MEET THE CHEF!

Some of the questions we always get asked when we visit schools and tell students about the Leeuwin voyages, are "What's the food like? If we get really hungry will there be enough? Can  we go back for seconds?" After returning from their first voyage the trainee's post-voyage letters almost always read words gushing over how good the food was, all thanks to our awesome Chef Aidan.

After an early morning start, woken up after having just come off night watch, morning stretches, climbed the mast several times and done a solid morning's sailing, the tempting smell of freshly baked biscuits wafts up from below deck, making all mouths on deck water. Trace that alluring smell down the main companionway and you will find our chef Aidan in the galley, music loud and cooking up something delicious. 

Growing up in the WA country town of Denmark, Aidan first came to Leeuwin as a trainee himself, with his first voyage in 2005. He enjoyed his first voyage so much that he returned as a volunteer often and as much as he could, with ratings of Bosun’s Mate and Watch Leader, every year until he came on board as the Leeuwin chef in early 2012. 

For Aidan, the Leeuwin exposed him to a different and more positive social avenue as a teenager. He wants to be able to provide the same experience he had to other people. “If in some small way I can give that to other people, I will.” 

With a love of food and a ton of experience working in a variety of restaurants, bars and cafés all around Perth, Aidan always manages to please trainees with his food.

“Working on Leeuwin is a truly unique experience; you will never have a working environment the same as this.”