Galley, ship kitchen

The galley is the compartment of a ship, train, or aircraft where food is cooked and prepared. It can also refer to a land-based kitchen on a naval base, or to a particular design of a household kitchen.

While technology is able to provide food fully prepared via food printers, robo chefs etc. The United Stars Spatial Navy not only equips all ships with a galley (Ship kitchen) but also with a trained life Chef. It has been shown that manual prepared food and the process of cooking provides an added social aspect that greatly reduces crew stress.

Life chefs can adopt their fare much better to the needs of a crew than even the most advanced meal preparing systems.

Of course not in an individual case but by adjusting the food for the crew as a whole. Finding meals all can enjoy or adjusting meals in such a way that the crew can eat together.

While all ships do have Food Serv matics and snaks can be obtained from machines. Union ships have meal times and mess facilities where  crew members can eat together.

Of course officers have their own facilities. [1]

[1] The USS Tigershark was one of the first ships where officers and crew ate in the same room, and by Captain's order rank meant little at the table. CMO Cateria was able to report the lowest Crew Stress Index of any ship in the Union Navy,despite the high risk nature of the ships mission.

‏‎