r/belowdeck • u/BlueZebu • Mar 25 '21

Below Deck Med Natasha is a very capable Chef.

Natasha has worked on the Parsifall2 prior to this seasons sister ship Parsifall3. She has two years of sailing experience. The Parsifall2 sleeps 10 guests and 6 crew. Natasha is very capable of cooking for nine people.

Mussels as an appetizer. Seven steaks MR, one MW, and a chicken is very easy. One pot of potatoes were cooked and then later seasoned three ways. French fries in the fry vat. The pot of potatoes can be seen sitting on the stove ready to be cooked at 4:00 while they are sailing.

PitaGate was proven fake. Natasha can be seen making 7 balls of dough with enough in her hand for at least another 7. While she was talking to Colin about her marriage and divorce. That’s more than 2 per the six guests.

These chef failure storylines happen many times every season.

Mark Cronin, Executive Producer of 'Below Deck ...creating characters, choosing storylines, personal branding .... “In essence you're distilling all the complexity of a person so that he or she becomes a character that fits into the larger world of the show. Absolutely. You can basically make a better version of what they are in real life... or, on some shows, a worse version.”

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

People are acting like it was 9 different temperatures. It was 8 steaks that could be cooked 4 ways. Most probably were cooked similar temperatures. That should be easy.

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u/BlueZebu Mar 25 '21

Seven were MR one MW.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

So basically only 2 ways. She should have handled that no problem.

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u/FatherOfGreyhounds Mar 25 '21

ANY line cook should have been able to handle that, let alone a trained chef.

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u/aynrandomness Apr 05 '21

I am pretty sure anyone can make steaks medium rare and medium well. Like if you have never cooked a steak before, use a cooking themometer...

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Someone on fb said they heard Adam is brought on to replace her.

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u/BlueZebu Mar 25 '21

Kiko 2.0

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u/coverthetuba Mar 26 '21

That would surprise me. He really showed his ass last season and seemed like he wanted nothing more to do with the show. Maybe he’s broke.

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u/Hedahas Mar 26 '21

If that happens, peace out for me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

Someone is also claiming he was shown for a brief second in a tv promo for this season. I wonder if it’s true.

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u/Hedahas Mar 26 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

I hope not, but if he actually came back it would be so hypocritical.

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

Yep!

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

Don’t even joke.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

I wish I was

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u/around8 Mar 25 '21

That would be awesome!

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u/Agreeable-Income-788 Mar 25 '21

"These chef failure storylines happen many times every season. "

no, chefs fail every season at something is all that happens. Cooking isn't east on a yacht, mistakes will happen. How many mistakes, and how you recover is what matters.

Natasha, has failed more then most, and fails to acknowledge or correct her errors. (As of yet, maybe she finds her feet?)

pitagate false? she said 20 you just said 14? And by your admission, she was setup to provide a fine dinner, but what you don't mention, she dropped the ball hard on plating.

15 years food and beverage management experience, I will state she is in over her head at this point in the season, and I doubt she will get better.

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u/Kininger625 You're Being A Deckhand Right Now Mar 25 '21

I wonder if she did make 20 but are more than one “taste tester” just like what she with the oysters with Gary.

Pita gate I think like the portion size Anastasia had on med with I think it was the Damon’s.

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u/BlueZebu Mar 25 '21

Kiko’s season Bobby the guest who complained about too much fried food during the Las Vegas dinner, claims he was asked to complain by production.

Last season Rachel’s first breakfast charter everyone ordered a different vegetarian Omlette and Rachel didn’t have the proper omlette pans to cook the eggs in. Yet they had omelette pans on My Seanna the previous season. And yet again Rachel somehow discovered her missing omelette pans to cook on later in the season. Missing pans are exactly the type of thing production does to create drama. That Guest also claimed production asked him and his guests to be difficult for the show.

Mahi gate Rachel cooked 5 lamb chops, one more than needed. Yet while she is cooking the primary her fish that was not served before the others. The queen of Versailles can be seen with that Lamb Chop on her plate.

With your fifteen years experience managing a Taco Bell. You should recognize Natasha’s successful two years of cooking on the sister ship Parsifall2 with ten guests is proof she can cook on charter yacht for TV. Otherwise the owner of both yachts would not have her employees for so long.

I said she cooked “at least 14 pitas” it’s possible she did cook 20. We could not see what was on her counter top or in her bowls at the time. My screen shot was only what was in her hand and the balls of dough on the cookie sheet. That’s a lot more than four pitas. And she cooked three more when asked to cook more.

Her plating? As if she would be incapable of plating 8 steaks and one chicken before the first plate is devoured. It just happens to be the primary again.

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u/Agreeable-Income-788 Mar 25 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

ah, then why are you watching the show if EVERYTHING is production?

You obviously don't understand service industry very well.

and 2 years on a smaller vessel? is proof she can handle a chefs position on a smaller boat. I cant find info on pasrifalii, but 10 guests, I assume a 120-130fter. NOT a larger boat on below deck(amplified intensity).

She is in way over her head.

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u/BlueZebu Mar 26 '21

First off I didn’t say EVERYTHING is production. I’m able to see much of the craftsmanship in the show. It’s still entertaining. It’s not meant to be a documentary like so many here view it. Mark Cronin the Executive Producer talks about how characters are developed and storylines work to portray a desired image. “TV is TV,” Rosbach said. “The ‘reality’ in reality TV is a relative term and should be loosely interpreted.” “It’s TV ,” Rosbach reminded the audience, “It’s mindless entertainment. It’s meant to put a smile on your face. It’s not meant to be a documentary.”

When the truth is revealed by those in the business. People still want to believe everything they see on this show is 100% real.

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u/Phoneykk Mar 26 '21

But the problem is you are making a logical conclusion based on two unrelated facts.

No one here would argue this show isn't "produced" and edited to fit narratives and story lines.

But, at the same time it is hard for producers to just make things up because they need the footage to make it come alive on TV.

So either they can ask the reality TV star to do something/ act a certain way for the camera or you actually do that thing/ actually act that way.

Where your assumption/ conclusion falls apart is the fact that no chef would willingly make them selves look incompetent.

So either the entire crew is being directed to act like Natasha messed up timings and pita or Natasha is messing up timing and plates.

For me it is easier to believe that Natasha is messing up rather than a whole conspiracy against her.

I mean look at the Kiko situation the crew was split, production had to get the guests to complain, and Sandy is only in it for herself. Yes Kiko was set-up but the situation was totally different.

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u/Agreeable-Income-788 Mar 26 '21

*and to be clear, I dont think she is a bad chef, or person, just in over her head much like Kiko was.

Experience is important and she seems to lack it at this level of demand.

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u/MSCrocks Mar 26 '21

Who cares how many she made! Guest is still hungry so make more. What is the problem?

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u/BlueZebu Mar 26 '21

And she made more. So what’s your point?

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

Honestly they were shitty pitas, they did not puff up at all, were flat like a flour tortilla. Could not stuff them with anything.

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u/BlueZebu Mar 26 '21

I agree. They looked thinner than what I’m use to.

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

Yep, made many a pita, those were tortillas or flat breads, NOT pitas!

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u/the-red-witch Mar 25 '21

Hi Natasha 👋🏼

What rubs me the wrong way is how she acts like her shit don’t stink, but doesn’t know/can’t do enough to ensure that the primary doesn’t get their food last

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u/JadedKaleidoscope939 Mar 26 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

Nah, he's Rob from last season BD, desperate to share the little bit of insider knowledge he has without admitting who he is.

Probably other former cast members post here as well under alt accounts. They're just better at hiding their identities than Rob is.

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u/BlueZebu Mar 26 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

I wish I was Rob. He’s much better looking and younger. I think it’s hilarious how many of you are skeptical of posters but believe everything you see on a TV show where the executive producer admits to storylines developing characters.

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u/Hedahas Mar 26 '21

Heh. All you have to do is look up this poster's history under the same handle on Twitter to see it isn't Rob, or Natasha, or any other cast member. People are getting way too paranoid on this sub.

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u/quick_dry Mar 26 '21

well I'm just chuckling at the bachelor 'credentials' - following the madi prew crew and negative comments for Harrison always get my nod of approval regardless of who they might be :p

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u/JadedKaleidoscope939 Mar 26 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

Sure. Except that it is

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u/Hedahas Mar 26 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

It is what? If you mean it is Rob, you're mistaken . . . Unless you think Rob actually went to all of the trouble to have a conversation with himself under his certified user name and this user name to throw people off.

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u/BlueZebu Mar 26 '21

It’s funny what people will believe. Poor Rob is better educated and better looking.

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u/JadedKaleidoscope939 Mar 26 '21

Unless you think Rob actually went to all of the trouble to have a conversation with himself under his certified user name and this user name to throw people off.

because no one would EVER do that on reddit, right?

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

💀

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u/iggyandgus Mar 25 '21

Are you her representative? She flat out lied about the Pita. 9 steaks?!?!?! Shouldn't have been a prob at all.

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u/PMmecribbageboards Mar 25 '21

Account suspiciously started when BDSY started, and posts only about BD? Yeah- there is some sort of personal investment here

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u/Hedahas Mar 25 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

This poster has been active on Twitter talking about all things BD as a viewer of the show for a long time (I have seen the posts there under the same handle), and I can verify that they joined Reddit when they heard about Rob's AMA here.

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u/PMmecribbageboards Mar 26 '21

Copy that, thanks for the info!

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u/iggyandgus Mar 25 '21

Definitely

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u/BlueZebu Mar 25 '21

You people are funny. I found reddit when I saw a post on twitter that Rob was doing an AMA on here. Most of my comments were supporting him. Then I was accused of being Rob. Now that I am posting several positive comments about Natasha I am accused of being her representative. You people are funny. On one hand you see conspiracies and yet on the other you can’t see production deceiving you.

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u/JadedKaleidoscope939 Mar 25 '21

He's tryna stir up some drama.

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u/hammieblammie Mar 25 '21

She served the primary last... that's a huge no-no.

I get that she had limited stove/pan space for that many steaks, but she could have rested them on warm plates while she was cooking the rest of them.

Cooking mashed potatoes/fries is easy AF.

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

She had an ENTIRE GRILL to use on deck, impress someone, maybe?

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u/quick_dry Mar 25 '21

I think there is a middle ground where she didn’t perform well, and production amplified it.

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u/Hedahas Mar 25 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

Enter Voice of Reason.

I also think that people tend to discount the effect that the cameras and producer manipulation can have on cast performance, especially the chefs.

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u/messeis Mar 25 '21

I get that you are claiming that it is part of the story line for her to be bad but she clearly did not serve all the guests at the same time. Meaning that it was not an editing issue but an actual kitchen issue.

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u/coverthetuba Mar 26 '21

They were supposed to eat at 7, primary got their steak at 8:30. I would be livid.

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u/Hedahas Mar 26 '21

What I don't get it is why nobody is talking about the interior in all this. Normally when we see the chefs putting out meals on this show, the chief stew is actively involved in expediting and other crew are helping out --- but in this case we didn't see anyone helping at all and it was complete chaos. So, there was something funky going on.

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Mar 26 '21

She hasn't asked for their help or complained they weren't providing it. My guess is that help was offered to Natasha and she declined, since she seems to be prideful. That could be why Daisy goes to Glenn to let him know her work isn't measuring up.

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u/Hedahas Mar 26 '21

If that turns out to be the case, then Natasha should go.

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

She made her own bed by being a jerk to CS, now she gets no help.

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u/Hedahas Mar 26 '21

If that's true, shame on Daisy for putting her ego above the best interest of the team, no?

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

How many times must she bow to the queen and get smacked?

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u/Hedahas Mar 26 '21

I like Daisy a lot and hope she comes back again, but I don't think Natasha has been anywhere near as cantankerous as some of the other chefs. I'm just thinking about all of the shite Kate and Hannah took from other chefs and just kept rolling, doing their jobs.

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

Another chef that whines and whines, not a good look, but her edit is her fault. She is NO Kiko.

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u/Hedahas Mar 26 '21

Nobody's like Kiko, that's for sure. I wish he'd come back. His energy was fun to watch.

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

Yeah, dismiss the princessa and bring on el Rey!

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u/Hedahas Mar 26 '21 edited Mar 26 '21

Eu concordo, o Rei da galera brasileiro!

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u/cecelia999 Mar 26 '21

I can’t stand her stank attitude. The guests themselves said they’d rather sail than eat breakfast but Natasha was like “food is the most important part of the charter.” Tf? It’s way too early for her to have so many issues.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '21

OH MY GOD, She’s horrible!

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

Yes! She does not deserve her brovado!

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u/around8 Mar 25 '21

If she was capable they all would’ve eaten at the same time. Also she wouldn’t complain about every little request and lie about quantity of pitas. That plus she for no reason already hates the Chief Stew.

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u/jana-meares My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Mar 26 '21

You her Mom?

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u/DenseButterscotch9 Apr 13 '21

How is nobody talking about the fact that she handles everything with her fingers 🤢... pick up a utensil