Update for chefs with Secrets de Cuisine Marine Cookery Assessment
March 2024: Update 1: I recently had an email with an update from the UK MCA with regards to chefs
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Does the UK MCA Ships Cook Certificate need revalidating after 5 years?
Thanks to chef Tamara for the question.. “do I need to re-sit or revalidate my MCA issued ships cook certificate
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MCA only accepts instructor lead food hygiene courses
The MCA has clarified its position on online e-learning food hygiene courses in an email below. NOTE: It is only
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UPDATE: MCA Approved Centres for Marine Cookery Assessment (Ships Cook Certificate)
NOTE: As at 29 March 2022 this list of MCA Approved centres at https://www.shipscookcertificate.com/which-are-the-mca-approved-centres-for-doing-the-assessment-in-marine-cookery-2/ is correct.The MCA are hoping to
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Which are the MCA approved Centres for doing the Assessment in Marine cookery?
Update as of summer 2023. Email received from MCA below lists the MCA approved providers…. NOTE: This is the list
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Does the SCC need to be renewed after 5 years like other certs?
In response to many chefs emailing me or calling me I emailed the MCA in the UK to ask them
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Assessment in Marine Cookery and Ship’s Cook Certificate? not the same thing folks!
Efrem here from YachtChefs.com in Antibes… I get enquiries every week about the Ship’s Cook Certificate from chefs around the
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Croatian Ships Cook Certification and UK MCA?
Today I had a Croatian chef walk into my office in Antibes and ask for advice on SCC.. He just
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UK MCA contact info?
UK MCA Contact Registry of Shipping and Seamen if you need to apply for the UK MLC Ship’s Cook Certificate
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Ships Cook Cert Article – Prior Accreditation needs to be taken seriously!
Ships Cook Cert Article by Efrem Leigh, Founder at YachtChefs.com (Chef Recruitment Specialist for the Superyacht Industry) The Ship’s Cook
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