This week I’m chatting to English ex Yacht Chef Simon Potter , who moved to Mallorca full time in 2015 with his business partner, ex Chief Stew Maria Giesbrecht. Together they run the successful MOO MOO’S Steakhouse and Burger Bar in Portals Nous, in the Southwest of Mallorca. We both came here whilst working on private/charter yacht and fell in love with Mallorca obviously the climate was a big factor and the island is so diverse with great beaches and a stunning mountain range.
It’s not being able to watch my football team (Manchester United) at their home ground, other than that I love living on the island. We both spent 5 years at sea working on motoryachts from 24 to 72m. We absolutely loved our time in the yachting industry getting to visit many countries around the Mediterranean, Thailand, the Caribbean, and the USA but the highlight was cruising the Vancouver islands in Canada.
I worked at high end establishments from a young age ranging from 5-star hotels like the Gleneagles Golf Resort, boutique country house hotels and Michelin starred restaurants like The Fat Duck, The Walnut Tree, and Zafferano. I also worked in many private villas. The highlight for me was getting my first head chef’s job in a well renowned gastronomy pub in south Wales called The Felin Fach Griffin where I ran a team of 5.
I cooked for Sir Alex Ferguson and the G8 Summit when I was working at Gleneagles. And her at MOO MOO’S I cooked for Bryan Robson, the ex England and Man U Captain..