AWOLA G A I N C O W E SUNITED KINGDOM

27th January 2010

To Whom It May Concern:

Thomas Faulkner

Thomas was employed during the summer season of 2009 on-board the 30m sailing vessel Awol Again.

Our owners and guests are very discerning when it comes to food, and Awol Again has become known in the chartering industry as a boat where the food is of paramount importance and of the highest standard. Our main owner who is an hotelier and owns the third best hotel in the world (Contenast 2009) he demands only the best.

Thomas has excelled himself and set a new standard of food for the boat, of which we will find hard to maintain or better. Both owners and guests consume a large volume of food while on-board starting with an extensive breakfast buffet of fresh fruits and pastries, cheese, grilled fish and eggs cooked in everyway possible.

Canapés are served twice a day, before lunch and dinner. Lunch was a casual meal and presented as a buffet with an amazing offer of salads, whole steamed fish, meats, and home made pastas.

Dinner was a fine dinning experience of five courses…of the highest standard. Thomas used only fresh local produce, which was very difficult as we sometimes did not see a village or town for couple of days at a time.

Thomas produced all of this food from scratch on his own…in a boat! That is remarkable on both fronts and guests where overwhelmed by the level of presentation from a sole chef on a sailing boat.

Thomas displayed a level of professionalism we are not likely to see for sometime, if ever.

I, on behalf of the crew and owners wish him luck with his new venture, and are in no doubt of his assured success.

Captain P Vallance

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