Tales from a Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead
Jul 12, 2026 · 44 min · 12 segments
This week on Tales From A Luxury Yacht Chef with Lisa Mead, I catch up with Chef Ana Cortes, a French Chef working in Australia. We originally met when she joined and completed my Introduction to…
Ana CortesGuest
Lisa MeadHost
I first met today's guest, Anna Cortez, when she was a student in my Introduction to Chefing on Superyacht course.

I knew I needed to bring her on my podcast so all of you could get a taste of her adventures too.

So I'm in Tulipook Station, which is middle of nowhere in the Queensland, a little bit far away Cairns, but yeah.

And we will talk about that a little bit more later where you are and why you're there.

And what was it like growing up there as a kid? Do you have any fond childhood memories?

The South of France is such a beautiful place with different nature, a lot of great people, really generous.


I first met today's guest, Anna Cortez, when she was a student in my Introduction to Chefing on Superyacht course.

I knew I needed to bring her on my podcast so all of you could get a taste of her adventures too.

So I'm in Tulipook Station, which is middle of nowhere in the Queensland, a little bit far away Cairns, but yeah.

And we will talk about that a little bit more later where you are and why you're there.

And what was it like growing up there as a kid? Do you have any fond childhood memories?

The South of France is such a beautiful place with different nature, a lot of great people, really generous.

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