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The season is almost over and I can feel that collective sigh of relief and hear those tired feet doing a little “dance of freedom”; you know, the one you do immediately after the guests have left and you have a few days off! It’s a global dance, done by …

What if fungus could be extraterrestrial, the portly portobello; a higher dimensional alien? The fact that the spores of fungus are electron-dense and able to survive the temperatures and other hazards of space travel it’s possible, dear friends, at one time,  the humble enoki mushroom has travelled across galaxies and …

It is that time in the season when everyone is getting tired and over worked; over-heated – with soaring temperatures in the Med it creates extra stress on the body – and still a long way to go before you can relax.  This is the time when a person’s worst …

Belinda Jane Robinson – Yacht Chef to Catering Entrepreneur How long did you work in yachting? Can you tell me about your yachting career- highlight, low points?  My introduction to the yachting community happened by pure accident in 2001. A late bloomer you might say. I was born in Scotland, …

How long did you work in yachting? I worked on Yachts for 9 years on both Sail and Motor, Private and Charter.   Can you tell me about your yachting career – highlights, low points? Like a lot of people, I stumbled into the yachting industry. I was working in …

It would seem that there is a shortage of Chief Stewardesses in the  industry at present.  It is extremely hard to find a good one, who has the necessary experience to be able to manage all the ins and outs of running the interior of a vessel, regardless of its …

Bikini Beach – a heavenly shop and spa for all your beach needs Some people collect bags, others line their wardrobes with shoes or jewellery. But not Lucy Ireland, proud new owner of Bikini Beach, located under the shaded walkway on Paseo Mallorca. A girl after my own heart, her …

Our favourite lifestyle store in Palma  You and your fellow service-superheroes standing in line on the aft deck is usually the first thing an owner or charter guest will see on arrival. A close second, of course, is the aft deck itself. That all-important first impression, and the fact that …

I managed to book a table at restaurant Santceloni recently. It’s one of Madrid’s most famous gastronomic temples and was originally opened by the legendry 3 Michelin-star Catalan Chef, Santi Santamaria. Sadly Santi passed away in 2011 but during his life he was a champion of sourcing local ingredients and …

A dazzling sun is shining, the water, a turquoise blue sea shimmering in the summer heat and you have your charter guests happily lounging around on the sky deck. Looking for something new to dazzle that is thirst quenching, hand made, a touch wacky but delicious?…….good people, let me have …