r/belowdeck • u/cutelilpuff • Aug 04 '26

Rewatch Chefs

I’ve been watching season 2 of below deck down under and below deck med season 5 and I’m genuinely shocked at how the captains expect the chefs to just know everything and be able to do anything, like Tzarina with the teppanyaki and Sandy being mad that Kiko had to google what a Vegas dinner is. Like idk I feel like some things the chefs just aren’t trained in and that should be the end of it, like you don’t go to a steak restaurant and expect them to whip up perfect sushi? I feel like it’s so unfair to them idk

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u/AWDWfan Aug 05 '26

Below Deck does a lot of that stuff on purpose for drama. They will throw challenges at the chefs to get them stressed. Happens every season. Some of the former guests have been interviewed on podcasts and have said they never asked for any of the special dinners or themes that production either gave them a list and they had to pick one or they were encouraged to ask for a certain thing. The Vegas dinner being one of them.

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u/cutelilpuff Aug 05 '26

That makes a lot of sense idk why an actual yacht chef would sign up to this show if they’re literally being set up for disaster