The First & Second Class Galley was located on D-Deck. This is where meals were prepared for both the First Class Dining Saloon and the Second Class Dining Room.
Lay-out[]
It had the latest in restaurant equipment, from ovens to stockpots the floors were covered with a grooved tile to provide sure footing for the hardworking kitchen staff. It included a bake shop and a butcher's shop.
Some of the staff had a specific job, a vegetable cook would have only prepared vegetable meals other cooks included a roast cook, an entreé cook, and a larder cook. There was even a Hebrew cook to prepare kosher meals for the Jewish passengers.
A typical kitchen porter on the ship would have been paid a monthly wage of around £3 that’s about £290 in today money, whilst a cook would have earned about £4 a month (£400 today).
Titanic's galley was state-of-the art for the time. The main galley on Titanic prepared the finest of shipboard cuisines and serviced both the First and Second Class Dining Rooms. Electric dumbwaiters were also installed, that permitted easy transport of prepared dishes to the pantries of the À la Carte Restaurant on B-Deck and the Officer's Mess on the Boat Deck from the galley. A circular staircase connected galley with the À la Carte Restaurant and First Class Smoke Room.
Wreck[]
The First & Secon Class Galley on a deckplan of Titanic.
Portions of the galley floor are now draped over the engines. Other large sections have been identified in the debris field. The line of the watertight bulkhead is actually under the galley deck but the bulkhead collapsed down to E Deck, dumping the galley over the engines. The turbine uptake is open almost 20 feet (6 meters) lower at the fore end than the aft end.
Popular culture[]
A Night to Remember (1958)[]
The First & Second Class Galley, as seen in A Night to Remember (1958)
The First & Second Class Galley appears several times in A Night to Remember, most notably when a group of Third Class passengers got lost in the room trying to find their way to the Boat Deck when the Titanic sank. Seen there are several crews looting food at the Galley.
The galleys also appeared when Titanic had tilted heavily, causing many plates and other kitchen utensils to fall to the floor.
Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000)[]
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First & Second Class Galley in Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000)
The First & Second Class Galley also appeared several times in the animated film Titanic: The Legend Goes On.
First and Second Class Galley's early modeling stages Titanic: Honor and Glory (2015)
Titanic: Honor and Glory (2015-)[]
In "The Kitchen Sink" Titanic: Honor and Glory Devstream, Matt shows off the First and Second Class Galley, Pantry, and Hospital in their early modeling stages in Google Sketchup. There's nothing too impressive to see, however.
We're Good (2021)[]
The Galley in "We're Good"
The First Class Galley also appeared in Dua Lipa's music video, We're Good. Lobsters are served inside, and Joughlin realizes that the burner is off. After questioning it and growing angry, he closes the kitchen.