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☆ I became a superyacht chef without any formal training. Here's how I turned my hobby into cooking for celebrities like Pharrell Williams while traveling the world.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Since then, I've worked on 20 different superyachts in Asia, in the Caribbean, and in the Mediterranean. The yachts I've worked on have personal submarines, helipads, and spas. Dinner reservations can fall through, or once they get to the restaurant, the yacht owners may decide the vibes are off and that they no longer want to eat there. But I don't just cook for the owners, the guests, and the crew — sometimes, I cook for the owner's pets. I get my jobs through word of mouth, but to help people who are starting out to connect with other yacht chefs, I launched thesuperyachtchef.com in 2019.

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☆ Those Businesses That Pivoted During the Pandemic? Some Are Still Pivoting.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Amy Haimerl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Many businesses are leaving those pandemic pivots by the wayside as customers demand a return to normalcy. But for some owners, like Mr. Schoeneberger, the pandemic proved to be fertile ground for experimentation that continues to pay off. So he went to his mother, Suzanne Schoeneberger, the company’s owner, and the team with his idea. “Because of the circumstances, everyone was willing to try,” Mr. Schoeneberger said. They’ve also expanded the walk to a mile and released new themes each season.

Persons: Schoeneberger, Huang, “, Suzanne Schoeneberger, Mr, They’ve

☆ Robots set their sights on a new job: sewing blue jeans
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Timothy Aeppel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] A robotic arm positions pieces of stiffened fabric for a demonstration of automated sewing at the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. August 19, 2021. Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center/Handout via REUTERSDec 12 (Reuters) - Will a robot ever make your blue jeans? Finding a way to cut out handwork in China and Bangladesh would allow more clothing manufacturing to move back to Western consumer markets, including the United States. Rather than teach robots how to handle cloth, the startup, Sewbo Inc., stiffens the fabric with chemicals so it can be handled more like a car bumper during production. The first step is getting robots into clothing factories.

☆ Consortium including Aker, Trafigura offers to buy OMV's E&P unit -report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( David Carnevali | Foo Yun Chee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File PhotoVIENNA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - A consortium including Norwegian energy group Aker has made an unsolicited offer to buy most of Austrian oil and gas firm OMV's exploration and production business, according to newspaper report on Tuesday which an industry source confirmed to Reuters. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterAn industry source confirmed the consortium's expression of interest but identified Aker BP as the member rather than Aker ASA. OMV confirmed that it had received a letter expressing interest in its E&P business. The offer also did not include OMV's Romanian unit Petrom or E&P business in Russia, Kurier reported. The consortium estimated the value of the 51% stake in the E&P division at $5.5 billion to $7 billion, Kurier added.

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