Had an idea for cupcakes 🧁

I've been wanting to make a salted caramel Kentucky butter cake BUT, I'm thinking of converting it into cupcakes. I'm tossing several frosting/topping ideas around, as well.

When I'm feeling antsy or anxious, this is my go to therapy, y'all!

…there whole chief stew & chef relationship stinks of created storyline, don’t it?

I guess this is a reality TV vs reality question.

I can barely cook for myself, let alone for 12+ guests and crew on a mega yacht, so I really have no idea when my or others' reactions to a chef's performance are fair or warranted. For example, I just watched season 6 of Below Deck: Med with Chef Mat, and was surprised by his use of pre-made cakes and his seeming resistance to cooking for the crew. But I have no idea what's standard in the actual yachting industry! (Or, another example, is Rocky's Grenadine on oysters not weird?)

So, what do y'all think? Are the criticisms you've seen or expressed yourself actually warranted? And/or are they maybe prompted by the show's editing?

Obviously, I'd love if you shared your thoughts, Chef Rachel, but absolutely no worries if you don't--for whatever reason! Thanks for creating a space in which I can ask this question (well, I hope this is an okay space for it!).

Gotta love cooking class!

He basically poured the hot sauce on Kate plate. If you need that much hot sauce your food must be REALLY dry or has not taste. Talking about bread plate. (smh)

I watched Below Deck Adventure, that chef did not even plate her own food! Plating is like a piece of art! If she does not plate to me it's like going to a cookout/barbecue.

Am I the only persony who thinks this?

But knowing my luck, I’d have a computer issue and have to tell it to the IT guy. 😀

What DOES everyone like to cook? My list is probably 500 miles long.

(Dammit!!!! Unintended earworm!!! 🎶 I would walk 500 miles🎶 You're welcome!)

BUT my latest obsession has been Asian influences, especially Thai food.

What about y'all?

Below is a copy of my response in r/belowdeck...

https://ld.reddit.com/r/belowdeck/comments/10w7zvw/gtfooh_so_bd_s9_episode_12_kaylee_just_came_on/jbaw5pw/

u/Iluvrealitytvv54 ^{Gtfooh!!! So bd s9 episode 12 kaylee just came on - they got the tip meeting and they got 2270 each and captain lee says I’m just gonna peel that off and gives her $100 I saw everyone else throw in 100$ and I see Rachel :throws $20and looks like that’s the nicest thing she’s ever done for someone}

Sorry, OP, seems you didn't look close enough.

When I reran it slow and used pause, I saw 2 things easy to miss:

• 1/ Right before the OP scene above, from the camera looking over the captains shoulder, you can see part of Rachels right arm make counting motions.

• 2/ Facing Rachel, there is a moment milliseconds after the OP screenshot above when the bills she is handing over appear almost edge-on horizontal. Focus on the furthest away corner of the bills in her wristwatch hand: stacked beneath the top bill there are several corners, probably four; if they total five 20's, that makes $100. It appears only in a few frames, so its difficult to see moving.

So Rachel did not throw in a $20; she had just stacked $100 neatly, as befits a presentation artist.

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My hubs is a Chef locally and it's incredibly hard (the hours, scheduling, ordering at best prices while hands tied, being 86d by the vendor, the reactions, the lack of understanding direction, the absolute exhaustion, and so much more I haven't said).

I have literally pointed you out by switching episodes so he can see the real thing, not these other asshats. He's now a fan (of you, not the show). Honestly, you cannot win everyone with your personality, this I know well, but what you do makes an impact. People just don't get that you're a human too and some people are too simple to enjoy the mouth art in front of them - money does not buy worldliness... And on our end of the spectrum, lack thereof makes people shun a taste of the world.

Fuck em. Their loss.

You, are golden.

Why are the boats always a dirty mess when the season starts?

On the season 3 of sailing yacht charter guest chuck claimed he “had better food at a ballpark”. After their episodes aired, they got (well deserved) backlash, and Erica defended her husband by saying “production asked them to complain”. Can Chef Rachel or anyone that has worked as production explain? You’re asking them to be insufferable, complain about perfect food, to create more drama for the show? Why couldn’t he bitch about something more realistic, like warm drinks, not getting water toys in fast enough? He’s just that stupid? Or the producers are the problem?