Roz was born into a sailing family whose every vacation was spent cruising the waters of southern England and France aboard their classic wooden yawl.

In the late seventies, Roz and her husband, Barry, turned their backs on the suburban life, bought a 32' yacht and embarked on an extended cruise to the Mediterranean and across the Atlantic to the West Indies. They explored the many islands from Trinidad to Antigua, before being offered jobs on a crewed charter yacht in St Lucia. So began a second career.

Although not professionally trained in haute cuisine, Roz has always enjoyed cooking and eating in fine restaurants. Her mother was a very accomplished cook and Roz an attentive pupil. Now, there are few that can match her 25 year career as a charter chef. Not that it has been continuous, because raising a daughter on Tortola was her prime focus for many years. During this time, she managed the shoreside operation of Endless Summer II and other yachts, supervising new cooks and helping to maintain the enviable reputation Endless Summer II enjoys for its good service and fine cuisine. She has been a contributor of recipes to the Ship to Shore series of cookbooks and an inspiration for the cook book Simple Pleasures based on the culinary experience aboard Endless Summer II. Roz, who has taken some cordon bleu courses to help with new ideas for menu planning, has developed a wide knowledge of tropical fruits and local vegetables and always tries to impart a Caribbean flavour to her recipes.

Roz is also a graduate from Manchester University in Northern England and holds a Bachelors Degree in Nursing. Before leaving England, she worked in the community health service, mainly involved with children. She has many hobbies and interests including bird watching, reading, snorkelling and has enjoyed travelling throughout Europe, most of the States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Thailand and Peru.

Now that her daughter is a college student in Florida, Roz has traded the office for the galley once again. She and Jamie have been working as a team since early 2003 and their success can be found by the many rave reviews written in the yacht's visitor book by their very happy guests.