‘I credit the executive chef at Edinburgh’s Timberyard for setting an example for me and being a great mentor. He was always so calm and cool, never any screaming, no throwing of pots and pans. I wanted to be like him. Everything he made was in the spirit of making the natural flavors of each dish speak for themselves in the best possible way.’
—Chef Shay Van der Kraan
t 29 years old, Shay Van der Kraan, head chef aboard the 178-foot (54.4-meter) Townsend-Downey , has a resume that touts award-winning restaurants from New Zealand and Australia to the United Kingdom and France. An enthusiastic traveler, he discovered that being a yacht chef was the perfect way to marry his passion for
