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William Galea first started in the Industry when
in 1946 he received his (Demobilization) papers
from the Royal Navy having served five and half
years during the Second World War.
Being stationed in Rome at the time of demob, he
was driven to Naples to board a destroyer bound
for England. On a train from the port to Chatham
in London, a friend who had also served with him
in the Navy and who was a cook suggested that he
work with him as a commis in a Restaurant at the
Strand, next to Australia House called the Bush
House Restaurant.
After a few weeks, Bill discovered the world of
cooking and came to love what he was doing and so
decided upon his new found career in the culinary
arts. Bill next enrolled into Westminster
Technical School that at the time was a world
recognized cooking school and the primary chef
training cooking institute in London.
Bill then obtained a position as a second chef at
the Swan and Edgar in Piccadilly and worked for
five years. Accelerating his career, his next
position was chef at the Molton Club in the
Haymarket and moving after eighteen months to chef
at Tottenham Court Road at B.I.C.C, British
Insulated Callenders Cables.
It was while at Tottenham Court Road that Bill saw
an advert for chefs wanted for the Olympic Games
in Melbourne, Australia. Accepting the offer he
joined fifty chefs from the United Kingdom and
other parts of Europe who came out to cater for
the 1956 Olympics. Bill was one of the last to
finish at the Olympic Village, as after the games
he was appointed as manager at the staff cafeteria
who were dismantling the game venues.
Chef Galea next took a position as chef at Nylex
for a number of years and then accepted a position
with Nationwide Foodservices, and after a while
promoted to manager of Petrochemical and
Australian Synthetic Rubber.
From there Bill moved to W.D.T.H.O. Wills as
Catering Officer. During his role as Catering
Office, Bill was admitted as an Associate Fellow
of the Catering Institute of Australia and
subsequently elevated to a Fellow of the Catering
Institute of Australia. Bill retired from
W.D.T.H.O Wills at 60 in 1981. |
