About Me
Hi, I'm Nick Paterson
My professional career started in an idyllic 1800 century traditional ale house in the heart of the Kent country side, just south of London. After just a few years I was promoted to Head Chef. Running a large restaurant with a capacity of 250 customers I was still very young and after successfully running the restaurant for two years, I left to study classic French cuisine. I spent the next 3 years working in as many fine dining establishments as I possibly could, often for free as a stagier. I was exposed to so many new ingredients and techniques. I had one objective, to learn.
I still had a longing to travel and explore new cultures and cuisines. A friend told me about working on luxury superyachts and as much as it scared me, I loved the idea. I didn’t have enough money to travel to the local yacht hubs in seek of work. So I decided to apply from the UK, this took a over a year but with some luck and acquaintances, I got my big break. I was asked to join a prestigious Motor yacht in Monaco. I was ecstatic, It was all my dreams come true.
Since then I have never looked back, for the last 10 years I have worked on an array of incredible superyachts and travelled, worked and studied all over the world.
23
Years cooking professionally
15+
Years on yachts
20+
Countries worked in
2
Cookbooks available
My Education
- French Cordon Bleu (London Campus)
- Good Taste of Tuscany
- Thai Cooking and fruit & Veg Carving
- Toyko Sushi Academy
- Vietnamese Cooking in Vietnam
- Chocolate Workshop in London
- Sous Vide Cooking, London
- Business Diploma
- Nutrition Diploma