F the Maverick, the Rebel who does not follow the normal culinary path, Mary Beth's journeys mark where she has been and where she is going. "Just as foot prints leave a path in the sand or a passport bears the stamps of places visited, Chef Mary Beth is creating “Ocean Fusion. H2O Wrxs". Not just any woman but a mega yacht chef. (tm 2009), (copyrighted 2008).
Chef Mary Beth Lawton Johnson, applies her “Ocean Fusion idea of H2O Wrxs” cuisine to every dish she creates based on her blue water passages from simple everyday dishes she prepares for the yacht crew to owners and guests. Follow Mega yacht Chef Mary Beth as she cooks coastal cuisine in every port.
Mary Beth’s passions has led her to her own insight and ideas and today, those same ideas are applied to her meals she creates onboard. Her food and style reigns at the top of the pier.
Mary Beth has appeared in world wide famous magazines such as Good Housekeeping, Power and Motor Yacht, Hallmark Magazine, Caribbean Travel and Life, to guest appearances on television and as a celebrity chef, to being featured on line for such great sites as the Food Channel.com, Dartagnan, Albert Uster to being the celebrity chef for the AAO alongside other super star chefs such as Mr. Food. Chef Mary Beth attributes her style and creativity to hands on cooking, learning by doing, much as old masters of ships learned to sail. Today, she is considered one of the top celebrity mega yacht chefs in the industry but it took her a long time riding the waves to reach the ultimate crest.
“I was told I wasn’t qualified to cook on yachts by a lead crew placement agent years ago and that set my engines in gear. I studied, slept with professional texts and eventually received the education I needed and when the agent passed away a few years ago, I wrote a little memoriam in testament for her inspiration rather a swift kick in my ass while I flipped her off at the same time for making me do it.”
Certified as a an Executive Pastry Chef and also as a Chef de Cuisine, Chef Mary Beth has cooked for Ladies and Lords, royalty to every day people and understands that food has to taste good as well as look good.
Next up for Chef Mary Beth is her cookbook, "On Being a Yacht Chef" (tm 2009) and her cooking show, ‘Cooking Coastal Cuisine with Mega Yacht Chef Mary Beth produced by Burns Films in conjunction with Costa Rica News.com Her media kit is also available and you can now read about Chef Mary Beth online at www.marybethlawtonjohnson.com
In addition to her career as a mega yacht chef, Chef Mary Beth is founder and co-owner of Creative Arts and Media, a full service media company that offers culinary based creations from inception to creation to presentation for all forms of media, to chef's media, a full service agency specializing in representing Chefs in the media, professional food styling and photography to include print and online. www.creativeartsandmedia.com
Quote: "Adventure has no wrong turns or stop lights, so what is stopping you? Hit that horn, make yourself move!"