No 2 [Upper Gallery] Deck, location 2EQ. Interior of the gallery of severy, looking aft from about the centreline towards the cooks' office. Two ratings are engaged in food preparation. Partially obscured behind them is a cook, while to the left is a senior cook or caterer (P.O.)

This is part of a series of photographs taken during the final stages of HMS Ark Royal's last major refit which was completed in 1970. The location references are derived from the deck plans in the latest edition of the ship's NBCD book.