We love the sea and are committed our guests
make feel the same way.
AHOY and welcome on board
We are sea chefs
sea chefs is an internationally leading partner for shipping companies and tour operators in the cruise industry, providing full-service hospitality management. We take on a wide range of services for our clients, which include hotel, gastronomy, SPA, and crew management on board ocean and river cruise ships in the premium, luxury, and expedition segments.
While around 16,000 crew members are deployed on cruise ships worldwide, we employ over 220 staff at our locations in Switzerland, Germany, Malta, France, and Cyprus. They are responsible for areas such as administration, crewing, operations, procurement, recruiting, and corporate management, ensuring smooth processes at all times.
As part of the Schulte Group, sea chefs builds on a successful partnership and contributes its independently developed, long-established expertise as well as its innovative strength as a service provider to day-to-day operations. Together, we set the course for sustainable growth, open up new markets, and continuously develop our tailor-made portfolio to meet the needs of our customers.
OUR CREW – on board & ashore
Our most valuable asset: our crew. As an international service provider in the areas of hotel, catering and crew management, we have 16.000 crew members on board and more than 220 employees in Basel and Zug (Switzerland), Limassol (Cyprus), Valletta (Malta) and Hamburg and Berlin (Germany).
Bringing their huge passion, dedication and experience to bear, both the onshore administrative and logistical departments and the sea chefs’ crews on board the ocean-going and river ships we manage ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.
Our clients
Our Locations
Our Holding in Switzerland
sea chefs Holding AG
Managing the group, external and internal group reporting, finance, insurance, tax, marketing
| Franz Lurvink Board of Administration (Chairman) | Martin Springer Board of Administration |
| Franz-Josef Viehhauser Managing Director (Chairman) | Stephan Faller Managing Director |
Poststrasse 14
6302 Zug
Switzerland
0041 41 289 500 0
BusinessContact@seachefs.com
sea chefs - Switzerland
►Location Zug
sea chefs Cruises Worldwide GmbH
Ship-overlapping planning, coordination and supervision of work on board, quality management
| Franz-Josef Viehhauser Managing Director (Chairman) | Stephan Faller Managing Director |
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sea chefs Human Resources Services GmbH
with further offices in Hamburg and Berlin
Services related to the acquisition of employees for ocean-going and river cruise vessels
| Franz-Josef Viehhauser Managing Director (Chairman) | Stephan Faller Managing Director |
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sea chefs River Gastro GmbH
| Franz-Josef Viehhauser Managing Director (Chairman) | Stephan Faller Managing Director |
Poststrasse 14
6302 Zug
Switzerland
0041 41 289 500 0
BusinessContact@seachefs.com
►Location Basel
sea chefs Cruise Management GmbH
Services related to the restaurants, hotels and bars operations on board river cruise vessels
| Stephan Faller Managing Director | Franz-Josef Viehhauser Managing Director |
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sea chefs River Cruises Ltd Limassol, Zweigniederlassung Basel
| Stephan Faller Managing Director (Lead) | Franz-Josef Viehhauser Managing Director |
Uferstraße 90
4057 Basel
Switzerland
BusinessContact@seachefs.com
sea chefs - Cyprus
Ocean Spa Ltd
Spa operations on board cruise vessels
sea chefs River Cruises Ltd
Restaurants, hotels and bars operations on board river cruise vessels
sea chefs River Management Ltd
Restaurants, hotels and bars operations on board river cruise vessels
sea chefs Cruises Ltd
Restaurants, hotels and bars operations on board ocean-going vessels
sea chefs Asia Ltd
Restaurants, hotels and bars operations on board river cruise vessels in Asia
| Malcom Cullen Managing Director | David George Tidmarsh Managing Director |
P.O. Box 59605
4011 Limassol
Cyprus
sea chefs House
12 Kosta Katselli Street
CY-4102 Agios Athanasios
Limassol - Cyprus
00357 25 206 666
BusinessContact@seachefs.com
sea chefs - Malta
sea chefs Malta Ltd
Crewing of employees on ocean-going vessels, especially German-speaking and partly European seafarers with a Maltese employment contract (including Maltese social contributions).
| Robert C. Aquilina Managing Director | David George Tidmarsh Managing Director |
No 89, Flat 5, Triq San Gwann
Il-Belt Valletta VLT1165
Malta
00356 27 793 600
BusinessContact@seachefs.com
sea chefs - Germany
►Location Hamburg
sea chefs Cruise Services GmbH
Procurement, Supply and Logistics
| Oliver Gerbig Managing Director | Franz-Josef Viehhauser Managing Director |
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sea chefs Human Resources Services GmbH
Branch office Hamburg
Services related to the acquisition of employees for ocean-going vessels
| Franz-Josef Viehhauser Managing Director (Chairman) | Stephan Faller Managing Director |
Schauenburgerstraße 32
20095 Hamburg
Germany
0049 40 303 7410
BusinessContact@seachefs.com
►Location Berlin
sea chefs Human Resources Services GmbH
Branch office Hamburg, Berlin office
Services related to the acquisition of employees for ocean-going vessels
| Franz-Josef Viehhauser Managing Director (Chairman) | Stephan Faller Managing Director |
Bouchéstraße 12 (House 2, 5th floor)
12435 Berlin
Germany
0049 40 303 7410
BusinessContact@seachefs.com
