Working as a professional chef... on a yacht

Pule' Carmel

Oct 7th 2012, 16:05

A long long time ago , the best goalkeeper of the Vittoriosa football team took a technician's post with the local MaltaCom where his own experienced father worked and together they made a great team. Some telephone lines had not been working for years as no one could find this intermittent fault and this young man decided to tackle the problem and after a month of hard work he corracted the fault. NO ONE THANKED HIM.
The next day he walked over to Forth St Angelo to the Naval recruitment office and when the officer behind the counter saw his elelctrical qualifications he offered the job in telephony straight away. This yong man refused the offer and told the officer that he wanted to be a cook! The man was bewildered and accepted the young man's wish telling him that he chose the wrong career.

Years later this young man Muliett( I just remembered) made it to a chief cook with the highers Admirals in the Royal Navy and he often told me about how the Admirals often thanked him in addition with other Admirals of other fleets who sailed the meditteranian. Being a cook dealing with Admirals is better than being a chief engineer dealing with engines. That was life and still is like that.
I remember Mr Muliett telling me," I worked so hard in silence solving major faults in the Maltese telelphone company and no one ever thanked me and with the Royal Navy as the Captain's Cook all the high Naval Brass, asked for him and he had to attend the dining room to receives thanks from all the Captain's guests.
Once he made a whole destroyer " the Surprise" all out of choclate and all on board gave him such a Prosit.

Incidentally one man from Vittoriosa " Il BUlly" was selected by one British Admiral to accompany him with his Maltese traditional Daghjsa which he used from ship to shore and " Il Bully " once told me that when they anchored in Venice all the Gondola builder came to see his Maltese Daghjsa all shining with copper embelishments and all admitted thet the Maltese Daghjsa is pretier and more elelgant than the Gondola in Vennice, which after all is a square bottom hull. Being clever in life is not only getting a school education is it?

Kurt Scicluna

Oct 3rd 2012, 17:23

I would love to thank everyone for all the likes, comments and sharing my page on Facebook. Would like to thank again all the people who made all this for me thanks. :D

Michael Owen

Oct 3rd 2012, 14:16

Hey Kurt. Please consider me for a prep chef. I can slice, dice and cut the mustard.
I can also sail, bail and read the mail.

Mr C Galea

Oct 2nd 2012, 23:01

have fun and enjoy you deserve it

Ian Mamo

Oct 2nd 2012, 08:35

Bravu