20+
YEARS EXPERIENCE
65
COUNTRIES
50+
CHARTERS
58
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
ACREW Nominee: Chef Steven Ferneding
The ACREW Crew Awards recognize excellence and professionalism across the global superyacht industry. Chef Steven Ferneding’s Best Yacht Chef nomination reflects more than 20 years of culinary experience, creativity, adaptability, and a commitment to delivering exceptional dining experiences at sea.
MEET CHEF STEVEN
Chef Steven
Ferneding
Chef Steven is not positioned as a standard private chef. He is a yacht chef, culinary explorer, media personality, and founder whose career connects fine dining, luxury travel, superyacht hospitality, and global cuisine.
His work is built for clients who expect precision, discretion, adaptability, and restaurant-level execution in private environments: yachts, villas, estates, destination retreats, and VIP events.
TRAINING
Le Cordon Bleu and the Italian Culinary Institute
EXPERIENCE
20+ years of professional culinary work across yachts, estates, and private service
TRAVEL
65 countries traveled and three global circumnavigations shaping a world-driven cooking style
MEDIA
Featured on ABC, CBS, FOX, and AZTV programs
FOUNDER
Creator of Trading Dishes Spices, inspired by global ingredients and culinary exploration
Redefining Luxury Cooking at Sea From the Galley
Yacht Chef • Private Chef • Culinary Explorer
THE STORY
A Culinary Career Built Around the World
Chef Steven Ferneding brings fine dining discipline, global culinary perspective, and calm galley command to yachts, estates, private villas, and luxury travel programs.
With 20+ years of professional experience, international yacht work, and a background shaped by Le Cordon Bleu training, Steven designs menus that are polished, personal, seasonal, and built around the way guests actually want to dine.
From wellness-forward breakfasts to refined tasting menus, the experience is organized, discreet, visually elevated, and tailored to the client, vessel, itinerary, and service environment.
SERVICES
Luxury Culinary Support, Fully
Tailored
Private chef service for yacht owners, charter guests, captains, estate managers, villa hosts, and luxury travelers.
PRIVATE RESIDENCES
Estate Dining With Restaurant-Level Precision
From casual family-style evenings to composed tasting menus, the service is designed for private homes where discretion, organization, polish, and consistency matter.
CHARTER SERVICES
Yacht Menus That Move With the Itinerary
Breakfast on deck, bright seafood lunches, afternoon bites, cocktail-hour canapés, and elegant dinners designed around the weather, anchorage, guest preferences, and galley realities.
DESTINATION TRAVEL
Culinary Experiences Across the World
Chef-led dinners, local market inspiration, villa dining, cooking demonstrations, regional tasting menus, and bespoke culinary support for exclusive travel programs.
CUISINE DIRECTION
Inspired by the World’s Greatest Culinary Destinations
CLIENT CONFIDENCE
Trusted by Yacht Crews, Private Clients & Luxury Travelers
Chef Steven was the highlight of our charter. Every meal felt intentional, polished, and beautifully executed.”
Yacht Charter Guest • Turks and Caicos
Chef Steven crushed this charter. His galley was spotless, his attention to detail was on point, and every meal was dialed in. Guests were talking about the food nonstop, and the crew was just as impressed.”
Captain David • Yacht Charter • British Virgin Islands
The experience felt like a private restaurant built around our family, our schedule, and our preferences. Looking forward to having Chef Steven back in our home."
Private Estate Client
BOOK CHEF STEVEN
Reserve a Luxury Private
Chef Experience
Designed for yacht owners, charter guests, captains, estate managers, villa hosts, and private clients who need polished culinary execution without the back-and-forth.
Booking Concierge
Submit your dates, location, guest count, dietary needs, and desired service style. Chef Steven will review the details and recommend the right culinary format for your yacht, residence, event, or destination trip.
Step One
Send availability request
Step Two
Receive menu direction and service recommendation
Step Three
Confirm dates, deposit, and culinary plan
Yacht Charter Chef
MOST REQUESTED
Full culinary support for owner trips, term charters, broker events, and short-term freelance yacht chef coverage. Menus are built around the vessel, itinerary, guest preferences, provisioning access, and service expectations.
Private Estate Dining
RESIDENCES
Luxury chef service for private residences, seasonal homes, villas, family stays, VIP weekends, and elevated dinner parties with tailored menus and discreet execution.
VIP Dinner & Tasting Menu
FINE DINING
Multi-course private dining, plated dinners, chef’s tasting menus, wine-pairing style service, cocktail-hour canapés, and special occasion culinary experiences.
VIP Dinner & Tasting Menu
TRAVEL
Chef-led travel dining, villa menus, market-inspired experiences, cooking demonstrations, culinary retreats, and bespoke food programs for luxury travel groups.
01
Inquiry
Share dates, location, guest count, and service goals.
02
Consultation
Review cuisine direction, allergies, dietary needs, and logistics.
03
Proposal
Receive a tailored service recommendation and menu direction.
04
Confirmation
Secure the dates and finalize the culinary plan.
Food in the universal language that connects us all" ~Chef Steven
TRADING DISHES
A Culinary Adventure
Aroung the World
This exotic collection of healthy recipes will take you on a culinary adventure around the world.
Chef Steven prepared, cooked and collaborated with the locals he met from the countries he explored throughout the filming of the Trading Dishes Show.
This international cookbook also includes, spotlight of locals, excerpts from the Trading Dishes team’s expedition around South East Asia.
There are stories of environmental change and personal travel tips from the chef. The recipes found here are a mere taste of what you’ll see on the upcoming show.
Enjoy, Happy Cooking and Safe Travels!
AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK & KINDLE
REQUEST AVAILABILITY
Plan Your Private Culinary
Experience
Share your dates, location, guest count, service style, and dietary requirements. Chef Steven will review your request and provide recommended next steps.