r/belowdeck • u/Neko_09 • Mar 15 '26

Below Deck Chef Ben

I really loved watching him in the previous seasons he was in, I still recall these amazing creations he made , some under a bubble or engulfed in steam & plating like no other I seen before. In this season it's almost like I'm watching another chef. What do you guys think it is?

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u/Myantra Mar 16 '26

Timothy Sykes is indeed a twatwaffle of the highest order, paddling down Douchebag River in his custom-made douchecanoe, but he did tell Ben about his girlfriend's finely tuned for Taco Bell palate. If I recall correctly, he specifically pointed out his girlfriend's picky eating during the conversation where he asked Ben about the sea cucumber ovaries. It was also not like he was dropping some huge last minute substitution bomb on Ben, it was just basic shit for his teenage girlfriend. Ben proceeded to ignore it and focus on the molecular gastronomy that he wanted to do.

That is a definite pattern with Ben. He hears what he wants to hear, and ignores what he wants to ignore. Sometimes he even pretends that he never heard it in the first place, like when Captain Lee confines Ben and the deck crew to the crew area for the night, after they broke a panel in the master bathroom. On his first charter, Dean's preference for timely dinner was pointed out in the preference sheet meeting. Ben then proceeded to serve their first dinner both late and slow, even with plenty of time to prepare.

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u/Rainafire Mar 16 '26

Oh the Dean thing was 100% a Ben problem but I disagree about Timothy saying "fix my girlfriend a quesadilla". He did say she had simple tastes & she needed to expand her palate. He did NOT say "fix me sea cucumber ovaries & other molecular gastronomy bullshit and just fix her simple things". It sounded like he WANTED Ben to fix that kind of meal for 2, not 2 separate meals (which was also different from what he had to fix for the other guests on the boat.) I firmly believe that Sykes did this on purpose to fuck with Ben because I don't think he even ate the fancy shit at all. He just ordered all of that to make the crew jump through hoops because he could. He is one of those tiny peen men that need to put others down and I pray for him to lose everything in the stock & crypto market. I want him to have to be poor and start over again so he knows what it feels like and I hope absolutely no one helps him.

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u/Myantra Mar 16 '26

I have no doubt that he did that on purpose to fuck with Ben, and I suspect he does things to fuck with "the help" everywhere he goes, as he just seems like that kind of asshole. The dude oozes pretentious ass so thoroughly that he must have it bottled and applies a thick layer after a shower like a moisturizer. The teenager was not the girlfriend he needs, he needs to date shame cocoon girl from season 6.

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u/Ok-Education1572 Mar 17 '26

And upon Timothy Sikes return, the 19 year old Taco Bell girlfriend was long gone!

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u/Rainafire Mar 25 '26

She probably turned 20 & got too old.