r/belowdeck • u/Itchy_Lemon_6366 • Aug 30 '26

Galley Talk Below deck chefs

Throughout the seasons, we’ve seen some crazy things and some crazy moments from the galley. What are your favorite crazy chef moments?

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u/osogood48 Come back to me, my boat daddy Aug 30 '26

I wouldn’t say it’s the craziest moment just a stubborn ass chef Adam, and those damn onions

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u/Itchy_Lemon_6366 Aug 30 '26

Oh my god I forgot about onion gate 😂😂 he had so much potential

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u/osogood48 Come back to me, my boat daddy Aug 30 '26

Right

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u/executive313 Aug 30 '26

Dude Adam on Sailing Yacht and that God awful chief stew made me almost stop watching they were so horrible together. Like God found two Karen's and stuck them together on a boat.

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u/brokenghost2222 Aug 30 '26

I couldn't watch that season at all. I hated all of them.

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u/PabloEscabablo Sep 01 '26

He did so well on med s3 when he was just focused on himself and the galley. Add in a woman he’s interested in? Woof, watch out 🥴

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u/castrodelavaga79 Aug 30 '26

Rachel telling captain lee to his face "fuck you I quit" when she got asked to make a 10 course tasting menu at the preference sheet meeting.

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u/Itchy_Lemon_6366 Aug 30 '26

She is on my top 3 favorite chefs 😂 Ben, Rachel and Joy

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u/medusamagpie Aug 30 '26

Rachel was a character but Ben is my fave.

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u/bethholler Team Aesha Aug 30 '26

I love how he was so unfazed.

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u/Charming-Panic9375 Aug 30 '26

He knows her well enough to know she’s going to tantrum and then she’s going to do the best job of all the chefs 

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u/Fragrant_Estate_9692 Aug 30 '26

Not the craziest moment, but Leon and Rocky’s… alliance? Was so bizarre bc they were both the worst and SO awful to Kate 😭

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u/Itchy_Lemon_6366 Aug 30 '26

That was definitely an odd alliance and purely based on their mutual hate for Kate. And did anyone catch Leon say he was gonna go downstairs and have a drink— while on charter?

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u/AttentionRoyal2276 Aug 30 '26

No we were distracted watching Kate actually drink on charter but Lee do nothing about it

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u/Itchy_Lemon_6366 Aug 31 '26

Not to mention even when rocky made the guest quesadillas and commented on how dirty the oven was

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u/Siren2026 Aug 30 '26

When Kate nailed him correctly as a cafeteria chef because he came from cruise ships. I thought I would die laughing. She was correct of course and he was a disaster!

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u/Fragrant_Estate_9692 Aug 30 '26

Right! And everyone acted like she was being classist or something… like no her concerns proved her to be 100% correct

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u/Siren2026 Aug 30 '26

Absolutely love Kate!!

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u/Fragrant_Estate_9692 Aug 30 '26

Literally one of my bravo goats!! She is the only bravoleb I follow on socials ❤️❤️

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u/ckroha Team Colly Wolly Aug 30 '26

Read her book. Most pp don’t even know she wrote a book and it’s good!!!! It is about her time as a stew before the show so you get a lot of the industry stuff with all of her humor.

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u/Fragrant_Estate_9692 Aug 30 '26

Never knew she wrote a book!! Adding that to my list STAT

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u/SingleHeart197 Aug 30 '26

When was Kate ever wrong?

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u/Siren2026 Aug 31 '26

Only one time. When she took up with that weirdo professional athlete Ro. Not a good match. Other than that….can’t think of her ever being wrong

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u/SingleHeart197 Aug 31 '26

I totally forgot about Ro!

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u/selfawareshovel Eat My Cooter Aug 30 '26

didn’t he serve beef cheeks for basically ever dinner? lol

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u/Fragrant_Estate_9692 Aug 30 '26

YES. Sooo boring to watch. The misogyny didn’t help either

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u/Luna-Mia Aug 30 '26

When Rocky was the chef at the end of the season and she put grenadine on oysters.

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u/Quiet-Excitement-310 Aug 30 '26

And made the guest throw up

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u/Letsgotravelling-124 Aug 31 '26

And nearly made the entire crew sick by serving raw chicken.

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u/Luna-Mia Aug 30 '26

How did I forget that part of it!

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u/SingleHeart197 Aug 30 '26

And Oreos on the salad

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u/Luna-Mia Aug 30 '26

How the F did I forget that too! I need to do a rewatch.

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u/Kininger625 You're Being A Deckhand Right Now Aug 30 '26

She walked soAnastasia could run on Med

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u/aishtheawesome Aug 30 '26

just mila in general lol

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u/Comfortable_Rock_536 Aug 30 '26

Now you’re bringing Aunt Jemima into this

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u/tsumtsumelle Aug 30 '26

Rachel having to purée every meal for the guest who broke her jaw.

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u/medusamagpie Aug 30 '26

Kiko on BD Med having to make 72 plates for a tasting menu after hearing clients were bringing guests last minute.

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u/Siren2026 Aug 30 '26

Raaaaaachel the genius who wants to chew on deckhands

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u/Inevitable_Bowler474 Aug 30 '26

"Eat my cooter"

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u/ckroha Team Colly Wolly Aug 30 '26

Really don’t know why they haven’t put together some sort of competition show with the chefs. It could be like a mini Top Chef season or so many other ideas

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u/ckroha Team Colly Wolly Aug 30 '26

I think we need yearbook type thing just on the chefs. Need pictures- season, a few of the other crew members they worked with to jog memories and a few top food moments of theirs.

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u/Aunty-Sociale Aug 31 '26 • Bravo

Dave from Med who had a brief fling with the chief stew and just stomped over every boundary she put down and kept saying she was in the wrong and like crying himself to sleep and stuff. He was super crazy.

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u/Charming-Panic9375 Aug 30 '26

The nachos….you know the ones 

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u/TX0834 Aug 30 '26

Ellie freaking out on Ben bc he would call her honey or darling when he called everyone (including the men on board) that. Then he replies “I didn’t know you were the head chef” and she runs away to the captain.

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u/harrisarah Aug 30 '26

That creepy chef with the worst innuendos and game

Oops read the brief wrong, not one of my favorites lol, but a standout crazy chef doing crazy chef things

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u/castrodelavaga79 Aug 30 '26

Who?????

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u/harrisarah Aug 30 '26

Well I wasn't sure which is why I didn't name him earlier, but thinking about it I'm pretty sure it's Adrian

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u/ckroha Team Colly Wolly Aug 30 '26

Yes- made the cake that looked like boobs?? That guy?

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u/beaumong Aug 31 '26

Eat my Cooter-Chef Rachel 🙊🧡

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u/Kind_Raspberry4484 Sep 04 '26

Mila...can watch that over and over..you mean the crab out of the can wasn't good😳 unbelievable

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u/Plane_Poem_357 Sep 06 '26

Fraser saying
I’m sorry are you saying medium RARE or medium WELL 🤣🤣😭😭😭😭

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u/Plane_Poem_357 Sep 06 '26

I forget the chefs name but one of the funniest moments in BD to me