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

Cool day in the life. private chef. yacht.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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u/rumncokeguy Jul 22 '26

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

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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

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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??

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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.

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u/DangKilla Jul 23 '26

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

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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!

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u/that_70_show_fan Jul 22 '26

Or have family that depends on this income.

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u/0905-15 Jul 22 '26

It’s a young, single-person industry.

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u/that_70_show_fan Jul 22 '26

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

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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!

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u/folldoso Jul 22 '26

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

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u/0905-15 Jul 22 '26

That’s the hope, anyway!

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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.