Guy Kidd Superyacht & Private Dining Chef

What a treat, to visit Chef Guy Kidd and Felicity Kidd at PAX dining, a unique private dining venue in Remuera. Felicity completed our original Certificate of Cookery in Christchurch in 1999, and Guy followed her a few years later. Guy has gone on to work under Simon Wright at the French Cafe and later under Peter Gordon in London.

By accident, he got a job as a chef on a superyacht and today is Head Chef of a 140 metre yacht based in Italy, working on a 2 month rotation. This allows him to return to Auckland every 2 months to work with Felicity at Pax Dining, which specialises in small events and weddings for 40 people.

Felicity Kidd beside the royal warrant, appointing her great grandfather, Sir Joseph Ward (1856-1930) - 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand, as a baronet in 1911.

With a group of Diploma Cookery students, we visited Guy and Felicity at PAX which is also Felicity’s home, and learnt about the superyacht world and also how they design their specialist events.

Guy talked about his life on a superyacht as a chef and the stimulation of creating new menus each day and that some yacht kitchens are better-equipped than restaurant kitchens on shore. He talked on the importance of working in a clean, methodical way and being well-organised.

Guy explained some of the Pros and Cons of working on superyachts.

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