Several Below Deck Down Under cast members fought over ordering custom breakfast from Chef Ben Robinson.
During the Monday, March 23, episode of the Bravo show, Mike Durrant asked if Ben could make him — and the crew — an omelette. Ben was taken aback by the request, before pointing out that he didn’t even give guests that option so the chef wouldn’t be stuck making custom dishes for each individual at the table.
Alesia took Mike aside to tell him to “never” ask Ben that question again. The criticism didn’t land with Mike, who fired back at Alesia. The fight made its way back to Ben, who agreed that Alesia was thinking about how busy he was in the galley.
Season 4, which premiered in February, followed Captain Jason Chambers back at the helm of the Katina in the Caribbean alongside Ben, Daisy Kelliher and João Franco. Alesia, meanwhile, returned as sous chef alongside new crew stews Joe Caron and Jenna Woudberg, deck/stew Mike and deckhands Eddy Hounsell and Betul Yazici. Alesia later switched to interior while Ellie Dubaich came on as a galley hand.
Jason previously told Us that season 4 was “challenging for everyone” on board.
“Everyone had their own little thing going on. Daisy was joining a new franchise and she had a point to prove. She was coming off a bad season on Sailing Yacht where she wasn’t putting her foot down with some crew. João is coming back as a captain and he had to swallow egos and pride to get back on deck and help me out,” he explained in February. “Then you got Ben, who hasn’t been in this scenario for quite some time. He’s been running his own business.”
Jason continued, “To pick up the knives and pack his bag after a failed relationship and say yes to being down here in 12 hours and change his life upside down. We were all in something. There was so much tension there. Now I’m looking back and I’m just like, ‘Wow, we were all in a personal challenge going into it.’”
While Bravo viewers are used to issues playing out on screen, this season of Below Deck Down Under is different.
“There’s a difference between the fighting that we’ve seen in the previous seasons to this one. This is what the audience is going to love now, which I am really starting to see how it’s going to unfold myself. I only see it with you all. But it is the fact that the things that are going on are true personality and work related issues to get through,” Jason shared. “In working in such close confinement, it’s really raw stuff. It’s not just pointless arguing over silly topics. It’s just the crew — not just the heads of department. There’s more to it than that? but it’s actually [a] challenging drama that is significant or poignant to actually operating a vessel.”
Below Deck Down Under airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Peacock.
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