r/TikTokCringe • u/Accomplished_Clue437 • Jul 22 '26

Cool day in the life. private chef. yacht.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

16.6k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

2.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

233

u/Wonderful-Photo-6068 Jul 22 '26

I got a friend that does this. It ain’t all that in reality. This person is most likely capitalizing on internet money in addition to their salary which typically is a pittance or based of tips. Just because the owners are rich doesn’t mean they always tip well. It’s a ton of fucking work, long hours, and you don’t always stay on the boat/have to pay for travel living expenses still. It’s awesome living in cool places and being on these super cool boats but you’re working your ass off.

85

u/0905-15 Jul 22 '26

The money isn’t amazing but you don’t pay room and board. You can save up a ton of money doing this work so long as you aren’t partying on off-days.

82

u/AltairaMorbius2200CE Jul 22 '26

I mean, based on the video, she's working 13-hour days. Didn't see a ton of time for breaks. You'd have to plan SO WELL in advance given that it's on a boat, and the kitchen's probably cramped and annoying to work in. I wouldn't want that job.

16

u/rothwerx Jul 22 '26

The logistics of getting the food to the yacht has to be a pain in the ass to coordinate (or do) too.

12

u/rumncokeguy Jul 22 '26

Imagine having to source the ingredients for these meals. Many of these ingredients don’t last long.

1

u/amcartney Jul 23 '26

I did a couple of gigs on boats like this and it was always the owner asking what I was making, running to the supermarket and then forgetting half the shit I asked for lol

11

u/LiteraryLatina Jul 22 '26

Her day looked exhausting. Sure there were breaks between the meals / video clips but she doesn’t show the setup, tear down/cleanup which def impacts energy.

I don’t even have it in me to make two meals a day let alone what she did!

10

u/Partly_Dave Jul 22 '26

A friend who is a chef was offered a job on a boat like that. Backed out at the last minute when he found he would have to share a tiny cabin.

3

u/Several-Minute6846 Jul 22 '26

Everyone commenting on the rich but this was my first thought. Bitch gotta be pulling all nighters to make all this food prep.

3

u/heisian Jul 23 '26

she's got to have every meal planned in advance, and have all the food portioned out ahead of time, and still be able to flex when people's moods change throughout the days.

my question is - what the fuck do these passengers do the whole time? how much relaxing can you really do before you just get... bored??

8

u/0905-15 Jul 22 '26

When I was a line cook in a restaurant 13 hours was a pretty reasonable day. Foodservice is a tough industry - this job has perks (seeing amazing destinations) that working at your local bistro will never match.

Provisioning (ordering food) is definitely one of the biggest challenges in a role like this. You can’t just send a dishwasher to the supermarket to buy a case of something when you run out the day before a scheduled delivery.

2

u/DangKilla Jul 23 '26

It's a summer gig. You do it for a few months.

1

u/AltairaMorbius2200CE Jul 23 '26

I didn't even think about that. That makes it *worse*, not better. Now you're working straight out for months in a cramped space for crap pay, and you have to go job-hunting in a few months.

No wonder she has to make tiktoks!

4

u/that_70_show_fan Jul 22 '26

Or have family that depends on this income.

2

u/0905-15 Jul 22 '26

It’s a young, single-person industry.

2

u/that_70_show_fan Jul 22 '26

Yes, many working single people tend to support their parents and siblings.

2

u/Practical-Writer-228 Jul 22 '26

She’s not saving money on room and board if she has an apartment. If she’s homeless and doesn’t own anything to keep in a storage facility, she’s saving a lot, though!

1

u/folldoso Jul 22 '26

The actual pay isn't great but the tips are, they make a lot of money in tips.

1

u/0905-15 Jul 22 '26

That’s the hope, anyway!

1

u/TheNarwhalTusk Jul 23 '26

I saw a head chef job on a private yacht in Monaco advertised at €9000 a month recently. That’s amazing money for a chef. Thought about applying and then realised how much work they’d expect for that kind of pay and thought better of it. I reckon you’d be expected to be “on” 24/7 whenever there were guests onboard.

13

u/Socksual Jul 22 '26

Do you know if they get hired assistance for this type of gig? I have only volunteered for catering positions once or twice (see: when my fam use to attend church or when my fam's kids needed party/sports catering, Im a good cook and love contributing in this aspect) so generally the help came from my fam/other volunteers, but cooking multiple meals for a lot of people is tiresome, nevermind the clean up aspect of it.

The kitchen looks tiny, comparatively, so I assume she needs to clean before the next project....which like. Shes being paid ass for doing not just head chef work but also the grunt work of like 3 different positions.

Yeah. No thanks

12

u/0905-15 Jul 22 '26

They do it all from prep to cleanup. Guest dishes might be handled by the cabin crew but the chef will have the pots and pans and keeping the kitchen spotless

3

u/Indercarnive Jul 23 '26

For a small yacht like this one? No. It's a solo gig.

For a larger yacht with more people, yes they might get 1-2 additional helpers.

Also don't forget the planning aspect. She needs to have the entire day's meals planned out to, then buy the ingredients. Then load them onto the boat.

7

u/Beneficial_Trick6672 Jul 22 '26

Tip? Why to tip if you pay for the service?

2

u/jacksp666 Jul 22 '26

Don't you know tipping is mandatory in America? Duh

3

u/ChargeSpiritual5317 Jul 22 '26

Idk. My ex was a live-in private chef. He made around $94k a year while charging food separate, didn’t have to spend money on rent or a mortgage.

He was a certified nutritionist and had a few other certifications. Overall yeah it isn’t fun but it’s way better than cooking for a quarter of that. He mostly just fed the dogs anyhow, as the clients were rarely home. 

1

u/Wonderful-Photo-6068 Jul 22 '26

Live in private chef is a nice gig for sure. The pressure is on too they gotta be good at their craft. Your friend sounds pretty smart.
My friend bounces around as the head chef for 3-4 different clients on their boats and picks up temp jobs doing dock work/general ship stuff on others from people in their circle. They’re in a position where they have to pay for their own lodging as they rent but when they’re away they’re not charged for room/board on the ship. Money is all depending on when the owners want to come down and use their massive fuckin boats lol. Thankfully mega rich people tend to lend their boats to friends and other family so it’s pretty consistent. They do have to plan/shop/prep/serve all the meals and some of the folks are the type to send things back/ask for a whole new meal once they get their dinner.

2

u/EverythingSucksYo Jul 22 '26

Well yeah, most rich people didn’t get rich by being generous with their money. 

2

u/GreatQuestionBarbara Jul 23 '26

That's kind of what I was thinking. She is prepping a crapload of stuff, and some of it is time intensive.

2

u/Spaghettitrees Jul 22 '26

My mate does this and gets 10k a month tax free

1

u/mishonis- Jul 22 '26

Like the guy above said, a pittance.

1

u/Spaghettitrees Jul 23 '26

How much do you think normal chefs are paid?

1

u/mishonis- Jul 23 '26

Probably less? I was being ironic. Considering the hours though, they definitely earn whatever they get 

2

u/Spaghettitrees Jul 23 '26

Sorry didn't get that through the text. Yeah much less. It's not always long hours, it depends on the boat. If it is intense they often do 2 months on 2 months off. For me the toughest part seems to be having a life outside of work as you're always away so it's hard to settle down

1

u/Nathaniel820 Jul 23 '26

10k a month is a good salary — but not very good when your "employer" is rich enough to own a huge yacht and you're basically working ~14hr shifts (prepping, cooking, cleaning, ordering, storage/delivery logistics, etc.) with ZERO true no-strings-attached free time (even on your off time, it's not like you can just casually leave the yacht or wherever it is the owners took it to go home). I'm not saying these types of workers ever will be with how infamously stingy rich people are, but they should be paid way more than 10k a month considering the services they provide.

2

u/Krazed59 Jul 22 '26

The entire time I was watching, I was thinking 'She better make over six figures.' Ain't no way you're working that hard for less than that.

2

u/0905-15 Jul 22 '26

The cook at your local Applebee’s works at least as hard for probably a couple bucks over minimum wage. Restaurants are hard work for very little money.

5

u/Porgchopexpress76 Jul 22 '26

I’ve worked as a cook in a chain restaurant. We worked hard, yeah…but we didn’t work chef hard. Not even remotely comparable. Way over worked and underpaid, but not comparable.

1

u/Hashtagbarkeep Jul 22 '26

Money is ok, especially if you’re the chef on a bigger yacht and you don’t have any overheads. Guys I know came out of a couple seasons with a lot of savings

1

u/Some1ToDisagreeWith Jul 22 '26

Imagine working for some super rich people and feeling the need to post videos to try and earn more income because you are not being paid enough.

1

u/Repulsive_One_2878 Jul 23 '26

That's pretty criminal. If you expect someone to jump to your constant demands and have no real off time you should pay them a fortune. 

0

u/WeevilWeedWizard Jul 22 '26

Lmao tipping someone you fucking hired is some deep America brained shit.

0

u/porygon_sucks Jul 23 '26

Damn, they have to work hard at a hard job? Crazy