Mark Godbeer
Mark Godbeer, a culinary-trained chef from South Africa, has been professionally cooking for more than 11 years, 9 of which have been on yachts (chefmarkgodbeer.com).Author Archives
Culinary Waves: Yachting bears hard workers prepared for success
Culinary Waves: by Chef Mark Godbeer Yachting – my life for 15 years, a life I would not change for anything. I wouldn’t call myself “old school.” I envision those…
Top Shelf: White Chocolate Mirror Glaze
Top Shelf: by Chef Mark Godbeer Chefs aboard megayachts are not only in the limelight, on many occasions we have to be the limelight. Everyone has to eat, everyone is…
Top Shelf: Coconut and thyme short-crust pastry
Over the past few years, my preference sheets have become more and more restricting as awareness of popular food trends and allergies increases. This means that either I split myself…
Top Shelf: Coconut and vanilla chia pudding
Top Shelf: by Chef Mark Godbeer This world is heading down the healthy road (finally). Most guest preference sheets over the past few years request healthier options than the generic…
Top Shelf: Spicy, Smoky, Zesty Falafels
Top Shelf: by Chef Mark Godbeer How often do we chefs/cooks/stews stand in front of our galley fridges, doors wide open, hoping for a lunch, dinner or hors d’oeuvres idea…
Top Shelf: Blueberry Butter
Top Shelf: by Chef Mark Godbeer Working on yachts affords us the ability to travel the world and sample local foods and trends. I love it. To me it’s one…
Top Shelf: Mixed Chili Relish
Top Shelf: by Chef Mark Godbeer Over the years, I have worked on and visited many boats, and there are always those obvious components that frequent every ship, for example,…
Top Shelf: Savory Breakfast Donuts
Top Shelf: Chef Mark Godbeer If you gathered 100 chefs into a room and asked those who enjoyed cooking breakfast to raise their hands, chances are likely that only a…
Roasted butternut and grilled chicken chop salad
By Mark Godbeer With the ever-increasing dietary restrictions arising amongst crew and guests these days, it can get taxing on my brain to sate the varying taste buds. No carbs,…
Garlic-and-Herb Beer Can Chicken recipe
Every month for the past three years, I have written recipes on how to cook dishes for charter guests or crew. Well, chefs, this one is for you. As crew,…
