Who trains Pussers Cooks now?

So I take we all love Mr Ramsay I have never watched any of his shows.But as ya say Cliff people don't stand up to him and hes a bully, So he gets away with it. Id love to send him out to Big Daryl John Brown on the rig hes been on the rigs for awhile and for those that don't know bomber hes 6ft 5or so and built like the proverbial brick Dunny. And to say he don,t suffer fools to easy would be putting it mildly And yes Jonno He would have to swim like Thorpie if he was on a ship you were on. On the uppers during A darken ship exercise would be the go . Any Rate he wins the tool of the year award on the cooks site id reckon. I wonder if his mum will get a mothers day card Keep well Everyone .

The contractor at the Raaf base and at the army base is Serco Sedexho. They back fill with civvie agency chefs and also with a core staff member who usually comes from the serco team. The civvies usually take care of the finishing kitchen which is where the officers eat and the raafies take care of the rest of the meals since they can't do the whole ale carte thing on their own.

Thanks for the wrap Judy. I did see you getting around Kanimbla, but didn't realise who you were. I should have used my manners and introduced myself. I take great pride in the food that is served on Kanimbla and take it personally if one of my cooks take short cuts to serve up shit. They certainly know in no uncertain terms if they are not performing. Unfortunaltley of my 7 ABCKs, the most senior has been in pussers for less than 3 years and with two killicks short I spend most of my day in the galley. It is not strange to be in there for 12 hrs. I don't mind though, as I am not a great believer in the current training regime and if I want great food for the ship I have to lead by example. We will be in Townsville again later in the year, so be sure to drop in for a feed and drink if you're keen. Regards, Molly

Why no Kellicks Molly is there billets for them? i feel sorry for you 7 AB's under 3 years it must make your job a challenge. Do the cooks look after the stores onboard as well, or do you still have SN's, or have they replaced them with Cooks billets?

Yeah Ando, we look after all of the ordering storing and issuing of victualls. Although we are only issuing them to ourselves so its not as stringent as when the Starvos were running the show. Plus we have no one but ourselves to blame for shit produce.

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My daughter is currently serving onboard HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06) in GI, NSW. Admitedly she is in refit and the meals are either BBQs or hotboxes from Kuttabul. The other night when she was duty the entire Duty Watch dumped their hotbox meals and had Pizza delivered to the main GI gate. The POCK on Newcastle, whose name escapes me, is aware of the problem but states that there is very little he can do. Big bloke who always wears a broad brim cowboy hat. For a nibble: I thought that the RAN Cooks Course was the most difficult course in Australia? I have yet to meet somebody who has passed?? LOL.............. Sorry guys couldn't help myself!

A bit off topic, when i was in Lindsay there was an ABWTR who was working at payroll in Canberra. it was just after all wages when straight into the bank account. He took $1 from everyone bank account in pussers as a deduction and transferred it straight into his bank account after he brought a new car, he spent some nice time at Holsworthy before discharge. So he must of passed the writers course.

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I think ANDO was actually referring to the pay fraud at Cerberus when a Writer actually advanced himself $15,000 and then went and purchased himself a car. The POWTR (Brett Saunders who got promoted to CPOWTR later) didn't pick up the error and the Writer intercepted the incoming calls from DEFPAY Melbourne for weeks. Eventaully he was sprung and had a holiday at Government expense. I once had in 1974 $700,000 in cash in the Pay Office Kuttabul puting up leave pays. Two Vegies guarding it with pussers 9MM Pistols. But it isn't a lot of money when it isn't yours! The best Pussers cook I ever had anything to do with was Greg Burchell. Brilliant and very good with his staff.

Lindsay, The POCK on Newcastle is Stiffy Horne. Good bloke top hand. Refits are shit time to get a decent scran, particuarly if the galley is shut down as is Newcastle's. As you said they BBQ it up at lunch time and get hotboxes delivered from Kuttabul for Breaky and dinner. Add up duty in refit and getting a hot box for dinner that has been sitting around for probably an hour, equals Pizza for everyone. Kanimbla is heading into refit next week, half the ship in Newcastle and half in Sydney, not looking forward to it. I saw Shakey the other day heading to the Cross from Kuttabul. He said he was going for a run, but no one was chasing him, so I guess he was going on the piss. Regards, Molly

hi when we had a refit on the Anzac in 1962 and the galley was shut down there was a shore galley that we used fully gas operated as the ship was fully electric it took a bit of getting used to but the scran was the same as served on board no pizzas or hot boxes . but a bloody dangerous galley some one didnt turn one of the gas ovens off properly one night and AbCk/ Jim Carey was breakfast cook went to light the range and the galley blew up and he landed in a large tub of peeled pumpkin very shaken and singed but thank christ not badly hurt. all the windows were blown out and the ship being in dry dock it sounded like bomb going off and shook a bit . me and him still have a joke about it now can laugh now but wasnt very funny at the time i think turned Jim onto the piss for he drank quite a bit that day and still likes a drop or two today. :roll:

No way shakey would have been going to the chapel for prayers!!!

Plenty of good churches up the cross in those days Lindsay Where the the sacramental wine came in schooner glasses and the sermon read by the senior hands And i can well remember the collection tin in the middle of the table. We didn't say too many prayers on the day we saved them for the morning after and i can well remember waking up Head throbbing mouth like the bottom of a budgies cage And praying to any one that would listen please make the pain go away.

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