Guide to the Crew of Titanic by Babler Gunter
Author:Babler, Gunter
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780750982948
Publisher: The History Press
The Gastronomic Stewards
Besides the large group of saloon stewards, in the gastronomic area of first class there were other stewards with special functions. Drinks and snacks were also served in other sections of the ship. For this work, especially reliable and independent stewards were sought to work under the chief steward and his assistants. The special functions did not attract higher remuneration: such stewards each received £3 15s like most of their colleagues, but prospects for getting tipped were far better.
The major culinary offerings were in the lounge on A-deck. The responsibility devolved upon Lounge Steward Richard Edward J. Burke, with Charles Frederick Back at his side. In the lounge, a third steward, Ernest Owen Abbott, was involved in the preparation of snacks. Therefore there was a spacious pantry behind the bar with a direct staircase and a dumb waiter into the main pantry, three decks below. The lounge stewards also organised the issue of reading material from the bookcase. At midday tea, and after dinner, coffee was served, but alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, cigars and postcards were also offered. The lounge was open from 08:00 until 23:30hrs.
In the smoke room a little farther astern, Brook Holding Webb and his assistant Ernest Hamilton worked. They offered drinks and tobacco goods. The bar was open from 08:00–23:30hrs, the lights being extinguished at midnight.
Directly astern of the smoke room, at the end of A-deck, were the two verandah cafes, open from 08:00–23:00hrs and staffed by Athol Frederick Broome and John Stewart. Neither was described in the muster list as a chef or assistant – that was probably on account of there being two separate establishments; they were separated by the second-class staircase (which had no exit on A-deck). Broome and Stewart therefore managed one cafe each, the one on the starboard side only being accessible by passengers from outside along the promenade deck. The cafes did not have their own bar; the stewards used the one in the smoke room. In the muster lists each appears as a ‘Verandah Steward’ but the better designation is obviously ‘Verandah Cafe Steward’.
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