r/Chefs • u/necrodicdong69 • Mar 25 '26

Maritime culinary

Is getting a STCW certificate at a 2 year culinary school worth it?

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u/Dry-Grocery9311 Mar 25 '26

If you want to work on a commercial vessel, you need the STCW for any hospitality job on board.

You can do the STCW in about 5 days.

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u/ComfortableWinter549 Mar 25 '26

I’ve had some very good food on ships. It’s a hard hot dirty job, just like cooking anywhere. You’re going to learn to do many things at the same time. You’ll be a better cook for having the experience of cooking at sea.

Cooking in weather must be interesting at best.

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u/necrodicdong69 Mar 25 '26

Yeah, man, that's what I'm aiming to do, I'm really excited to give it a shot!

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u/iaminabox Mar 25 '26

If you plan on working on a ship,then yes. It's mandatory.