b'BEVERAGE FOOD & BEVERAGEFOOD & BEVERAGEFOOD & BEVERAGE The 2000-built Azamara JourneyThis is a profession you must have your heart in, or dont do it, and dont look at the clock. You can only become the best in your fi eld if you invest your own time.surprise CDC inspection visits. We trainmoving to Seabourn, then back again to the crew, and the ship is always clean, heSea Goddess, which by then had become said. We have very high standards, butSeaDream. He also spentve years on there is pressure nevertheless; our goalThe World; worked at the Cotton House is to score 100 points (perfect score). on Mustique; and at the Sonesta Maho To ensure that the ship scores well iton St. Maarten.does its own unannounced internal au- While working in St. Maarten, he was dits, and the company sends inspectorsfrustrated by what he called the island for audits at least twice a year. These aremode, and reached out to Azamaras former CDC inspectors. Corporate Chef Robert van Rijsbergen, whom he had worked with at SeaDream Commitment and in Amsterdam. Van Rijsbergen had Going to Norway, we buy a tremen- This is a profession you must havebeen promoted from executive chef on the dous amount of freshsh, and in Ger- your heart in, or dont do it, and dontQuest, so they were looking for a replace-many sausages. look at the clock. You can only becomement, Pennings said. I did my interviews He would like to buy in the Caribbeanthe best in youreld if you invest yourand everything fell into place and within a too, but said that while guests on thisown time, Pennings said. month I was onboard. That was in 2014.December cruise may look for mangos,I like to make people happy, but ifNow, I have worked forve years it was not mango season in the Caribbe- I have someone who is not 100 percentas executive chef, but I started as a line an, and even if it was, only a couple ofhappy, I will talk to them and make whatcook and chef de partie on Sea Goddess. islands have enough mangos or producethey like. Before that I had trained with three Dutch to export. Pennings, who hails from the Neth- master chefs. That was part of ave-Pennings biggest challenge is crewerlands, has been in the industry sinceyear program that gave Pennings the tools turnover combined with the pressure of2000, starting on Sea Goddess, beforefor his career. Cruise Industry News: MHA 35 thAnniversary 41'