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The Guardian - Life & Style • Feb. 13, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
Experience: I’m a professional chef in Antarctica
You have to be careful managing supplies – there is one delivery a year The first time anyone goes to the Antarctic is truly special. Just getting there is an adventure: it takes several planes, and about three to five days.
Travelling there was a childhood dream of mine. I saw it as a way to test myself against something so much bigger.
I nearly applied for a role at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) 30 years ago, but then my wife and I were expecting our first child. Instead, I’ve worked as a chef in Michelin-star restaurants in Paris and London, hotels in Kuala Lumpur and St Moritz, and even at a school in Oxfordshire.
Travelling there was a childhood dream of mine. I saw it as a way to test myself against something so much bigger.
I nearly applied for a role at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) 30 years ago, but then my wife and I were expecting our first child. Instead, I’ve worked as a chef in Michelin-star restaurants in Paris and London, hotels in Kuala Lumpur and St Moritz, and even at a school in Oxfordshire.
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