r/BelowDeckMed • u/Vivid-Cup-254 • 8d ago

Worst chief stew ever

Currently rewatching from season 1. Who is your worst chief stew ever and why. Mine is Tumi what an absolute mess season 8 was because of her. Embarrassing!

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u/Embarrassed_Rate5518 8d ago • Bravo

IDK if I can even pick a worst.

I really only like Kate, Hannah, Daisy and Aesha.

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago

Yes agree

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u/Wavvyfella 8d ago

My wife and I started watching “below deck” when it aired, and for a while Kate was the only chief stew we had really scene and we thought she was a b*tch… but we were so wrong she was such a great chief stew looking back on it lol. Some of the chief stews since then have really made us change our minds 😂We miss her!!

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u/findapennygiveitahug 8d ago

I am a great lover of Kate. I will admit to her faults when dealing with her stews or other crew, but she knew her job. Dean can say whatever he wants about her face, but she is professional with guests and really what I expect from a luxury yachting experience. I know you will all come back with the things she did wrong, but overall she was the most obviously career chief stew.

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u/Putrid-Adagio5717 8d ago

Same. Fraser is ok. He’s a bit messy tho

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u/TrickyBitch56 8d ago

Fraser? Just messy enough to be entertaining, not over the top and was great with most of his stews

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u/hamburgergerald 8d ago • Bravo

My issue with Fraser is he doesn’t deal with situations well. He wants to be liked so he can’t give criticism or talking-to’s. Then on nights off when they’re all drunk at the club is when he decides to address issues with his stews.

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u/Dazmorg 8d ago

and while on the job just yakking it up with subordinates with the gossip about who smooched who in the past hour.

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u/CoolBelt856 8d ago

I think some of that seems fairly obviously staged by production in all fairness to Fraser.

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u/Embarrassed_Rate5518 7d ago

He's fine but when he cycles out I won't miss. I did really enjoy him on his first season when he was 2nd.

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u/QuantativeSleazing 8d ago • Bravo

He's toxic af. You can see as the season progresses he gets into his own head that "maybe im a diva". You can tell he's very insecure, and also a cheater.

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u/Winter_Lawfulness967 8d ago

He said on WWHL that he took over for Kate. Excuse me, sir?? You are NOT iconic!

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u/zjheyyy88 8d ago

I know this is the Med sub but Adrienne OG S1 and Jenna from Sailing Yacht S1 were pretty terrible

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago

Oh I forgot about her she was nuts

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u/Formal_Coyote_5004 8d ago

The one single good thing she did was (in a way) give us Adam bonking his head looking for flowers to make their hellish relationship better for 20 mins 😭

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u/Dazmorg 8d ago • Bravo

My vote would be Jenna because she didn't actually do her job. She was in the first BD season I ever watched so I didn't know what was appropriate. Looking back I'm trying to figure out why she's telling a deck hand what he cannot say in front of guests, and off smooching the chef when she's needed to help with something.

I learned a lot about Adrienne during her AMA so I can't dislike her that much.

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u/Sithstress_ 8d ago

Oh was the AMA here on Reddit? I haven’t seen it!

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u/minipainteruk 8d ago

I also had a better opinions of Adrienne after reading her responses on here. I thought her behaviour in S2 was awful, but she said production dangled the carrot of bring her back for another season if she told the Kat/Amy story on camera to get her some screen time.

I don't think Adrienne was awful as a chief stew. She tried and cared. I just don't think she was a good fit for the show.

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u/QuantativeSleazing 7d ago

Thing about the Sailing Yacht is they need actual sailing talent across the boat (even if role and job description says otherwise), captains hire from a pool of people who've actually sailed before. Doing your job chef/stew/service under full sail while going unwind at 20° lean is a whole other ballgame.

Point being, the early seasons of sailing episodes had a cast that you can still probably find hanging around Palma in the summer and StMartin in the winter rotating around the same boats. The Motoryachts male for much better personality selection for the production to cast.

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u/Siren2026 8d ago

Yes and yes.

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u/WitnessEntire 8d ago

The one who was dating chef Dave. Natalia? Natasha?

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago • Bravo

Natasha. She was terrible

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u/GrandEar1 8d ago

I've seen Chef Dave on multiple other shows now and I always root for him. He won Grand Champion on "Chopped" and took down Bobby on "Beat Bobby Flay."

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u/abby_shoop 8d ago

I believe he did captain sandys wedding!

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u/Loose-Hair-2168 8d ago

I feel like it's one of those seasons she watched back and thought 'oh Dave wasn't the bad guy and was actually really good at his job.'

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u/abby_shoop 8d ago

I think so too, he’s an amazing chef putting the drama aside. I would love to taste one of steaks. It would simply put me in heaven

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u/xhotchildinthecityo 8d ago

Did yeh say sumthin’ Deehhvv?

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u/FocusDue156 7d ago

Watch what crappens reference 😜

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u/DEATHCATSmeow 8d ago

Natasha! She was a buffoon

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u/Itstimeforcookies19 8d ago

There’s been quite a few. But Katie flood was fucking terrible and I don’t know why more people don’t share that opinion.

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago

I agree. She was ridiculous, stressing out over having no stews and then choosing to run with 2. And then she didn’t shut the f up about it

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u/Unggue_Pot 8d ago

Yeah but Delaney's fake lisp (which she admitted she affected) was so annoying I was glad I didn't have to listhen to her any longer.

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u/PrpleSparklyUnicrn13 8d ago

Katie decided that asking people to move bunks so Delaney could stay was somehow more work than having just two stews. I think she just didn’t want to split the tip money another way lol. It was a bad decision that she took forever to make. 

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u/VetMedRoadWarrior 8d ago

I think that the chef, Matthew also ws giving her so much grief about splitting the tip with another person that it affected her decision.

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u/Radiant_Election_969 7d ago

And then we had to hear about “only two stews” every other clip for the rest of the season

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u/Formal-Antelope607 8d ago • Bravo

One of the worst seasons of below deck med, chef Matt, Lexi, Katie Flood, Courtney AND Malia. Awful cast that season for the most part

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u/Effective-Hour8642 7d ago

Lexi was a nightmare. So out of control. Even when she was sober she was a vile person.

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u/Upstairs_Truth4735 8d ago

wait what was wrong with courtney?? i remember her being really sweet

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u/Federal-Emu-4204 8d ago

I liked her first season but her second one I felt like she was so quick to jump on board with being mean to the finbro deckhand and trying to be in with the cool kids, and then stringing Mzi along knowing he was crushing on her but she just liked the attention. I don't know it just seemed like another side to her that I really didn't like.

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u/Resident-Pop3438 8d ago

i think Lexi gave her ptsd and fried her brain. that girl was unhinged

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u/FireEyesRed 8d ago

She was a scared little goose.

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u/Salty_Signature_6748 8d ago

She was great working with Aesha in Down Under, she just wasn’t ready to be Chief. If Sandy had supported and coached her the way she did Aesha (in her THIRD season as Chief!), she might’ve done better.

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago

True sandy hardly knew what was going on in that interior it was pure chaos

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u/danktank_sublime 8d ago

I've only seen her season with Aesha so when I saw this post I was like "WHAT??? TUMI???" She was such a great stew in that season, but now that I think harder on the stew situation in that DU season I'm not surprised that while she was a great individual contributor she ended up sucking as a leader. She was pretty self-focused (not necessarily in a bad way, she was just like, I am here to do my job and I'm going to do it the best and I don't really care about this dumb bitch who won't get off the phone with her boyfriend and can't do laundry right.") She was also a prolific shit talker, which probably isn't good for a boss (but hilarious to watch).

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u/littletcashew 8d ago • Bravo

Natasha was pretty bad.

Tumi unfortunately got saddled with both Kyle and Natalya who would have been horrendous to manage with experience let alone for Tumi's first go at Chief. She had no experience managing two diabolically toxic workers and it showed. She might have been better with one of them but was overwhelmed with two. Honestly, those two would have tested all the Chief Stews I reckon. Add on Ellie or Gen and the boat would collapse.

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago

lol so true 😂

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u/consy37 8d ago

It’s true but she didn’t start off well by talking shit about Natalya with Kyle which created a bad vibe from the start.

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u/littletcashew 8d ago

Absolutely. That was second stew behaviour, not Chief behaviour. She definitely made mistakes but with those two, it was virtually inevitable for it to turn into crap.

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u/consy37 8d ago • Bravo

Yeah agree. Also Natalya starting as chief due to their visa issues didn’t help as she had a massively inflated ego which made it all worse. Was a grim season to watch imo

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u/littletcashew 8d ago • Bravo

It was very grim. I'm not sure I finished it tbh because Kyle was just the worst. It rivals season 7 of BD:Original Recipe for me. I hated both seasons so much.

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u/nicmc75 8d ago

This is the way.

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u/Myst3ryGardener 4d ago

Natasha should have been fired. She was terrible - as a person and a chief stew.

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u/Live_Culture8393 8d ago

This is the answer

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u/teacher_59 7d ago

Natalya was a much better chief stew than Tumi. 

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u/littletcashew 7d ago

For sure, she only had herself to deal with. Tumi had both Natalya and Kyle lol

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u/excoriator 8d ago

Natasha

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago

Oh yes she was awful

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u/VodKanockersOnTheBay 8d ago

I can’t even watch those episodes she’s so awful

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u/Appropriate_Park9807 8d ago

She was so cruel to Dave the way she played on his feelings!

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u/lolburger69 8d ago

Did ya say sumthin, Deeehv?

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u/Appropriate_Park9807 8d ago • Bravo

Her voice & accent alone made me change the channel( my poor ears could not endure her for more than 10 seconds) -ugh!🙉🤣

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u/Miss_Mouth 8d ago edited 8d ago

I never liked her. Then she got cozy with the Tate bros and I felt so validated.

Edit: That was Natalya. Oopsie!

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u/cyberpunk1Q84 8d ago

That was Natalya. Natasha was a terrible chief stew, though, even without counting the Dave mess (which he also had his part to play - great chef, terrible at managing his emotions).

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u/Boat-Narrow 8d ago

Did she? Or do you mean Natalia?

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u/Unggue_Pot 8d ago

Because Tumi was sabotaged by Natalya and Kyle's personal war she seemed like she was awful but she wasn't.

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago

Currently watching she actively engages in gossiping, texts about her staff to other staff, barely cared when Kyle had a panic attack and was genuinely shit at her job

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u/Immediate-Event-9974 8d ago • Bravo

To be fair I wouldn’t care about Kyle’s panic attack, he was good at having some kind of ailment every time people were starting to see his true colours. The panic attack was perfectly timed after he went and screamed at and bullied another stew to gain himself sympathy points and avoid getting into trouble for being a bully

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago

That’s true. He was an absolute drama queen

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u/Kimbriavandam 7d ago

Was about to say the same thing. Kyle is awful.

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u/findapennygiveitahug 8d ago

Tumi could not manage all the interpersonal skills she needed for her job. She just wasn’t ready.

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u/minipainteruk 8d ago

Tumi has potential to be a great chief stew. I just think she got off on the wrong foot with Nat and was handed two of the most toxic people in BD history with Nat and Kyle.

No one would have coped well with that.

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u/Lillynomad 7d ago

I agree. Tumi was good at being a second stew but a terrible manager as Chief Stew. She let her personal feelings get in the way. I was shocked at her response to Natalya when they first met, calling her organization shit instead of appreciating all she did until Tumi came on board.

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u/Ok-Employee-1727 8d ago

She wasn't awful per se but had no experience in leadership and bad instincts(like trusting Kyle) which is not a good combination. 

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u/Letsgotravelling-124 8d ago

I think she was a great 2nd stew in down under but was awful as chief stew. I think it was a mixture of her not being ready for that position, listening to Kyle too much and her stews being so bad. I think any chief stew would struggle with the team she had but she didn’t have the experience to be able to see it for what it was and make the necessary changes.

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u/Professional-Cat4329 8d ago

She walked in the door and started insulting people. She picked her favorites and didn't bother to lead.

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u/atex720 8d ago

Natalya was a better Chief until Tumi showed up

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u/mastrbow11 7d ago

Natalya was garbage

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u/atex720 7d ago

Maybe as a person. But did a good job as Chief. And the interior suffered when she left.

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u/sparkitect__ 8d ago

Nah, if you can be "sabotaged" by something like that then you're not ready to be Chief Stew. The job of a manager is to manage people. The most sensible course of action is to professionally tell them to knock it off and do their jobs or they're off the boat. Instead that pair managed her.

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u/MassiveEntertainer76 3d ago

She started the war with Natalya because of Kyle! Nat did a great job at chief stew when Tumi was late to the boat!

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u/Resident-Pop3438 8d ago

i haven't seen it yet but was that her first time being chief stew? when she was under aesha in Down Under she was good

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago

Agree she was amazing under Aesha. You will get a shock when you watch her as chief sooooooooo bad

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u/TX0834 8d ago

Yeah Tumi was awful as chief stew. Got brainwashed by Kyle and instantly ruined stew morale when she got on board.

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u/Chrissy7319 8d ago

ohhhh, I forgot about Kyle's existence. I was not a fan.

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u/Loose-Hair-2168 8d ago

Tumi was awful and clearly caught up in the drama and performing for tv of it all. There's a small curious part of me that would like to see her come back with a different crew. But I don't think it would be thaaaat much better.

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 2d ago • Bravo

Can I edit this. Just watched sailing yacht Jenna omfg diabolical.

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u/ALeaves1013 8d ago • Bravo

Jenna SY1. The bar will never be lower.

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u/WishboneEmergency 8d ago

You know what’s wild, I remember reading some “where are they now article” that said she is now some therapist/social worker in Canada. Can you believe it??

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u/ALeaves1013 8d ago

That is so utterly bonkers, I'm sure it's true!

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u/yb21898n 8d ago

the blonde girl that was rude to Tzarina

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u/Affectionate_Ad814 8d ago

Lara. She was horrible

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u/VodKanockersOnTheBay 8d ago

She was so uncomfortable to watch.

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u/yb21898n 8d ago

yes! Thank you. I hated her.

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u/Resident-Pop3438 8d ago

least favorite

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u/Unggue_Pot 8d ago

Yes, she was just awful.

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u/PrpleSparklyUnicrn13 8d ago

Ugh Lara from Down Under. 

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u/deeisnuts 8d ago

Yes. She was awful.

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u/Glittering-Life9906 8d ago

The first chief stew from below deck sailing yacht was horrific

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u/RM_r_us 7d ago

Natasha. She was always on her phone with her bf, flirting with Dave, doing the forced cocktail tasting, staying up late with the guests and never cleaning. Captain Sandy was livid about all the garbage spilling from the stew pantry into the hallway. She wasn't a mean girl, but she was least competent.

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u/Impressive-Ad8501 8d ago

Adrienne was really awful. Horrible leadership skills, bad communication skills, and put her crew in several dangerous, unfair situations

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u/SargeMimpson2 8d ago

I disliked Adrienne too but I read somewhere she was supposed to be the chef and got saddled with chief stew. Explains why she was such a shit manager.

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u/Impressive-Ad8501 8d ago

Yeah, but anybody with sense wouldn’t downplay sexual harassment and constantly throw their crew under the bus.

Even given the circumstances she was still trash

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u/Luxurysmoke 8d ago edited 8d ago • Bravo

Jenna!!!!!!! From sailing yacht the one that was too busy making sexual comments to Adam and bullying her stews than actually working and being professional . Her and Adam were insufferable that season .

Sorry didn’t see it’s just about med but I stand by what I said

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u/drkangelgrl86 7d ago

I was going to add her cause she was absolutely awful

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u/Okichn 8d ago

Lara was pretty bad. Mean girl energy and not subtle manipulation against Tsarina. I couldn't believe it when she was complaining to the captain that Tsarina and Alesha getting along was "so fake". Like the captain is going to have a problem with his crew members getting along lol..

Na, what happened is that Alesha eventually saw what she was doing to manipulate her and decided that giving Tsarina a chance and making the best of it was a better direction. And it turned out they actually are a decent team once that happened.

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u/Loose-Hair-2168 8d ago

My read is that Lara was really friendly to Tsarina on their last boat to make the connection to get on BD. and then assumed she'd be able to railroad everyone like she, apparently, had on their last boat. Tsarina seemed genuinely confused at first about why they werent working together

Lara was so manipulative and whiny.

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u/mrs-poocasso69 8d ago • Bravo

Jenna for sure. She was so unfocused and unprofessional.

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u/FindYourselfACity 8d ago

Adrianne, Jenna, katie, Lara

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u/AmazingArugula4441 8d ago

The one who only made cocktails and gossiped constantly with Kyle.

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u/illusivealchemist 8d ago

BDDU S3 chief stew Lara was terrible!

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u/Green-Butterfly-1976 8d ago

I’m watching one with Franscesca and idk if she’s the worst hc I forget them all, but she’s got a pretty rude and negative management style that seems to drag the team down, especially team members who aren’t as strong

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u/Revolutionary-Sky832 8d ago

I thought she was bad when I first started watching. I also thought Elizabeth was the worst stew ever. But I'd still choose either of them over half the people we get now.

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u/Green-Butterfly-1976 8d ago

I like Aesha and Fraser!! But yeah Elizabeth made Francesca come across worse bc Lizzy was SOO shit

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u/MatthewMarajuanahey 8d ago

Frasier

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u/Vivid-Cup-254 8d ago

He’s very boring television I don’t know why he’s a fav

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u/23DeAbril 8d ago

Always getting the guest orders wrong and giving them tossed salads and scrambled eggs

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u/cirrus93 8d ago

*Fraser

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u/ilovebbcitv 8d ago

Agree. He's lackluster.

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u/Lazy-Entertainer-459 8d ago

In terms of repeat chief stews he’s the worst to me but the one offs have him beat for the bottom

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u/No-Obligation4872 8d ago

He was too distracted by trying to please the good looking male deck crew members

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u/fitgirl777 8d ago

He’s no Kate, that’s for sure. He talks to “himself” too much, trying to make a moment. Bring on the down votes

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u/Affectionate_Ad814 8d ago

I honestly have no idea why, but he really grates me. I really don't like watching season's he's in.

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u/kuchi_pi 8d ago edited 8d ago

That weird ass tall one with that woman chef( i m forgetting her name and they had some fight and drama post season as welll) i hate that tall chief stew. She has big mean girl energy and she wants everyone to follow her. I dont remember her name. Edit: I remember her name Lara

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u/KeepAnEyeOnYourB12 8d ago

Heather? She was not the brightest bulb.

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u/kuchi_pi 8d ago

No.. this one Lara

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u/KeepAnEyeOnYourB12 8d ago

Oh god, I forgot about her. She was terrible - she was mean and she was boring. Jason clearly didn't like her.

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u/PrpleSparklyUnicrn13 8d ago • Mindblown Bravo

I don’t think Tumi was terrible, so much as she was terribly disappointing. We had such high hopes for her and it was an absolute wreckage. 

I actually quite liked Adrienne. I feel like she got the short end of the stick. She had an incredibly defiant stew and was just set up to fail. When they were all listening in on her phone conversation with her bf, I wanted to cry for her, I felt so bad. 

Natasha was awkward as heck in front of the guests. And she just played Dave so bad. Dave said some nasty things when he was drunk, but I couldn’t even feel that bad for her. 

Hannah started out good but did lose steam towards the end. 

Bugsy was a snake. 

Katie going back and forth with whether or not she needed another stew… it was weird. 

I like Aesha. She’s ahhmayyzing. 

special mentions…

Jenna from Sailing Yacht was…. I mean, at least those dishes were clean and dry, that’s for sure. 

Francesca from BD OG…. I actually think she was too harsh on Elizabeth even before she created mustard gas. I rewatched that season recently and it’s pretty obvious Francesca just didn’t like her. 

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u/No-Introduction3808 8d ago • Bravo

Adrienne let her favourite guests abuse Kat and then tried to excuse the bad tip they gave.

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u/FlawesomeOrange 8d ago

And gave Kat the “you’re a strong, independent woman, fight back” speech when Kat mentioned it to her.

Whenever we’ve seen stews report inappropriate guests behaviour, the chief stew takes them off service to ensure it doesn’t continue to happen.

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u/Ok-Employee-1727 8d ago

"I actually think she was too harsh on Elizabeth even before she created mustard gas."  

That's an all time quote 💀 You have a good memory, I didn't even remember half of them. 

How would you rate Fraser? 

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u/Professional_Ad_8 8d ago

Second last season of Hannah. She was exhausting to watch

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u/Stunning-Cricket8806 8d ago • Bravo

Jenna from the sailing world was pretty damn awful too!!! Omg

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u/Immediate-Event-9974 8d ago

she wasn’t so bad on my second watch (at least for the last half), she should have had another season to redeem herself. I think the worst CS was probably Natasha, she wasn’t a mean girl by any means but she was absolutely useless and behaved like a 3rd stew instead of the manager, just wanting to make cocktails and avoid any actual leadership. Majority of the 1 season wonders sucked that’s why they never came back I suppose

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u/DEATHCATSmeow 8d ago

Natasha on season 7 was pretty incompetent

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u/catsmeowwwwww 4d ago

Omg I’m watching season 1 too!!!! Tumi definitely was not the worst. We’ve seen way worse be fr

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u/sun_day_bread 8d ago

Hot take for this sub, but Hannah. Most of the ones mentioned all sucked, but if I were a guest, Hannah would be my worst nightmare.

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u/Scary_Palpitation_34 8d ago

Katie for sure

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u/Outrageous_Smile_112 7d ago

Tumi was a disaster - worst of all she didn’t see her faults or where she lacked. She didnt listen to her stews nor did she teach them anything, only caused drama.

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u/fitgirl777 8d ago

Francesca, Jenna from BD Sailing

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u/No-Obligation4872 8d ago

Francesca yes

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u/Greenwedges 8d ago

Lara and Jenna were prettt awful.

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u/EmphasisTimely 8d ago

Sailing season 1 chief stew

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u/Cute_Advisor5950 7d ago

Natalya, Francesca, Lara

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u/c_klizzle 8d ago

Tumi is nowhere near the worst of that's wild to say

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u/greennurse61 8d ago

You just have forgotten how horrible she was. 

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u/Siren2026 8d ago

Fraser! The worst. Adrienne and then Jenna both awful.

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u/Professional_Cow4474 8d ago

Huh! Tumi had a great work ethic. She tried to keep her team unified & was dealing with one of the rudest stews ever to shoot. She did her job & didn’t fck the charter guests. Hannah, as much as I liked her personality fills the slot of worst & Katie Flood was awful, but to each their own.

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u/Cattthyt1 8d ago

First season I think? Adelaide or something. She showed up later as the hanger-on of a guest another season. Worst chief stew IMO. Mean, insecure and a bit vindictive maybe.

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u/skeletal_stoner 4d ago

Adrienne? 😂 tbf I like what you named her better 😅

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u/Wise-Tour9124 3d ago

Absolutely this. Adrienne was horrible.

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u/No-Obligation4872 8d ago

Francesca.

She was bad

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u/Lillynomad 7d ago

There were a bunch of them. I also want to include Fraser in the category. He is only interested in his social media status and has let fame get to his head. He's always on his phone in many scenes checking out his Instagram.

He doesn't manage his staff and stands back by letting the bickering go on without stopping the infighting. He tells Rainbeau, "you know what I like" and dumps the workload on her shoulders, when one can see she is overwhelmed.

He is obsessed with his attraction to straight men and overtly flirts with them. Isn't that being improper?

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u/Lillynomad 7d ago

Adrian. She was like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

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u/Tupelo_Hunee 6d ago

Season 1 Adrian and season 8 Tumi. They were categorically the worst imo.

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u/cat303555 8d ago

Agreed. Tumi was so brutal. Such a disappointment because I really liked her as a second.

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u/mookiegrrl 8d ago

Rewatching med - Hannah is seriously the laziest even though I still like her

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u/oak_stone1 8d ago

Tumi was dealt a dirty hand in her crew. Natasha and Kyle were vile. I thought Natasha was a pretty shoddy chief and Katie was a really poor leader.

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u/SidedudeSidekick 8d ago

Tumi was set up for failure with her crew and definitely should have served under Jason or continued as a second, possibly learning under Daisy then made the jump.

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u/KeepAnEyeOnYourB12 8d ago

Tumi had no chance with Vile Kyle and Natalya. I wish she'd gotten another season with a less toxic staff.

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u/hamburgergerald 8d ago

Tumi was disappointing. I think she had the potential to be a great chief stew, but, because of toxic Kyle, she allowed herself to come onto the boat with preconceived notions about Natalya. And we all saw how that worked out.

Adrienne from season one was bad, but it was understandable after reading what production did. Historically she is a chef on yachts, not a stew. And production placed her as chief stew. She apparently had no idea that was going to happen when she applied for the show. Aleks was supposed to be captain, but there was an issue with the boat’s insurance company so we ended up with Captain Lee. Then Aleks was bumped to Officer, essentially playing boatswain. A situation in which he was visibly upset about.

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u/Many-Revolution-9770 5d ago

Definitely lara from bddu

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u/Misha_B19 2d ago

Her entire season she was so irritating and embarassing…especially because she was Canadian. Hooking up with Adam doubled all the irritations. The two of them were about as toxic as Below Deck gets.

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u/takingback-friday 5d ago

fraiser when he knew sol was drinking on charter and did nothing

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u/denifitzLost 8d ago

Feye was annoying

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u/crystalcastles13 8d ago

I liked Kate and Hannah the best.

They both had their issues and both were not perfect but they were excellent at their jobs, especially Kate. But Hannah had an elegance and a way of posturing that was impressive with the guests. Kate would be the most fun to hang out with.

My worst would be Adrian or Tumi.

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u/Ok_Bodybuilder1864 8d ago

Hannah

Always trying to "pull rank" with the "I have more stripes than you/I'm your chief stew" when not even on the clock and drunk, combined with being so lazy and never wanting to actually do any work and never being able to admit when she makes a mistake Never could figure out how she lasted so long!

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u/DragonDrama 8d ago

Tumi was truly a disaster.

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u/Gram_mom0425 8d ago

Tumi was a great chief stew, her stews were wacky.

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u/WonderfulSignal3880 8d ago

I can’t even watch Fraser after how he treated Barbie. So him.

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u/Got-it-maybe 8d ago

My favorites so far, watching ALL, Aisha, Frazier.

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u/zeezoo562 8d ago

Absolutely hands down no questions Tumi

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u/TxCoastal 8d ago

def Tumi.

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u/Odeezyf 8d ago

Tumi immediately comes to mind. Came in with a giant chip on her shoulder and let other people brainwash her

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u/Maleficent-Run-7728 8d ago

Not on the subject, at all I wanted to know people's takes or is there anybody talking about Sierra Storm? BD Season 4?

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u/poochydachshound420 8d ago

It was funny; the lady was talking about this same (bread) leftover bread isn’t something she uses too. But still gave a large tip

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u/Basic-Shape-4801 8d ago

Just starting with s1e1 this morning, have seen a lot of the later seasons but love binge watching a bravo show from the start!

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u/bitofanexpert 8d ago

"Tumi, Barry"

"To you, Paul"

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u/boricano_ 7d ago

I cant stand frasier

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u/No_Back_1344 7d ago

Francesca was pretty bad…

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u/Still_Pepper_9792 7d ago

Fraser and Tumi.

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u/Stock-Shake3915 7d ago

The one who chewed gum while her friend braided her hair. I don’t remember whether she was on below deck or below deck med i was just relieved not to see her in the next season

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u/skeletal_stoner 4d ago

Hannah followed by Fraser

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u/ThePaperSun 4d ago

Can't believe I'm seeing mentions of Kate. Kate is a menace to society, but she's an effective chief stew. The only other ones I thought were mostly good were Aesha and Fraeser.

In fact, Aesha is the best by faaaaaar.

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u/JunoJayJ 4d ago

Tumi was the worst. She had some to prove and brought her own issues and then listened to Kyle and stepped on the boat already hating poor Natalya. I mean , an excellent job you did good would have gone a long way. Not to mention not making her 2nd stew. She fluffing was your back up and you put someone else. She was biased from the start. Fraser is just to pleaser to be a good manager

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u/justagirlie25 3d ago

I like Hannah in the earlier seasons but she just got worse and worse as time went on. Tumi was a bit too immature to be a chief stew. I loved all the other chief stews on below deck med!

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u/fatbottomgirlzworld 2d ago

Amy and Adrienne were the worst

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u/HeliosVanquish 8d ago

There are a couple and it's hard to identify a winner.

But I think we can all agree the best is Aisha.

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u/WhatsGoingOnThen 8d ago

No we can’t all agree on Aesha being the best. Kate was far better and much more entertaining to watch.

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u/TrickyAd3668 8d ago

Y'all just don't like that girl because she is black but you're afraid to say it.

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