See the photo above? What is your first thought? Well, okay what is your second thought after thinking (hoping?) Kate’s hair is about to catch fire as she stands there gawking at the fire. Notice Rocky is trying to do something about it while Kate just shouts out orders of things Rocky has already done. And btw, the crap Kate shouts out is totally incorrect. What they should have done was closed the door and turned the oven off, had this been a real emergency. And BTW, who saved the pizza? ROCKY saved the pizza. I get this is all made up storyline to get rid of Leon so Ben could come on and Rocky could take off for her next Broadway audition, but no matter how hard they try to make Rocky and Leon look like the assholes, it’s really Kate and Captain Lee who can’t keep their antics under the radar long enough for sane people to think Leon and Rocky are the problem. Production should have force fed Kate this season so she wouldn’t have been so hangry and then maybe she could have pulled off her role as the efficient head stew who was forced to work with an incompetent, much prettier stew and an evil chef. Instead, I think both Kate and Amy are pissed that Rocky got the sexy blonde who screws half the crew storyline.
Captain Lee is trying to stick to his storyline as the strict disciplinarian who has to wrangle the loose cannon crewmates, Rocky and Leon, but Kate is unable to let them overshadow her crappy attitude about EVERYTHING. So the whole storyline this season just looks ridiculous. Let’s take a look at Captain Lee’s blog where he remains true to his storyline of “Kate is great and Rocky and Leon have to go” despite Kate’s usual cuntsackery. Spoiler, his blog has no basis in reality whatsoever and I need a new purple pen.
From Captain Lee’s Bravo Blog…
As usual, purple pen is mine.
Well, we made it through the Dane debacle fairly well, and I was hoping that things had improved, but it doesn’t look like we are going to get a break. Things in the galley are not improving, Leon’s attitude is getting worse, Kate tries to give Rocky some encouragement but that backfires, (If by backfires you mean she then went right back to being a cunt, then, yeah.) Emile is regressing, and Eddie seems to have totally lost all sense completely. And to top it off they (Oh you just can’t say it, can you? KATE tried to burn down the boat! That would be your golden child that can do no wrong that caught both the microwave and the oven on fire at the same damn time! She is the one that tried to burn down the boat!) try to burn down the boat. So let’s get started.
Kate, I can see you losing patience. (Wait, when has she ever exhibited any patience in the first place? Please cite examples!) You have been trying to be civil to Leon, and he keeps going into the opposite direction. I can see that your efforts are probably not going to continue. (Efforts? What efforts? ) Why do I think that the gloves are coming off soon? Good job with improvising the shark suit with Connie to make up a bit for not being able to go on the dive. Also you did a good job encouraging Rocky with some positive reinforcement. I don’t think that she took any of that to heart, as she is busy propping up our disenchanted chef. I do appreciate your effort though. (Whatever you are on must be lots of fun. Please share with the entire class!)
Amy, another great run for you. Nice of you to try to take Rocky under your wing and help her out even though it appeared like she thought she could see why you were having an issue with her. She would rather party with the guests than serve them. I thought I would die when you put that hairpiece on, that was funny stuff. THIS. This right here is why the yatchting industry finds this show so appalling. Who would want to pay good money to cruise with a crew who would rub their personal items on their crotches, laugh about it and receive the blessing of the captain? What happened to that whole “Don’t embarrass yourself, Don’t embarrass the ship” philosophy? I would really love to see your work ethic rub off a bit, but not sure it’s going to happen. Sadly, it seems that Kate’s lack of work ethic is rubbing off on Amy. Keep it up, I appreciate it.
Connie, you had a nice start. Good job with the anchor drop, your skill set is progressing nicely. Nice call with Emile as well, he needs all the help he can get right now. I still appreciate your sense of humor, even though I’m still trying to get used to it. Keep up the good work.
Emile, why can you not have two good weeks in succession? (Because, storyline) You make such progress and then you and Mr. Class discuss your masturbatory practices in the galley like you are talking about the weather. I do feel that your allegiance to Leon is misplaced as you only have one side of the story to work with. (Wait, HE only has one side of the story? You haven’t listened to Leon all season! You just blindly agree with Kate.) You think that his disruptive behavior is funny. Really? Your work on the deck is going well, but your social graces are so far removed from anything acceptable. I can’t even describe it.
Leon, you are the single most disruptive force I have ever had the displeasure of working with. (Wow, you must have had a really easy career! Lucky you! ) You now are going out of your way to disrupt and divide everything and everyone on board. ( I’m pretty sure Rocky and Emile can make basic observations when it comes to Kate.) The box, was it really that important. Why aren’t you asking Kate why she wanted to take a box that Leon was using instead of hauling her skinny ass to the bilge to get her own dam box. And why does making cardboard sharks teeth on a yacht of that caliber make sense to you in the first place? And when the primary said she didn’t want rabbit, you make it any way. Most of the biggest idiots who watch that show didn’t believe the contrived storyline about the stupid rabbit. Especially after she ate it. You take a nap and let someone else take care of your guests. You go to bed instead of making their late night snack. In fact I am tired of commenting on it, so I won’t. But trust me I will have my way and we will get through this with or without you. At some point it doesn’t make any difference how good your food is, and it is, but if you can’t get on with anyone it’s all for nothing isn’t it? Not only is it not for nothing, it is the most important job of the interior. Chefs are notorious for being assholes. Remember Ben and his constant temper tantrums? Let’s see how the tips change once he returns. The whole point of disparaging Leon all season was to let Ben have a few episodes this season. Which is a pretty shitty storyline to thrust on someone.
Rocky, you step up in the laundry room; (Well she really is quite good in the laundry room…) get a compliment, and then what happened. The reason your job is so hard is because you just don’t get it. That’s in spite of you telling everyone that you do. It’s obvious to everyone that you don’t and probably never will. You leave a huge mess for someone else to clean up, you don’t assist Amy when you are supposed to instead you want to party with the guests. Amy called you on it and you come apart. It’s not that you can’t do a better job, it’s that you won’t. And then you go to Leon for advice. Great move there. Let me know how that works out for you. So you are in the galley, and the popcorn is in, the pizza is in, and you, our self proclaimed sous chef can’t watch popcorn and a pizza in the oven at the same time. Really? Impressive. Now you want to blame someone who wasn’t even in the galley all while Leon sleeps. Trust me I will find out what caused it and who is responsible and deal with it. Holy shit. I knew dumbass Kate would get off scot free. All she as to say is that Rocky was supposed to be watching it? Really? Or it’s Leon’s fault for sleeping?
Eddie, I can’t believe what you are doing, nor can I believe your reason for doing it. She has a nice ass. That’s how you rationalize your behavior. Why do I feel that the mess you are making for yourself is going to get much worse before it gets any better? You are management and I really wish you would start acting like it. I can’t believe that you are texting Rocky about Kate. (Because Kate is the only one who is allowed to talk about other crew.)Not even your dept. and nothing good can come of you getting involved with it. Nice job with Connie and getting her trained on the anchor drop. Also, nice advice instructing your crew not to get involved with the drama in the galley. Now I hope you take that advice yourself. This thing with Rocky is going to cause some serious issues, I fear and I hope you are ready for it.
Well sports fans, there you have it. I’m not altogether sure we are going to get thru this charter unscathed. I may have to take some action before I really want to if things continue in this downward spiral, but rest assured that we will get through it. Until next week, fair winds and following seas. Oh, and did I see Chef Ben at the end? Going to be some action next week for sure.
Is anyone else starting to wonder if Kate has more skills on the boat than folding a blanket into a penis? Because, WTF?
Captain Lee respects Kate’s work ethic. And I do too. Rocky doesn’t belong on the yacht. She’s undisciplined, promiscuous and crazy. Kate is great. I’m
Kate is not great. She’s good and they are glorified maids as Amy put it last season.
It’s clear that Ben can be difficult as a chef but the current chef can’t. I wonder why. Hmmm…
If it were only rocky then I’d see your point but they are aiming for the chef who consistently made great food and didn’t end up with plastic in his food and punching pots n pans in a tantrum…yet Ben will return.
Privilege is something else.
My sentiments exactly. I had to tweet the link to Captain Ahab & Bitchface Kate.
Have you ever seen Ben make brownies from a just add water brownie mix product?
I think not.
That among many other culinary atrocities from his making plus his completely repulsive misogynistic attitude catapult him to the most disliked “Below Deck” cast member ever to appear in my twisted Bravo damaged opinion.
Misogynistic is exactly how I’d characterize the chef. That and lazy.
But I still can’t look at that pic above without thinking liar, liar, hair on fire!
Misogyny in the case of Kate can be overlooked by way of the rulebook: How to Deal with a Cuntsatchel 101. My oven looks a lot worse and fires dont just break out. This fire was not Rockys fault. Kate has been unprofessional and snarky with Leon for days, making passive aggressive comments and intentionally improperly explaining dishes to the guests. She is making everyone miserable bc she feels the guests are her peers. Why is she serving them and not the other way around? She bullied Kellys sister last year and this year its Leon and Rocky. Leon wont placate her and shes plain jealous of Rocky.
I really don’t think she is jealous of Rocky. The reason I think this is that Rocky is very insecure and unsure of herself and how she fits into the world not just that yacht. And I’m sorry but in my opinion she seems to throw herself at men. Or is that flirting? It seems more than flirting. That’s just not Kate’s style. I think Kate has been reasonable with Rocky overall.
There’s a reason she had a tough time hooking up with a guy. She’s scary crazy. She asks “Are you single?” and she gets “its complicated” because savy people know one must tread lightly when dealing with a dangerously insane person. And savy people know the worst thing possible is to have any kind of romantic/sexual relationship with her if they value their lives.
Except Eddie. OMG. I have heard on a podcast that he likes the crazy women. He’s hit the mega jackpot this time. The look on the captains face on hearing Rocky’s flirty banter with Eddie was hysterically funny.
What we have learned here is that Linu is NOT a dude.
Andy you really think ROCKY is the insecure one? That’s rich.
I agree with you. I question certain poster’s judgment either not seeing what Kate does or downplaying it as if it isn’t a big deal.
Kate is just a miserable person that is good at organizing what Amy called glorified maids. She thinks she’s hot stuff because she served leo dicaprio years ago and is disrespectful about the Queen elizabeth and trying to discredit Leon who consistently makes the guest happy much to Kate’s dismay. She’s waiting for the guests to complain about his food so she can feel at peace.
Now I don’t agree about Rocky. The difference is that Leon actually does a great job at what he’s there to do and he won’t put up with Kate’s passive aggressive bs. Rocky isn’t good at what she does but makes up for it with that silly mermaid thing and her spunkiness which I guess some people like.
Kate’s job isn’t exactly splitting the atom yet she can’t do it without being passive aggressive, negative and shallow.
You can see in her talking heads when she’s describing the guests that she’s still mentally in college although that ship sailed 10 years ago.
The best thing to do for those that are on kate’s ish list is to just move forward.
Rocky seems like she has issues so I don’t know how that will fare but Leon has two daughters, owned a restaurant or two so I’m sure he has decent money. I’m sure this experience has made him appreciate what he has in real life because it is CLEAR as day which people on this show have nothing going for them outside of here which is why some are either negative or just vacant.
We’ve seen plastic come out of his food to where he claims the guest put it in there instead of thinking he might have accidentally did it himself.
We’ve seen him throw a tantrum like a 4 year old punching and missing half the punches to pots n pans. We’ve seen him talk about the guests who are worth more than him purely based on their looks. Ben thinks he’s better than the guest and criticized their choice of dishes.
Yet somehow people are fine with this. Hmmm I wonder why
Ben is a complete dick in person. We have a mutual friend and he knows me yet still told me to fuck off last time I saw him. At a porn bar no less.
JoJoFLL-
I have heard you say that before here and I gotta say, it really bums me out. I just saw a commercial of his return and he seems like such a riot.
What a drag.
Tamara, I’ve been following your blogs for three years. While I don’t always agree with yo, the inside info you get is often top notch. However I think you’re allowing your feelings regarding Kate from last season to cloud your judgment, particularly in regards to this scene. Rocky is the one who put the pizza in the oven without clearing it of debris or other cooking items. It was also Rocky who opened the oven over and over again, while Kate looked for then called for a fire extinguisher. Rocky was also the only staff member in the kitchen when the popcorn burnt. While it’s fun to blame everything on Kate, Rocky is at fault here.
Clearly you were watching the off in la la land episodes where reality is ignored and scary Katie is never responsible for all the things she actually is responsible for. TT was watching the actual episodes where Kate actually does do the things that she does and is responsible for them. By the by, nothing about watching Kate is fun. She’s a first class you know what disturber and the Captain is coming across like a creepy old geezer who is slobbering all over her and making a fool of himself in the process (and unfortunately his poor wife as well).
Kill the messenger is how Leon has reacted to Kate all season. She’s in a no-win situation. Rocky went off to “do laundry with Eddie” instead of cleaning up after the guests at the end of the evening. Kate and Amy are only jealous/angry because Rocky gets a full tip and here they’re doing most of her job. Leon and Rocky and their self-entitled attitudes are the problem.
I agree regarding Rocky but not Leon. Leon actually works and produces great results. The main reason why any of you all downplay his actual results is because Kate feels the need to critique the chef using similar dishes for DIFFERENT guests. Meanwhile his food never had a piece of plastic in it yet they are asking for that character back. LOL.
Kate has made some unnecessary comments in her talking heads and on the show prior to it leading up to where it is at.
i think the people that are team kate probably have a similar attitude to her which is why they are justifying.
Leon will leave knowing the guests loved his food and even the coworkers know better than to fully blame Leon which is why they are acknowledging that BOTH are at fault.
The only people that are solely blaming Leon are Lee who’s barely around and Kate who obviously won’t admit her own stuff.
Not sure what Lee’s life is outside of here but I don’t think Kate has much going on and it shows in her sourpuss personality.
Poor rocky, I think she actually has issues but I don’t like to make fun of people with potential mental issues. I just hope she gets it together in the real world.
Spunky – I COMPLETELY agree with you!
Wow! I can’t believe some of these comments. I can hardly stand to watch anymore. The tips are better this season than the two prior because of Rocky and Leon. If Kate was a good manager, then she would be using Rocky’s talents to her advantage with the guests. Kate started it with Leon and then couldn’t handle it when he started giving it back. What is exactly wrong with Emile and Leon having a conversation about masturbation in the galley? Would the Captain prefer they have it in front of the guests? I have to believe that the Captain is following the script because I can’t believe he is really that blinded by Kate.
Angel, I know exactly how you feel bc im seeing the same things and making the same observations. At 40 years old, I like to think i have a firm grasp on reality.. and yet after watching the episode and reading some of these comments, I am confounded as to where such differing perspectives derive. I plan on re-watching the episode to see if theres anything at all that I missed or that I can see from another perspective.
Exactly but I think she does do that. I think she knows rocky has a naturally charming personality and the mermaid stunt is a good deal so they complain about doing her work but are the first to push her out there when Amy’s tired texas joker smile and Kate’s fake nice persona are not feeding the guests ego enough.
True. It’s clear that Kate runs to Lee and Lee just takes her side because Leon being an actual man chose not to run to Lee when Kate was being way to evasive, passive aggressive and starting stuff.
Kate is still a girl in a 31 years old body with a 41 years old face and Lee enables her to be how she is.
Am I the only one that noticed how Lee asked the Guy ( I forget his name but the one that’s hooking up with ROcky) his take on leon and kate overhearing them go back and forth but then has an issue with him texting rocky about kate because it doesn’t make kate look favorable.
Sware84,
Everything you write about Kate and #BelowDeck crew, I’m thinking it.
Thank you!
Whoa, Kate is 31? I thought she was older- seriously.
I really don’t get your love for chef Leon. He overheard Kate saying he was a cruise chef (which is true) and he’s been a toddler ever since. Kate gives him requests from the charters, and he acts like it is her giving orders, and oh no, he can’t handle that, a woman giving him orders. He’s a misogynistic asshole and I don’t care if his beef cheeks taste like heaven, he looks like an asshole to work with.
The fire was because old burned stuff was in the oven, they should have thrown it on production.
In next week’s show, its funny seeing Leon furiously cleaning the bottom of the oven and then goes on to blame Kate to the Captain.
Possibly because the mess kate and rocky created with the fire left a mess that he has to clean up after. It wasn’t his fault.
Now had this happened with the quesadillas then I would say yes since rocky made him aware of the guests requests and decided to do it herself but that wasn’t the case.
No he overheard Kate who is a glorified coordinator of glorified maids on a boat downplay his achievements. Keep in mind, that when she first grilled him she made herself come off as trying to be friendly and ask him more about his life and then turned that into taking that information and disrespecting his career because it’s not up to her standards.
He was trying to find a common ground by letting her in on his background and thought she was being nice sincerely only to find out that she was using it to belittle him and downplay his skills.
On top of her shady passive comments prior and then continuing afterwards, I understand completely why he told her that he doesn’t like her.
I don’t agree that he’s been a toddler although I do agree he’s been childish in some instances.
I just don’t get how people that are clearly team kate don’t see her involvement and are justifying it.
Is there are reason to insinuate Leon is bipolar just because kate asked him a question that was none of her business and completely phony. No.
I don’t see how you could look at these episodes and not see both at fault which kate crossing the line insinuating in front of people that he’s bipolar and this is after she betrayed him by teasing him about his career when she was being fake pretending to be interested in his life.
She has a pattern of pretending to be nice and interested in people, milking them for information on themselves and then snarking and bitching about them using the information they have shared with her. You have to laugh at the people who enable her. It’s always only a matter of time before it serves people like her to turn on at least some of them and then they wonder why everyone else just leaves them floating out there.
Was that really the Captain’s blog? If so, I’ve lost all respect for him. He’s supposed to be The Man in Charge not getting dragged into all the crap that his crew is stirring up and commenting about it on a blog! He did fire the hippy-boy who pretended to know more than he really did, but on a charter yacht like theirs he should have fired Leon immediately when he walked in on how Leon was trashing Kate. Rocky is a horny little wanna-be actress/Broadway star who would screw a donkey if they had one on board. She needs to go. Emile is a pathetic little boy socially – I mean, what mature guy his age talks about “how long he can last” and how big his dick is. Leon is a thoroughly unpleasant misogynist – typical of a lot of North-Country Englishmen many years ago, but I thought they had all died off long ago. Kate seems to really know her stuff most of the time, but she did everything wrong with that kitchen fire – should have turned off the stove, grabbed a fire extinguisher and had Rocky call for help. Connie seems like a good worker, but a little desperate for attention – whipped cream or peanut butter on her titties is a little TMI. I know a lot of this stuff gets set up and exaggerated by Production, so I hope the crew is really better than we see. I love the show – it’s pure entertainment and gives us peasants an idea of how the wealthy live. Must be nice…
Yeah I think it’s clear that he’s objective ONLY when it doesn’t address Kate. I’m sure he’s that way with Amy too.
He’s giving the manager of the outside crew a hard time but he’s making valid points.
He doesn’t like Leon not because he doesn’t do his job but because Kate doesn’t like him and he isn’t even looking to the other side of the story.
It’s clear that this yacht/boat whatever ship thing is not exactly the most well respected in the community.
He defends people (from first season to this season) who have displayed the most embarrassing behavior.
at this point, it’s about fame and a nice check from Bravo because no one that’s thinking about gaining more respect in this field who actually do this more than one season (to get their name out there) and no guest worth anything would subject themselves to all this potential mess unless it was to seek fame and make the bravo audience envious of their lifestyle.
For lee, I think the respect sailed on awhile ago.
Thank goodness Rocky saved that pizza because fire or no people have to eat!
Love this critique: a fresh perspective is always fun to read, Tamara.
I am mostly Team Kate, sorry to admit. Kate is sometimes passive- aggressive with Leon and that can be genuinely hard to deal with, but he is outright insulting, and willfully refuses to do his job when she’s the one conveying the requests. But don’t take my word for it! I can definitively prove I’m right about Kate being the better person. Emile is on Leon’s side, and we all know that whatever Emile thinks is the situation — the opposite of that is the reality.
Kate, also known as Resting Bitch Face, is looking for her sugar daddy and I hope she finds him. I’ve lived with passive-aggressive, and Kate is not it. Being snarky and bitchy is what you do to deal with idiots, and we’ve seen Tamara do the same. I’d like any of you to deal with someone who says “I don’t like you,” and who ignores you when you ask questions that are pertinent to keeping the charters happy. Yes, it’s a show, but from the bit I’ve seen of Leon, I’d never eat at his restaurants.
I was so surprised that she was only 31 but I have a hard time believing she will find a man that will put up with her nonsense. You either have to be a total b that delivers the full package or a complete sweetheart that delivers the full package. This in between moody teenage adolescent I listen to complaint rock music to soothe my soul thing isn’t becoming of a woman in her 30s as it only works in high school and college.
The funny thing is that I actually liked her last season and felt Amy was being too sensitive but I see now that it really is Kate.
Please stop excusing kate. If YOU are that way it’s because you choose to be that way.
Amy is dealing with Rocky and isn’t snarky or bitchy. Kate was snarky and bitchy with Amy last season and she was doing a great job dealing with those two shady women.
Being snarky and bitchy is what you do when you have no real power, your life hasn’t gone according to plan and you realize you are dealing with people that you believe you are above and the awareness that you are in the same team makes you realize you are not as special as you thought.
I deal with various personalities at work daily and I have tools and skills to handle them without being bitchy or snarky.
Who you are is determine how you handle things when it’s not going your way? That’s when character, integrity and talent flourish.
Sware, for my part, I’m not excusing Kate — it’s just a TV show and I don’t have a personal stake in defending her. Reality shows that hold our interest tend to have casts that remind us of people in our lives. I’ve been burned by some arrogant, sexist “Leons” in my personal and professional life. I don’t LOVE the Kate types, but usually find that if I just give that type a little pushback, they end up being fairly witty, interesting people to work for and be friends with.
I am not a Kate fan but Leon (as Ben did), ignores the reality that he is there to serve the clients. His delaying of the dinner that Capt. Lee attended made the whole interior crew look bad. And that client had specific requests. The menus were late and the wine with meal program he requested pretty much failed. It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to make Brownies or think the guests should eat something they don’t like – it is your job to see their every dream on the trip comes true. I know chefs can be temperamental but you don’t get to have a snit when that extra request comes your way. You do it…with a smile. Those people pay a lot of money and have every right to expect that.
Actually, the mean was delayed because they had specific ingredients delivered from the islands. And the guests RAVED about Leon repeatedly. Are you sure you’e watching the right show?
I’m very disappointed in Captain Lee. His blogs seem like feeble attempts to justify the bad decisions he made on charter. While Leon isn’t doing himself any favors with his attitude towards Kate, she is clearly the instigator in this situation. I love her as a tv character but would hate to work with her! Thanks for the update, TT.
Yeah she makes sure to play innocent when she’s around Lee but then calls leon bipolar and makes continued attacks on him.
Her biggest claim to fame was working for Leo Dicaprio.
Does she not realize that she wasn’t dining with him? She was working for him. He doesn’t remember her.
It’s clear she is moody because things didn’t go according to plan for her. Otherwise she wouldn’t be stowing her belongings in her parents house at 31 when on these yachts.
Lee is always going to side when someone like Ben or Kate (who both created fuss and tension) over a Leon either way. The funny thing is that Leon’s food has performed better with the guests than Ben who still can’t own up to leaving jizz on a pillow or plastic in one of his dishes.
I go back & forth liking & disliking Kate. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s both..she IS a hard & dedicated worker, sometimes funny & witty BUT she too often sticks her nose where it doesn’t belong (example: suggesting the white chocolate lava cake for the new charter guests & gets offended when her suggestion is ignored). While, maybe that idea goes well with the white party, the menu is not her business, I’m betting should wouldn’t appreciate any of Leon’s suggestions, if he had any for the interior. Although I can’t say I’d appreciate any suggestions coming from that d-bag. If I have to choose it would be Team Kate just because Team Leon/Rocky is the opposing team.
Clearly, somebody besides Captain Lee is obsessed with the bonnie Kate but it looks like the locals are catching on to the fact that Kate the great is… well, GREAT. The comments are much more positive and understanding of her difficult situation then I could have hoped for. Try as you might to bring down the lovely Kate will, like sweet cream, will rise to the top of over the misogynist oaf in the galley.
Kate has tons more experience dealing/working w/people and their BS. She knows how to deal w/the Leo’s in the world. He’s enjoying being a knucklehead to Kate.
Reads as Kate herself or something a follower of her on twitter would say, I don’t think anyone is trying to bring her down. I think people acknowledge that she seems hard working. Although, she’s not exactly splitting the atom. I think people are obviously seeing the storyline. Maybe ben had other engagements and couldn’t participate until the end and they have leon there knowing they’d replace him with Ben. they have no reason to criticize Leon’s food. He didn’t have plastic in his food. I can tell how disappointed Kate gets when she asks or observes the guests wanting them to complain but then they say it’s delicious. They can’t fire Leon for the quality of his food nor can they claim he instigated anything with kate after she grilled him on his past and he surprisingly was open to her only for her to go around and make fun of him in ear’s view. Kate will probably remain on the show because what else does she have going on. I hope that anyone that does this show doesn’t stay too long because this should be a platform. No one will actually take this crew seriously with all the antics that go on and are publicized. This makes people wonder what really goes on behind the scenes in this industry. I think she knows this bravo fame is probably her best move. Rocky seems like she comes from a wealthy family so she has that to fall back on. Leon has kids and a life outside of this show…I just hope Amy and the others use this platform correctly. The longer they stay on….the less respect they will get in this industry.
I shall seat Sware over in the VIP section for people who actually understand what is going on.
Sequoia, please do not use the word ‘cream’ in your comments ever again. TIA. /shudder
Of course sweetie. May I ask why? Did you have a bad run in with a cow perhaps?
One last thing? As someone who also has a testing face that is among other things is referred to as bitchy, there is little more insulting than having random people tell you your face is not appealing to them. LOL! Just saying…
Leon is an as*hole! When he said in one of his “interviews” something like ”I’ve worked with a lot of women in MY kitchens! Some would cry and say ‘you can’t talk to me like that!’, but I’ll speak to them however I damn please!”
Oh I wanted to throw a pan at his face! And when saying kitchens, as plural, suggests he’s been from job to job to job, probably because his shit*y attitude!
Denine, I hear you. “You’re prettier when you smile.” Well, you look better when you’re retching after I’ve kicked you in the balls.
LOL! Exactly!
Leon asked Kate if she liked him. Then he pounced on her by saying, well I don’t like you. not one little bit .
That’s harsh.
Kate has more bitchiness than what is just resting on her face. Leon has turned into the beast that Kate created. Sooner or later your gossiping about people will come back to bite you in the ass. Leon has proven to be no Amy of last year that’s gonna go in the cabin and cry about it. The fact that she felt it was ok to diminish his work history because of his previous jobs did not fit into her standard of class is repulsive. She is no better than the waitress at local steakhouse or the maid at the hotel. She is doing the same jobs just happen to luck out and be doing it for great pay and beautiful locations. That does not make her better than them. That was her critical mistake with Leon was insinuating that he is beneath the standard for a yacht chef. She insulted him and bruised his pride and not everyone is gonna jump back on and want to be bestie’ with you after that. I don’t think I could. I wouldn’t let it affect my job like he has but I guess he’s just to pissed to deal with her. Now he just doesn’t want to be there anymore.
But, but, but, Captain Lee is the stud of the sea!
I was pretty much over Leon when he said that when he had his kitchen, he screamed at the girls and made them cry, and that he talked to them however he wanted to. He seemed to take a great deal of pride in that. What a jewel. I think that if it wasn’t for Captain Lee’s strong presence on the boat, and his no nonsense approach, Leon would be screaming at the top of his lungs, just to try and make Kate cry, and the guests be damned! Another nail in the coffin was when Amy was talking about him cutting corners, and told him he could blow the guest away, and he said that yeah, he COULD, but he didn’t WANT to. His food may not be substandard, but his attitude is. Unfortunately, for Leon and Kate both, by the nature of their jobs, they have to communicate. Leon has to explain what is on the plate, but he won’t even clearly do that because he is trying to prove some fucked up point, and ignore her. I guess if he can’t scream and make her cry (which I suspect would be a cold day in hell, and he knows it) the only option left for him is to ignore her. Ego is not his amigo.
I’m not necessarily a Kate fan (she does jab too much), but I really like Captain Lee, and if he finds Leon more liable for this particular situation they all find themselves in, then I’m good with that.
So you are going to rely on Captain Lee to form your opinions? Should I assume you also thought the weave in the crotch of employees was acceptable? You thought the mocking of the guests all last season by captain Lee was acceptable? You don’t believe any of this is a storyline set out from the beginning to make way for Ben to come back, and this all makes sense to you?
Fine, it’s a storyline to bring back Ben. Whatever you say, TT.
Oh G-Snap. Don’t be like that. It’s no fun when you fold so easily. Look, I love me some Captain Lee. That doesn’t mean I blindly agree with his every thought. You seem to say that you do. I’m just saying…
A chef’s main job is behind the scenes making food the guests love. Seems to me he did that. A chief stew’s main job (beside the unskilled bed making) is to coordinate the inside crew to working like a harmonious unit, and making the guests feel like honored guests (not making fun of them) and SMILING (how hard is that, Bitchy Face?). Seems to me the chef was doing his job and Kate is way over head. What she brings to the job (cardboard teeth, origami blankets, and costumed staff is best suited for a preschool, not a prestigious yacht.
I hate women hating on other women who are strong and bitchy faced. Oh yes, Leon is a chef and can be an ass, but god forbid a woman is opinionated, then she is just a bitch. Can you not all see what you are doing?
Strong and bitchy faced? That certainly sounds like a bitch to me. Have you not watched her be bitch in her previous season? Adrienne Gang from season one was strong and good at her job without being a bitch. Of course she got let go.
What we are doing is calling a bitch a bitch. There are a plethora of bitches in the world. And she’s just your garden variety bitch. As for resting bitch face, it is much more prevalent in materialistic women like Kate who values herself on handbags and shoes (as she mentioned all last season) and whose motto is “You can’t be too rich or too thin.” These women are bitches because they are HANGRY and serving food to other people all day.
Yes, she’s a bitch, but so is Leon. I’m just saying we give men a pass for being a bitch. If you say Kate is a bitch but don’t call out Leon also, then we part ways. I will be a poopyhead.
No one is saying that Leon is mother Teresa, what I am saying is that chefs are assholes.
They are often quite undereducated and grouchy. It’s best not to provoke them in their own kitchens, bad mouth them to other staff and barely introduce their food to the clients. Kate provokes Leon just so she can go while to the Captain who she knows will always take her side. That’s not the type woman I’m interested in supporting. Any waitress on the planet worth her salt knows how to keep the kitchen happy so that her customers are treated well.
Did I ever tell you I was a chef for 13 years and while I was a bitch I was rarely an asshole. #teambonniekate
So many poopyheads, So little time.
TT, yes I agree. I worked for 8 years as a waitress and loved it. Best people to have as friends. Cooks/chefs have “personalities” that you learn to accommodate, always. They can make or break your shift.
Poopyheads, really? That’s it,
related to poop deck?
Because of the way they treated Leon and Rocky (the only reason why I watched ) and the obvious way that this show has gone to the dogs with bad editing , I will no longer watch. Kate is a dull and nasty witch and I mostly FF’d her and Amy the follower anyway.
Kate is great. She’s the best onboard. She’s focused. When you’re working on a vessel like that you need to rise above personalities and focus on the work. That’s exactly what Kate does.
Kate’s only 31??? I thought she was in her 40’s. Wow yatching can really age a person or maybe its just her personality. Lol:)
Kate is beautiful. She has transformed since the early days of Below Deck. Captain Lee appreciates having her as his Chief Steward. Her high standards are in alignment with his.
I’ll have what Jody is having. It’s a terribly difficult day in the world. I could use something to make me so out of touch with reality.
I can’t stand Kate or Captain Lee. Both so full of themselves. Lee is filthy mouthed and crude. Med captains much more professionel.
When Ashton got tangled in the stern line, the blame has to fall squarely on the captain. To throttle up before getting all clear from the crew is irresponsible and very dangerous. You can see that he changed that practice in the recent season in one of the episodes where he waits for the all clear before throttling up. When towing a tender you need to make sure the tow line is taut or tight otherwise it will damage the cleat on the tow or towed boat and or break the line. He knew it and thats why no one got scolded for that incident. As for Lee and Kate, he clearly will not criticize anything she does and she is a total bully/bitch to any crew that doesn’t totally kiss her ass. Either that or he doesn’t watch the show.