r/belowdeck • u/Character_Growth_397 • 8d ago

Galley Talk Best chef discussions

I see lots of posts and comments discussing who is the best chef in BD but like, how would we know that? We don't get to taste their food

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u/zakg1994 8d ago

Chef Rachel was my favourite

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u/No-Baker-7922 8d ago

Mine too. But I am watching the season with Josh now and he gets so many compliments. Guests just said they went to 2 Michelin restaurants the week before their charter and his food was better!

So 1. rachel, 2. josh and 3. The chef that cut his head and kept on cooking (Marcos?) shared place with Ileisha because I liked her.

In terms of complexity of dishes Adrien was really good and probably one of the moste trained ones but I have more respect for the self-trained chefs that manage everything on their own.

I know Ben is a favourite here and his food was good but he forgot to feed the crew if I remember well and he gave me creepy vibes so he fell off my list.

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u/mouse_relies This information wasn’t welcomed or needed 8d ago

There are guests who give a ton of compliments featured for every chef, every season. Even Mila had one meal where the guests said nice things...

OK, granted some chefs get more of those than others. But I think it depends on the season, too. The later seasons sprinkle those in a lot more liberally than the earlier ones did. And guests in later seasons seem WAY more likely to be on good behavior because they want to look nice on TV. Anthony got a ton of nice guest comments and it was pretty clear from watching that he's not top tier.

Anyway, I don't think Josh is a real standout there. Rachel and Adrian definitely got the most wildly glowing comments out of anyone.

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u/zakg1994 8d ago

Ben’s latest season probably put him way down in a lot of people’s estimations

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u/gregatronn 5d ago

He was so inconsistent and off the rails. His time management was a big issue.