video. Food is always great. Cheers from Sarnia Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

@greggross8856 Год назад

Great slice of life at sea video. Question: When a crew gets a really great steward department/cook(s) that work so hard even when the the crew is of, doe the crew do anything for them at the end of cruise or the end of a contract to show appreciation?

@drivenhome3257 11 месяцев назад

I have kitchen and camp cooking experience. I love to cook and bake. My crew would always be curious and healthy. Curries and Mexican dishes.

@fly-over1517 Год назад

This is a great video on a subject that is often if not always overlooked, and I have to ask, how in the halibut did you haul that black Marlin up the side of that ship? My gawd that must have been amazing to bring that in, and most of all what a moral booster that was. Love this video, thank you

@mattdickinson8170 Год назад

That was a fun watch! Thanks for the insight and safe travels!

@jokerquinn104 8 месяцев назад

SERVED 21 YEARS IN MARINE MORSOC FORCES...& THEY TREAT THE COOK LIKE ROYALITY,. THIS REALLY MAKES OR BREAKS MORAL..A COOK IS WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD ..UMM😉🙃

@MichaelCurrie71 Год назад

I'm a former logistics officer and responsible for subsistence in an entire state army national guard and I had the same ethic of caring for the troops and what they eat and what they want to eat. This video completely makes sense to me.

@mskataymskatay2760 Год назад

Thank you for taking us into a world most of us will never see or experience!

@benjaminhedderly4495 Год назад

Fascinating 👍...thanks for sharing a glimpse inside! Respect to the men that prepare food for there brothers 🍻

@Dr_V Год назад

I have a distant relative who worked as a cook on oceangoing freighters all his life. He had a "gray market" trade running just to make sure they stock up enough quality food for the crew no matter the official ship's budget (which was often insufficient). Nothing illegal, just exotic trinkets or deep sea fish caught by the crew, bartered for fresh fruits and vegetables, prime quality beef or pork, cured cheese and various other supplies. He's a master of pickling and making fruit jams and one of the few cooks I know able to process any kind of meat as fast as a butcher using just a standard kitchen knife.

@jaylefkowitz3408 9 месяцев назад

Awesome stuff

@atlbuck 9 месяцев назад

I am a submarine veteran. It's amazing it's the same as this video. You can have great food...but if the cooks don't care...its a waste of time. Thanks joe!

@CaptainSloose Год назад

Joe your filmography and voice overs just keep getting better. Your writing is spectacular.

@lisagerman2111 Год назад

First time viewer, loved the content. As a retired chef, I appreciate the appropriate detail given to otherwise (on land) simple expectations. My one exception is including cruise/luxury ships in roughly same category, but that would be an interesting segment on it's own. How staff is treated, cruiseline vs cruiseline, can be very revealing and translate to how it's customers are viewed.

@msterry9694 3 месяца назад

So glad to see your videos, Joe. All I knew was ships in storms! I will be on one in my next life!!! Thanks!

@Amanda-cr9ph 8 месяцев назад

Just finished the video! Engine room is definitely the central nervous system that keeps everything in working order. The deck officers think they run the show, but without the engineers, that ship doesn’t go anywhere! Engineers keep the ship going! We all play an important role in operations, but in my experience, mates and captains are in charge of delegating coffee fetching responsibility to the abs, the abs get the great views and mostly cushy jobs apart from watching the gangway in winter, the deckhands and tunnelmen are the hardest working people depending on the type of ship and the cooks are (usually) the heart who feed everyone’s soul. I’m from Canada, so it may differ slightly, but I definitely agree cooks make or break the ships morale

@henrytupper6959 6 месяцев назад

I agree with that. Fourth engineer.

@paulmorgan6269 6 месяцев назад

Worked in the North Sea on boats. Saturday a special meal was made to give you really something to look forward too. Loved Saturday's.

@air-run3984 5 месяцев назад

One time my buddy took us out on his 35 ft boat. For lunch we had sandwiches and canned pop. Oh the memories!!

@djmeta5 Год назад

Spot on with cheesburger saturday, i can confirm.

@brentriegel5358 Год назад

I was in the Marshall Islands for 6 months. and one of the highlights was eating fresh caught marlin.

@TealCheetah Год назад

This was really enlightening!

@ibrahimyousif2342 Год назад

Wow really loved it 😍 Thanks for sharing your experience

@feroozaa5894 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much very nice and I like it that place ❤️🇨🇦

@arpbarker Год назад

Thoroughly enjoyed this episode. extremely insightful and extremely well made. the opening sentiment is paramount.

@godgreat1373 5 месяцев назад

I smiled when I seen my guy cooking and busting moves lol!!

@AmbientWalking 2 месяца назад

Thanks for this! It's so interesting! I love looking at how people eat!

@pacificblue3955 Год назад

for a few years I was an offshore paramedic, and one of my rotations was on the Olympic Intervention IV, a Swedish vessel that was used in the Gulf of Mexico for extremely deep underwater installation and maintenance of pipes laying at on the floor of the Gulf. the food was not only some of the best and most delicious, but the presentation was that which could be found on some exclusive ocean cruise ships, with dining room ice sculptures, well prepared layout of the food all coming from the cleanest galley and dining room. I will never forget the Chef and his staff. they went out of their way and then some to make sure the food, the presentation, the taste and what we saw when we came into the dining room was absolutely perfect.

@SidewaysTA 5 месяцев назад

I work on a research ship that spends 60-65 days at sea between port calls/food replenishments feeding 100-120 people. Everything you said is 100% accurate. And that mess you showed is absolutely incredible. You can get candy bars on board my ship but definitely not for free. You must buy them from ship's stores.

@henrycarlson7514 Год назад

I Agree , Food is so important. So Wise , Thank You .

@jiff80 Год назад

As a chef I appreciate watching these from a logistical point of view

@dannyosolo2752 Год назад

Thanks Joe ..love from Africa

@leversforever9748 Год назад

19:39 defiantly a Sailfish (see the sail) not Black Marlin but still a great catch and off a cargo ship amazing !!!

@jasonlieu5379 Год назад

I'm sitting on the side of the New Jersey turnpike waiting for my wife to get off a flight I'm getting so hungry just seeing all this food it all actually looks really good.

@lifelong5425 Год назад

Always good Joe to see what you work with, cope with and learn....Food does keep spirits up

@robertwalton7307 Год назад

38 years in the fire service-great cook happy work group.

@AvianSavara 5 дней назад

I'm simple : I'll eat whatever you put in front of me and be grateful. But a good, flavourful, enjoyable meal is always great and there's nothing like it.