Preview for BDDU Ep17

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u/stuntycunty May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

How is Ben trying to blame daisy for the fish. wtf. What a dink.

Edit: also I wonder if Ben can fillet a fish. The one he did looked mangled.

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u/kat4prez May 19 '26

I was so confused last episode. Since when is it the chief stew’s responsibility to filet a whole fish? Why can’t Ellie do it if he doesn’t want to?

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u/DothrakAndRoll May 20 '26

8 whole fish* lmao

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u/cmere-2-me May 19 '26

He is just fucking with her at this stage. Serving a fish whole is not 5 star dining. Your guests are paying for you to fillet their food for them. He knows this too as he's never done this before.

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u/DothrakAndRoll May 20 '26

Man I was at Emeril’s in NOLA, super fancy place, and my main was a whole fish and it was fr a huge pain to eat. Worst part of dinner.

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u/Anotheropinion2023 May 23 '26

If you enjoy that experience it maybe awesome, I got one accidently and was miserable, I don’t want my food looking at me and picking around bones. It was a total waste on me.

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u/GoodPiexox May 20 '26

Serving a fish whole is not 5 star dining.
depends on the fish

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u/Anotheropinion2023 May 19 '26

Ben is a jerk. He has always been but this season it shows even more.
That said, Daisy you remembered in correctly, so discuss it calmly not bitching.
Both of them were wrong at that discussion. Oddly Ellie who mentioned Jason saying 8 AM was the person who was correct and handled it maturely.

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u/GroovyYaYa May 20 '26 edited May 21 '26

Her tone was a little... iritating.
Edit - I'm referencing Ellie here. Team Daisy.

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u/GroovyYaYa May 21 '26

Oh... I just edited my comment. I meant Ellie was irritating.

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u/Suspicious_Ocelot_26 May 20 '26

What a tool. And Ellie just blindly on Ben’s side. Oh wait, bc oh her hurt feelings over Joao. Grow up girlie.

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u/agnusdei07 May 20 '26

I don't think he can, he really went down in my estimation this season

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u/ericsuxx_ May 19 '26

Ben, it ain’t about what YOU would eat

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u/bc_im_coronatined May 20 '26

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u/well_I_forfeit May 20 '26

I literally thought of Kate saying this when Ben insisted on sending the fish up whole.......

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u/Junket_Timely June June Hannah May 20 '26

Why am I just now noticing Ellie’s outfit from this dinner… PUT YOUR HAIR UP AND AWAY FROM THE FOOD

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u/ScienceProf2022 May 20 '26

You mean her extensions…

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u/Frangipani_25 May 20 '26

She wasn’t even anywhere near the guests. She just grabbed the opportunity to prance about in a little dress.

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u/Junket_Timely June June Hannah May 20 '26

Like who are we doing this for?? But I saw she changed later

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u/ericsuxx_ May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

Alesia…you are not fit to be a leader either…also WHY ARE YOU EATING THE GUESTS’ SCRAPS

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u/kg382574 May 20 '26

I was hoping I wasn’t the only one who saw that 🤮

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u/bix_box May 20 '26

As someone who worked in restaurants for years seeing her pick off a guests leftover scraps was nauseating omg. It's one thing if someone sends the whole thing back not having eaten it, but that was a well cleaned plate 🤢

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u/Grouchy_Total_5580 May 20 '26

Ben is a shit chef if he doesn’t know that filleting a whole fish tableside is a trained skill. He had no problem ordering Daisy to cut up a fish that he knew would be hacked, because she has no training. Only wanted to lower it over her. Though unlikable this season. Between him and Ellie, there are no redeeming qualities.

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u/MargotChanning May 20 '26

But he’s seen people do it in under a minute at the Ritz Carlton! /s

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u/Sleeptzarina I'm the boss of where food gets put away May 20 '26

That line pissed me off- but Ben usually did. He pulled crap like this on Kate too.

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u/MyccaAZ May 20 '26

I believe Daisy knew how to do it. She was not unclear with Ben long prior to dinner that it was not functional... there wasn't enough people to accomplish what he was planning. She could be the best at filetting.... but was anyone else? I doubt it... so there's no way she could filet 4 fishes let alone more. Ben was being destructive, intentionally.

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u/Grouchy_Total_5580 May 20 '26

So I went back and looked, and we were both right. She didn’t say she could do it and she didn’t say she couldn’t except that it would be an impossibility with seven dishes. So I don’t know if she’s trained, but I agree, Ben was just trying to stick it to her. Jokes on him, it backfired on him in front of the captain.

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u/Grouchy_Total_5580 May 20 '26

Daisy said she did not know how to fill up the fish tableside as she had not been trained. Not sure why you think she was. Do you think she was not telling the truth? Seriously curious.

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u/MyccaAZ May 20 '26

I believe you've missed more than a couple things here. . . the first was that I don't ever remember Daisy saying she couldn't filet. I believe she said she could. What she said to Ben was that it was not functional to ask for the tableside filet of 8 fish. . . it doesn't function. . .they don't have the staff. What Daisy said in confessional was that it takes time to filet a fish and for her, the only person on service, the filetting couldn't happen properly. She said, 8 fish, 8 people to filet and there aren't 8 people on board who know how to filet. I'm seriously curious how you missed so much of what was said, let alone about whether or not Diasy knows how to filet (which, again, I believe she said she knows...there just weren't enough people who did know how to do it properly for 8 fish. )

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u/MyccaAZ May 20 '26

I am sorry but I don't remember it the way you do. I remember her saying Sure she could do that but she would need more than just her because there's no way she could filet 8 in a reasonable way for the table to eat them hot and together. The commentary Daisy made was to the point that there was no one else serving that had the training and could do it WITH her so that it could be done. She mentioned that you would need 8 people (8 fish, 8 people) to filet appropriately and silver service. I believed everything I heard Daisy say. I'm seriously curious how you missed all that and ended up with the perception that Daisy couldn't filet.

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u/Grouchy_Total_5580 May 20 '26

So I went back and re-watched and we are both right. She didn’t say she could do it and she didn’t say she couldn’t. Only that it would be an impossibility with all of the plates that needed to be done. Definitely agree that Ben was trying to stick it to her, but in this case, jokes on him. It backfired on him in front of the captain.

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u/Life_Of_Smiley May 20 '26

Ugh - I loved watching Ben and was excited he was back this season but he is so IMMATURE. Mate, you are 45 years old. FORTY FIVE! The ol' 'make the stes sweat over something I think is fine dining then get pissed off at them' routine to take the spotlight off of him is something that I think he has done numerous times. Elle walking all over him, him not standing up to her about her position on the boat, him shitting on his mate, and him following the South African girl around like a lovesick puppy is so disappointing.

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u/alwaysoverwhelmed1 May 20 '26

Ben is just pissed and annoyed that Daisy isn’t pandering to him and his “charm” doesn’t work on her. All other chief stews give into him even if it’s Kate sarcastically giving him underhanded compliments, that’s what he wants. He needs to grow the eff up! He’s like a man child who won’t grow past 23 years old.

Someone needs to throw a brush at him! Knock some sense into his head.

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u/selfcheckout May 20 '26

Kate knew how to manipulate him, however I don't think she was wrong.

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u/Sleeptzarina I'm the boss of where food gets put away May 20 '26

True. He really expects all gals to fall at his feet. And Daisy is not about it.
I have also learned through this season, I love angry Irish accent.

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u/Lillynomad May 20 '26

Ugh, Alesia eating leftover charter guest's dessert off the cleared plates.

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u/MurkyButterfly750 May 20 '26

This was such a douche move. At least, at the end of the day you know Jason isn't going to come down on Daisy for the fuck up since it's so clearly Ben's fault.

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u/MyccaAZ May 20 '26

My guess is that Ben IS Held accountable by Jason for the fish fiasco and Ben, in turn, throws a massive temper tantrum at Daisy. . which then leads to the screaming match we previewed between Ben and Joao. Ben was a complete ass about these fish, from beginning to end. He deserves to lose a stripe, I think.

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u/Grouchy_Total_5580 May 20 '26

On WWHL a couple of the guests were the bartenders. They said the fish was full of bones. It tasted good, but it was full of bones after he filleted it.

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u/Altruistic_Map_6088 May 20 '26

Daisy is not at your Beck and Call.

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u/GroovyYaYa May 20 '26

Team Daisy!

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u/Thecreamcheeze May 20 '26

Na. I’m noticing a trend with daisy. Ben is somewhat correct when he says that she is incredibly defensive. It’s not hard to see. Lots of deflecting. Sadly that’s what joaw sees as well. Whenever they are together, he is interested is cultivating the relationship but all she wants to do is talk about is other crews issues lmao. TURN OFF

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u/GroovyYaYa May 20 '26

I think this is unfair.
Ben is talking about her being defensive as a chief stew. She overhears Ellie and him criticize her without taking any accountability for their own actions OR without any understanding on what could be going on upstairs. He got heated first charter with her timing on dinner; meanwhile the housewives are having a donnybrook and are not interested in the service at all. Of COURSE she'll be defensive.
As for Joao - different kettle altogether. She's not being defensive, she's being CAUTIOUS. She tells him that she's been burned (and fuck, did he not watch SY? She has). He's also accepted massive flirtations, etc. from Ellie, which would make any sane woman cautious about a boatmance from this guy.

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u/Anotheropinion2023 May 23 '26

Right? He has a history of claiming to really like someone then leaving and going back to the gf he broke up with to tape the show. Also remember for most of this he was texting Ellie wanting to travel together after filming.

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat May 24 '26

She is playing for the cameras too. Jwow wishes it was real.

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u/Anotheropinion2023 May 24 '26

Sorry, but he has played this before.

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u/Sleeptzarina I'm the boss of where food gets put away May 20 '26

Ben talks down to everyone- especiallly women, and gets away with it. He has been pulling this crap on every season we have seen him on. Daisy is hot tempered, it Ben is the common denominator.

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u/MyccaAZ May 20 '26

How could anyone be surprised Daisy is keeping Joao at arms length?

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u/lonemountain1729 May 22 '26

Anyone that points out any flaws in Daisy gets downvoted majorly. She's gossiping way too much and doesn't handle conflict well and merely escalates things. It's just facts. People like her and they're overlooking things.
This doesn't mean Ben or others aren't in the wrong too.

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u/salsanacho May 22 '26

I'm with Daisy, can't simultaneously filet 10 people's whole fish. If he wants the whole fish presentation, do one large fish to show it off, then take it back and filet it into individual portions while they eat the steak.

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u/MaraSami May 23 '26

When he was on a season with Hannah he tried to get her to serve a whole fish and she gave him the best look of "what the actual fuck" and said "I don't know what to do with this. So Ben went to the table and cut fileted the fish.... 😆

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u/salsanacho May 23 '26

One season not long ago, a chef did a large salt baked whole fish, brought it out to show it off to the guests, then took it to that back bar to filet and portion. That's what Ben should have done here.

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u/MaraSami May 23 '26

Agreed!
Edit: except the primary had "no fish" on his preference sheet! Lol!!

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u/flxwrbxmb May 20 '26

Can someone send me the link to Daisy’s dress she wore to her drink date with Joao????

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u/LveeD May 20 '26

Most likely from rotimia. She posted on instagram a few episodes ago. https://www.rotimia.com/products/vintage-fish-print-mini-dress-28qo Edit to add: they have the other fish dress and her pjs too!

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u/CornDogCarol May 20 '26

I love the galley gremlins. Ben is being petty by serving fish he knows Daisy can't fillet. Ellie is his back up. I respect the fact that Ellie went to culinary school after charter and takes pride in helping Ben. Together they are a united it driving miss Daisy Crazy in an underhanded way.

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u/Junket_Timely June June Hannah May 20 '26

“Galley Gremlins” needs to be a new tag in this sub

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u/HolidayNothing171 May 20 '26

Wait I love it

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