We are back on Below Deck with the fire alarm going off and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum trying to figure out how to put out an oven fire. Finally Eddie comes in and tells them to close the damn door. The only one standing in the kitchen at that point is Rocky. Such great blocking for this scene. He shoot a fire extinguisher in the door. Rocky immediately tries to explain that Kate put the pizza in the oven with other pans in the oven. We saw Rocky last episode take out three potatoes and three unidentifiable objects and notice the oven was a mess.
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The captain asks who was down there and Eddie says Rocky and Kate. Kate immediately denies any involvement claiming she went to fix the DVR player. It was Kate making the pizza. It was Kate who put the pizza in the oven and it was Kate who left the galley while cooking. She can’t just assume that Rocky is going to take over whatever she abandons. In her talking head, Kate says she is not taking the blame for the fire, Leon should take it.
The next day Captain Lee decides to do an incident report. Or as it should be called a pass the blame sheet. We can expect a whole lot of people saying “It wasn’t my fault!” while subtlety, or not so subtlety easing a crew member into the wood chipper. Leon arrives fresh as a daisy after sleeping through the fire alarm and the whole kitchen fire. He is furiously cleaning the kitchen though, but it’s too late. Captain Lee already white gloved the counter top the night before to collect evidence reading the grease fire. just like his script suggested.
Rocky and Leon talk about what happened. Rocky explains to Leon that Kate was making pizza and didn’t bother to pull the stored pans out of the oven. By the way, if you store pans in your oven? You’re retarded. Back when I could afford to have my house cleaned, the maids of various varieties would was pans and put them in the oven. So when I went to preheat I’d have to find places to cool the damn pans before I could put them away. #PetPeeve
Leon makes a beautiful breakfast in bed tray for the birthday boy. The birthday boy is finally going to get to dive with sharks as the weather has improved. This leaves the boat empty for Captain Lee’s interrogations of the staff.
First he calls in Kate so he can use her version as the gold standard to go by. Kate and Rocky give basically the same version. Rocky mentions that Kate left pans in the oven, but other than that what we saw seemed similar. Then Rocky decides this is a good time to tell the captain what a cunt satchel Kate is. NO! Rocky, NO! Not now! Captian Lee concludes that the fire was due to a dirty oven. Yep, that is pretty much how all oven fires start. Something falls to the bottom when food is removed and if goes unnoticed, next time, you have fire. It’s not Internet oncology.
So Captain Lee calls Leon up to the bridge. He is a bit pissy because you don’t need an incident report from a person who was asleep at the time. He’s a bit confused about why he is under interrogation. I have no idea why the Captain would ask him what stories he has heard about a fire that happened at 2 a.m. while he was off duty and sleeping. For whatever reason, Leon gives Rocky’s version of events to the captain. But he throws in that Kate was drinking. How the hell would he know that if he was sleeping? We sure didn’t see Kate drinking. Please don’t let him tell the captain that Rocky told him that. Rocky has been standing up for him! Then Captain Lee asks if he saw Kate drink last night. He says no.
Then Captain Lee wants to talk about their communication. He says the less Kate initiates conversation the better. Captain Lee says he told them to work it out and they haven’t and things cannot continue in this way. WTF does this have to do with the FIRE KATE STARTED? Leon asks the Captain what he wants to do about the situation. Captain Lee asks what Leon thinks. Leon says the captain needs to make the call and whatever he decides he will agree with. Leon has a piercing stare that seems rather aggressive even though he is sitting there half smiling at the captain. Captain Lee drops the hammer and fires him. He gets up and shakes the captain’s hand and looks at Eddie and says get Rocky to the galley. He is supposed to finish the meals for the last guests. But it looks like he is just going to grab his shit and go. Um, dude, you are anchored offshore. Are you going to steal the tender?
Leon tells Rocky he’s fired and he’s leaving and Rocky is going to do some sort of Jerry MeGuire scene with him. Doesn’t Renee Zellweger actually leave with Tom Cruise? Why don’t they show that part in the clip? Am I remembering it wrong?
Anyway, this is much less glamorous and a pussy move on Leon’s part. And Rocky is being ridiculous. Rocky is mad at Eddie for trying talk sense into her. Rocky strips to her underwear and yanks off her mike pack and dives into the water and starts swimming. I was a beautiful dive, and a strong swim, but she has no place to go and none of her belongings. This does make for some great talking heads though. I love Rocky. As she is trying to make friends with another yacht while in nothing but bra and panties, the charter guests are returning from lunch. Sadly, they saw no sharks but did get to check out some killer caves.
Captain Lee sends Amy to babysit the guests on shore with a credit card to pay for their lunch and drinks. Meanwhile, another large charter has captured Rocky and is returning her to Eros via their tender. How embarrassing. Rocky tells us that she is back for her passport and money.
Captain Lee docks the boat before the big birthday dinner. Since it is an extended check-out of sorts, they should be able to scour up some seafood on shore and perhaps Rocky will save the day? She talked to her parents who told her to suck it up. So she goes to apologize to Captain Lee. He says he is not big on apologies. He says apologies are more for the person giving the apology than the one that receives it. That’s something to think about there. I’ve never considered that perspective.
Kate orders a lava cake from shore. Eddie helps Rocky put a dinner together. Rocky puts oreos on the veggies and grenadine on the oysters. The primary went to throw up after trying the food. Raise your hands if you miss Leon yet? ! Eddie pretty much pushes Rocky aside to make steaks in an attempt to save the day.
The lava cake got knocked around in transit and is a disaster. They try to patch it up and then distract with fireworks. Then mercifully, the guests leave. Captain Lee sends everyone to bed and says they will do the tip meeting in the morning. Rocky and Kate bicker some more. Kate is such a condescending bitch.
Eddie is now trashing Rocky with Amy and everyone else. Kate wants Rocky fired and so does Eddie. What a creep Eddie turned out to be. They each got $1950 in tips. Everyone hates Rocky except Emile.
Surprise! It’s Ben! And I want his orange shoes. Who makes them? From all I have heard about Ben in real life, I just can’t look at him the same way. Kate and Ben have hooked up. I blame her for the evil in him now. It’s contagious. Kate says they should not date because they are too a like. UGH. Please don’t let them mate. Connie has heard he is really good in bed. She must have heard it from Ben. Because, British. It would be great if Rocky would screw Ben next. That would KILL Kate.
They show shots of everyone relaxing doing various things. Eddie is texting his on land girlfriend that he misses her. Oh boy. There went all his girly fans. They will switch right over to Ben, just like I hope Rocky does. Please let this happen.
Ben and Kate talk and Ben points out that Kate has to hate someone.
Next Week: It’s Cynthia and Claudia. Sadly, it looks like they are going to act a fool. Also Kate argues with the chef. Even though she sleeps with him.
Ben is a breath of fresh air after that sourpuss Leon! But ugh that he hooked up with Kate. What a player! He has her nailed saying she has to hate someone. I’m curious about the chemistry between Rocky and Ben. I think she will out crazy him and scare him straight.
I can’t even imagine what would happen on that boat if Ben hooked – up w/Rocky and one of her personalities. Kate would explode!!! Maybe that’s why they didn’t can Crazy!?
I have to respectfully disagree with you TT – Rocky is a horrible person. Kate is just trying to do her job and get out alive. This was truly a disturbing episode to watch…
LuAnne I agree with you 100%. Kate is a professional. I have lived on a yacht and you need a person like Kate with so many responsibilities. Rocky is a nightmare. She’s emotionally unstable (crazy).
I am not alone! Hallelujah! I don’t care if you are blunt, crazy, or otherwise… just do your job and if someone has to tell you something that they need for you to do (training in Rocky’s case or change in menu, communicate with someone you dislike in order to get the job done in Leon’s case.)
Bottom line is that it wasn’t Rocky or Kate that caused the fire… it was Leon’s filthy galley and he knew it. Unless soaping down the walls first thing in the AMERICAN is what you do before coffee. If leaving empty dry cookie sheets in the oven when you turn it on is a cause for immediate combustion… well then, I and several of my friendstuff would have burned down my dorm multiple times!
I agree with you as well, Rocky needs to grow up her crazy is just too much, I kind of liked her at first with the silliness but she has literally gone overboard. I guess it makes great TV though. If she ever officially is hired as a chef somewhere I hope I never end up eating there. It looks as I’m also one of the few that likes Kate, she’s there to do a job not make friends, Rocky on the other hand has made it apparent she’s trying to show off ALL her talents in hopes of getting Hollywoods attention, it hadn’t worked yet so she was ready to go, not for a minute do I believe she was so invested in Leon she was willing to give it up on his behalf, Kudos to her parents for making her stay and finish her job. Jmo
Hope everyone has a fabulous day!
Yes, I have a hard time understanding how people sympathize with Rocky. She’s incredibly immature and unprofessional. It was her decision to accept an entry level position, so she has no right to act indignant that she’s not doing something more fun and glamorous. Honestly, I was shocked when she received an equal amount of tip as the staff that constantly covers for her.
I would take crazy over bitchy any day. Rocky is a bit…or very much,off kilter but she is entertaining. Kate, on the other hand, is an angry woman who belittles her minions on the job- and also has a nasty attitude towards the guests. I would never charter the Eros ( like I can afford it) and be subjected to the harsh negative comments she makes about the PAYING customers. My mom used to tell me when I was a kid not to make faces because the look will stay on my face- well- all that negativity has left Kate with RBF.
I’m guessing you’ve never worked in the service industry? People like Rocky can often be entertaining but when you’re working side by side….no one is looking for an entertainer who can’t pull their weight! Hard working AND entertaining yes, but Rocky ain’t that!!!! Give me Kate 8 days a week!
I can’t stand Rocky either.
I am also Team Kate – but I think Rocky is very funny, crazy, but funny. Below Deck is one of my favorite Bravo shows. I am glad to see Leon go and happy to see Ben arrive. I do not want to see Ben hookup with Rocky. I love how Eddie is trying to distance himself from Rocky, he seems scared to death that the other crew members are going to find out about the hookup. I love Captain Lee, it is amusing to see all of his gold bracelets, he is such a no nonsense person, all adorned in his gold. This is a great show – IMO
I completely agree. If I paid that kind of money for a vacation on a yacht, it better be good. And Kate delivers
I am also on the ..ok with Kate train. She knows her stuff and works to get the job done and keep the guests happy. Resting bitch face aside..she’s acting professionally.
Rocky….not so much. If she focused all that energy on doing the best job that you can no matter what you’re doing (that’s a quote I heard somewhere) she’d be great. The diving of the boat thing..great tv….not a professional move.
Team Kate here. Rocky, aside from being unstable is a narcissist. Kate is runs her department like I run mine. I am not here to be your friend just do your damn job. I am so sick of Kate being thrown under the bus when Leon called Connie a carpet muncher, bragged how he likes to make girls cry, threatened Kate with the you better watch out, etc. Captain Lee heard how he spoke to her she was not a bitch. On his twitter and blog he states that he has no control over who is hired but he can fire as he sees fit because lives can be endangered. Leon was lazy and he should have been the one up making a pizza in the first place. He doesn’t have set hours.
Yes, yes he does have set hours. They all do. It was TWO AM and he was off duty.
Totally agree.
Well I’ll tell you what…if I’m paying that kind of money, if I want food, someone better get it and he’s the chef. The crew have to share responsibilities. I’d have been pissed off that Rockey got an equal share of that tip. She actually thought that she saved the day with those damned Oreos and crazy ass oysters. They should have a straight jacket for her on that boat. It’s exhausting watching her. I think she’s psycho crazy. I’d sleep with a knife in my bed because it’s crazy people like that that you have to watch. It was making me nervous to see her with that knife. I know why that guy vomitted. Rocky was licking her fingers as she prepared the guests food. #disgusting #nasty #penicillinplease #typhoidmary
Perhaps you are projecting some crazy? I think what you saw Rocky doing is called having a good time on a TV show full of overbearing people.
What about at 6:20pm ???? Is that in his set hours. Give me a brake. Seen plenty of chefs cook late night eats
I think ur comments are way off base & your the one projecting bitchy on Kate. Your reading of the situation & give the comments shows how off base you are
Have you ever watched Kate? ROFLMAO.
Totally Team Kate. Just because you don’t like a crew member, you don’t get to rewrite history and blame the wrong person. Rocky is a nightmare. I hope anyone interviewing her for a future job gets to look at some clips from this season.
Since Rocky is an actress, Below Deck will look great on her reel. Kate on the other hand, will not be working on any other charters.
The lovely Kate can work my charter…
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She has worked on many many charters!!!! Someone has a an axe to grind. You must be Leon’s or Rocky’s mom to have such an opinion of someone so great as Kate Chastaim!
Well well, well… GUESS WHO IS NOT WORKING ON CHARTERS ANYMORE. I quite enjoyed Leon and Rocky. Don’t tell Captain Lee. He might not be my friend anymore. LOL.
She may be an actress, but if they watch her tapes they will mostly see her having conversations with the ceiling 🙂
Leon’s dirty oven started the fire. He knew it too and so does Rocky. Kate does have her ways but putting up with Rocky and Leon would put anyone in a sour mood. Two self-entitled babies. Wish Captain had fired Rocky too.
What was her excuse last season when she hate Amy l?
I question the logic of some people here that clearly can’t see Kate is a problem and her job isnt exactly difficult.
Her bad attitude is due to her not being happy that things turned out as she planned.
I’m glad Leon doesn’t have to deal with the crap anymore though.
Yeah the guy that hooked up with Rocky is a jerk.
@sware84 >> 2 questions:
1. Is this your first time watching this program?
2. Are you currently or have you ever been a manager in the high-end hospitality industry?
Last year was last year. Even supervisor can learn from their mistakes. Kate has a fun and creative side to her but that is secondary to getting the job done. Would you see either Leon or Rocky in a management role?? Oh geez, no freakin way!
Thank you Claire. As some one that has worked in high end hospitality, it is so hard. You have no idea the demands that are placed on you. Do you not realize that they are on a boat, they do not get to go home. They are on call, with breaks in between. Have you not noticed the bags under Kate and Amy’s eyes. They have to serve, make beds, clean, and fetch anything the guests want. That is something that Leon and stupid Rocky don’t seem to understand.
Claire, If I said what was her excuse last season for being a b to Amy why ask me if it was my first time watching. Clearly you are a kate stan if you think she treated Amy well last season and I am a leader in my career employment and I know that Kate’s attitude is unacceptable.
The gossiping, the condescending behavior as well as the need to call people names like Bipolar.In a professional environment those actions are unacceptable.
Nice try though.
@sware84 Unfortunately, I did not realize your reference to LAST SEASON KATE until after I clicked the post comment button, hence my error. Google *mistake*…that should help.
Not sure what a *Kate stan* is but I do know exactly why she has to be the way she is, because I have her same job. The only difference is, thank God, I’m not trapped with my staff on a boat for days at a time! Kudos to you having a leader role in whatever it is you do. If you are in the high-end hospitality industry and you don’t get where Kate’s coming from, I suggest you change careers.
Exactly. It was already mentioned the kitchen was filthy. Why else would they show Captain Lee taking note of how dirty the counter was kept? Plus, you don’t get an oven fire from an empty pan. I’ve left a pan in my oven on occasion and the only thing that happened was I had an extra hot pan to remove. (Not all of us have huge kitchens with plenty of storage space!)
It was clear that was a grease fire, and not just a crumb or two had caught fire.
Kate put frozen pizzas in the oven (Leon’s job) and put popcorn in the microwave. Since Rocky couldn’t be bothered to learn her job, she couldn’t help the charter guest with the DVR and Kate had to go help the guest. She told Rocky about the pizzas and popcorn. Since Rocky keeps telling everyone that she attended culinary school, Kate made the mistake of assuming that Rocky could handle frozen pizza and popcorn.
Rocky must have watched a few seasons of Top Chef and now thinks she attended an actual culinary school!
Kate is great!!! She has a superb work ethic. Rocky is infantile and toxic for the crew.
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! Kate may be a bitch, but she does her job well. Leon was a dick, even when you do not get along with someone you work with you should always be the bigger person and do your fucking job. The kitchen was gross, he knew it and thats why he was trying to clean up the evidence. Rocky is a spoiled dramatic slut.
I do agree that Leon’s awareness of the state of the oven may be why he opted to leave so abruptly, rather than finish the charter and possibly have more questions. The chief engineer guy isn’t part of the “cast” and therefore I assume not as subject to producer suggestions, and he seemed to calmly believe it was grease buildup.
Kate is a bitch! She’s a bully who wants everything her way. It was totally her fault. She left the pizza and popcorn unattended. She’s a cunt! Have you all forgotten how she treated Amy last season.
Kate isn’t a bully. She’s a chief stew who has to put up with some really immature people. And training someone on the job that they took isn’t being bitchy, it’s called being a boss. It wasn’t the pizza or the popcorn that caused the fire, it was a dirty oven. Cleaning the kitchen is the Chef’s responsibility. And have you forgotten how Amy acted last season? Rocky and Leon both have some sort of personality disorder or are at least playing the part.
Watch your language.
Who knows what really happened, but the explanation is that Kate put the food in to cook, and left Rocky in charge of the kitchen while she helped the guests set up their movie. Now, leaving Rocky in charge of even frozen pizza is, granted, questionable, but it’s not the same thing as wandering away from a searing wok over a gas flame. It’s an oven and a microwave.
She has the guests best interest in mind this year. What? She can’t ciunt on Rocky for anything….???
Mary, I see Kate as a boss who has a staff and the required daily work load that must be done promptly and not be done in a shoddy manner.
Having a staff member that is constantly questioning her work load and causing drama would make any boss upset.
Just a thought.
Agreed lol at these Kate stans pretending as if she wasn’t immature, instigating trouble and being toxic herself.
Not a fan of rocky
I’m happy Leon doesn’t have to deal with this silliness and I loved Amy last season but she’s starting to bother me but I like her.
They need to recast if this show pulls enough ratings to come back
The only toxic people on that boat are Leon and Rocky. I wouldn’t want to work with either one of them. Poor work ethics and poor attitudes makes for a long charter season.
Another non- concierge-level hospitality employee. *sigh*
It’s policy at Bravo that one cast member be insatiably horny and that another must be bat-sh%% crazy, or like last year with beauty queen from Texas’s brother, PTSD moodiness will do. It is possible that the crazy one also be horny, but they still need a horny idiot working under Eddie. I am all for Naked and Below Deck next season. A chef addicted to one third world cut of meat is not a chef; he is a cook. Cut potatoes onto the size of gherkins, give them a French name and call it gourmet food. It was finger shaped French fries. He was incapable of making one beautiful salad or dessert. No spun sugar flamingos from this guy. Hate him, admire Kate who has seen every kind of crazy there is and is entirely guest-centered–Hide the chaos & wing it downstairs so upstairs feels like royalty & is clueless about the hatred, incompetence & insanity downstairs.
Rocky’s exodus from the boat (in bra & panties) was hysterical!
I have it figured out–they make everybody get off their meds except for the captain whose demeanor proves either that he doesn’t need them or that his dosage is working very well. Clearly Rocky has been off hers oh, major exception: New deck hand is super hard-working, not a dedicated & absolutely charming! Not a fan of unisex bunks & heads esp since it’s mostly avoidable. I have just as much aversion to manpubes as I’m sure men have to tampons or wo manpubes. Ugh.
Bad call Captain Lee. Booooo! You have lost your judgement on the high seas. I am cheering for Rocky right now. But instead of diving off the boat, Id have organized a mutiny. Boy does new chef (i forget his name) have Kate pegged! She has to hate someone and shes always on the hunt for a husband. I wonder if the worst chief stew in the history of yaughting will ever get her comuppance! Hang in there Rocky.. the captain is obvi in love with Kate but she will do herself in. Shes been lucky thus far.
Captain Lees wife should be bonking him over the head about now and filing for divorce. There’s only so much humiliation anyone can take.
Captain Lee is not in love with Kate – silly. He knows without her the interior won’t function smoothly. No employer would ever put up with Rocky’s drama queen antics. She made a fool out of herself especially crying to her parents and the swim to nowhere.
Leon is mad that he couldn’t intimidate Kate and hated he had to follow her orders when she was just relaying what the guests requested. Leon stating Kate was drinking was below the belt and to cover his lazy butt. That oven had crap all on the bottom like old baked potatoes or something.
Captain Lee’s wife may very well be bonking someone else while the Captain is away, and not over the head!
Spunky, don’t be so silly, the Captain is making a fool of himself and his behavior isn’t logical. Clearly Kate targets people and causes problems and then pouts and whines and plays the victim when anyone has the balls to stand up to her. The Captain could have put an end to all this by reigning Kate in and not letting her get away with her poisonous ways (if she can’t be controlled, then she needs to be fired). Instead, he lets her run rampant and blames everyone but her. If she is such a great manager, why is she always at odds with her staff instead of leading them and getting the best out of them? I have a large number of people working for me and if this is the way I was leading, I’d fire myself. Reality is that unless the Captain has decided to retire, he’s an idiot for either actually behaving this way and/or participating in this farce of a program. Highly successful people don’t make a habit of behaving like this and no one with good judgement is going to want this incompetent embarrassment of a person working for them. He’s the one choosing to behave this way and to publicly insist that it is reality. Any employer with good sense would now consider him a liability. As far as Kate goes, she’s just a miserable, narcissistic, delusional person who wants to be seen as more successful than she actually is. You don’t find success in life by beating other people down, you do it by inspiring and bringing out the best in others. Any successful manager knows that people are your greatest resource and managing them well is the path to success. Kate just shoots poison arrows and hopes that by knocking others down and manipulating those around her, she will look better than them, but in the end, she just reveals herself to be the problem.
Christie you speak utter and complete nonsense. And your post is SOOOOOOOOoooo long.
Bad call for what? Firing Leon, the person responsible for allowing the oven to get so filthy it caught fire? Captain Lee did what any Captain would have done on any boat. The Chef is in charge of keeping the galley clean. His negligence in keeping his work area clean lead to the fire. It did not matter if Kate, Rocky, or the guest put the pizza in, the outcome was the same. Too much grease + hot oven = fire.
Well that isnt the reason leon was fired. Captain fired leon bc he said that he and kate could not communicate and he asked them to work it out two charters ago. The captain used the fire as the reason to get leon out of there but the truth came out in their convo. He was protecting his chief stew.
Captain Lee owned his own restaurant before he was a captain. He knows what causes a fire in an oven. Its not a clean sheet pan. That oven was disgusting.
I think you are thinking of Captain D;s Vet, That’s a whole different thing.
Captain Lee ran a restaurant in the Turks and Caicos.
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no idea what “isn’t ” means
or why it is here
Well Jody, I haven’t lived with my parents since I was a teenager and I own my own successful businesses with happy, highly successful employees (my greatest resource, ahem), so I might know a little something. By the way, your “SOOOOOOOOoooo” is SOOOOOOOOoooo long. 😉 Kate is a baaaaaaaaaaad apple!
Great recap TT. Tonight’s episode has left me with one lingering thought until next week. Where in the heck are Cynthia and Claudia going to scrounge up 15 large for the crews tip? Inquiring mind, that’s all.
Karen…that has been my thought ever since I seen the girls on the preview for this season.
I wondered the same thing!
This has degenerated into pure idiocy. The Captain just keeps getting dumber by the episode and if Kate were a real person, she would be the psychopath outside the shower with the big ugly knife. Who in their right mind would hire either of these people after seeing this rubbish. The Captain has a scarlet M for moron tattooed on his forehead and Kate is that nightmare employee who infiltrates and destroys the organization from within. Pure cancer, she is. Good grief!
100% accurate.. a true cancer to that boat. The fire was a metaphor for what Kate is doing to that boat in plain sight and yet shes maneuvering around practically invisible. If she was an evil superhero, her power would be sabataging everything in plain sight of everyone and no one notices.. like a missile. Her tactics are so obvious to me, however. I cant help but wonder if I have a keen sense or if most people are sheep.
Totally agree with you. Kate is a cancer on that boat. She’s mean and a bully. She left the pizza and popcorn unattended. She’s a disgusting human being. She’s patronizing in the way that she speaks to others. She berated Leon and expected him to back down but he didn’t. He gave it right back to her which passed her off. I don’t think she’s use to people standing up to her. Leon was a great chef. Every charter guest raved about his food. The proof is in the pudding.
Why wasn’t Leon fixing snacks? Rocky was in the kitchen at the time as acting “chef.” When Rocky said she didn’t know how to work the DVR for the guests, Kate said she’d do it. Kate left the kitchen not realizing she had to take Rocky by the hand and point out the popcorn (noise is obvious) and remember pizza is in oven. Don’t get the Kate hate. She was doing Leon’s job at that point. No, she’s not warm and fuzzy but knows what needs to be done and gets it done.
It as TWO AM!!!! The chef has to sleep and cook again the next day. Amy will take morning for stews, as they take shifts. That’s why Amy and Connie and so many other people were in bed. Katie SPECIFICALLY CHANGED TO THE NIGHT SHIFT that night. Allegedly to watch over Rocky. Then she set the kitchen on fire.
No one hires these people. Kat Held has been blackballed in the industry along with Kate.
Thanks Jo Jo. I guess I can toss out that post I was working on now.
Don’t get rid of the post you are working on
Exactly which is why Kate is still going on about serving Leo Dicaprio but in the same breath acknowledges that her belongings are stored in her parents house.
This is about fame. No one looks at this show and thinks let’s hire this person for our industry UNLESS they get out soon.
the first person that kate supervised got out pretty soon.
Leon can move forward and hopefully open up a new restaurant.
Hopefully amy leaves and does something but many of them don’t and won’t have future options because a show like this is frowned upon in that industry.
Captain Lee said that he has no choice in who is hired but he can fire at his discretion. Leon said some horrible things about women while he was on board and was even nasty to Amy. He said he liked seeing girls cry, rug muncher, stupid girls, etc. He was nuts. What show are you guys watching?
I love the bonnie Kate but the best thing about Below Deck is that it’s followed by The Peoples Couch.
Tried to explain the joy that is The People’s Couch, but sounds so stupid. It must be experienced, and only if you are a TV addict who tracks pop culture. I don’t even enough mind when they cover a show in will never watch, like the Walking Dead (and tonight… discovering that the B-52s were on that NPH show? And then Apolo Ono? On Demand… here I come!
Unfortunately, The Peoples Couch isn’t On Demand. It must be popular or Bravo is trying to drum up the viewer numbers because Bravo doesn’t put shows they want to force viewers to watch, in real time, On Demand.
From the crew’s various tweets it’s come out that Leon poured a bottle of honey in Kate’s bed on the way out. What a charmer.
Lol awesome!!!
That proves what an idiot he is.
I don’t follow any of the crew on Twitter but if that’s true he should be embarrassed. No man behaves that way.
Good for him. Kate deserves it. She treated him like he was beneath her. She’s a vile, ugly human being. Bottom line the guests lovrd his food. The end.
Not true that the guests loved his food. I seem to remember someone video noting and complaints about the scallops.
If you have ever had a supervisory job you will know that you cannot be there to make friends and get the job done. I think Kate is very professional and handled Leon’s rudeness well. She ‘tried to compliment Rocky but Rocky is a supervisor’s nightmare. And she is trying to sing, strip. flirt with all males and keep her mind on a job. S`he is bizarre to me but that is just my opinion.
Karen, do you think it’s professional to downplay someone’s achievements loud enough for them to hear it. do you think it’s professional for kate to call him bipolar to his face?
These Kate stans.
Jokes on them because Kate won’t make it in the industry but now that leon’s sold his restaurant he can pursue other ventures.
The key is not to stay on this show too long because they will associate you with the trainwreck stigma.
come in and get notoriety and move on.
I feel for Amy because I think she might be stuck. She seems nice
” I am just excited for new blood” – Rocky
When did blood become the new slang for penis?
Do you guys know what the other boat was that Rocky swam to — was it perhaps the production boat for the show itself? Because you’d think it would be even more of a scandal if a crew member just climbed onto some strange boat in her underwear.
No, production lives on the same boat as the crew and guests. They are often in the way of guests and guests must work around them. They are sometimes locked in or out like on Big Brother for filming reasons.
Who feeds the crew? I know on land based productions there are caterers/craft services contractors who specialize in that.
OK, thanks! That boat’s crew, like Eros, must have been working hard to keep Rocky away from their own paying guests.
Did you notice that the crew on the other boat (Morning Star?) gave her a T-shirt to wear?
The one thing I will say is that the woman can dive and swim. Her dives are perfect.
I don’t give a shit who’s at fault for the fire but don’t you think Leon was cleaning up the fire extinguisher residue the next morning? He probably had to do that before the kitchen could be used (it looks pretty toxic).
In re: the fire extinguisher residue. That stuff is white, and doesn’t require scraping off (which is what he was doing to the bottom of the oven)
Quite frankly – I wonder if he was on something. He didn’t stir when the alarm went off. If I was chef, even if it was acceptable for me to nap/be off duty, if there was a fire I’d be up cleaning up that residue, etc.
I thought one of the captain’s rules was to not embarrass the boat? I’d imagine stripping down to your underwear and diving off the boat, leaving your crew in the middle of a charter would qualify.
And then she doesn’t apologize to the crew. I can’t stand her. She’s a narcissist who constantly needs her ego fed. And why won’t she ever make eye contact with whoever is interviewing her in the talking head?
I agree with the other commenters, Kate is just doing her job. And she does it well. Sure she’s condescending but she makes the guests happy.
What’s the gossip on Ben?
Captain Lee has been “cuntified” by FBF. I no longer have respect for Lee.
So true. He’s turned into a pussy! Maybe Kate is giving him blow jobs below deck!
So – please explain this to me – you all think that Lee should have fired Kate, and left Leon and Rocky to run things? Is that right?
That would have been interesting. Amy can smooth over a lot of things, but I think she would have been climbing her own hair to heaven to get away from that scenario.
Am I the only one who noticed that when on the phone trying to get a new chef for the boat, the Captain also mentioned he needed a new deck hand? Nothing in the previews about anyone – but I’m interested if we are going to get another surprise?? Maybe Amy’s brother?
It’s gonna be that dude from season 1. Can’t remember his name, but he was good friends with Eddie and got engaged during filming….
oh the sweet gay guy, dave????
Yes, they showed him in the “this season” highlights, so I’m assuming it’s him.
I had forgotten all about him. That would be a good add!
So, with all this production driven drivel, and assuming Leon agreed to the bitch edit, my question is why ruin your reputation for some reality show? He still has to work.
Unless all the pandering and gushing over his food was his recompense? Food didnt look all THAT, or the guests didn’t have discriminating tastes.
Definitely NOT all that! You know the super-hungry munchies you get after being in the sun & drinking all day? Exactly.
Somewhere a Carnival cruise ship is missing a line cook.
“Somewhere a Carnival cruise ship is missing a line cook.”
Okay that was funny.
*drops mic* ?
I can’t believe how many people are applauding Kate’s work ethics on here. Your kidding me right. I’m assuming those of you singing her praises watched last year when her and Kat had a fellow employee (Amy) crying because of gossiping and cruel treatment. Then one cannot forget the penis blanket on a guest bed. Luckily this guest found humor in, I would not coming from a smart mouth stew hired to serve me on a yacht. Then we have her inability to do her job this season without snide comments to the Leon and Rocky whom she has not been able to get along with this season. Your a part of the managerial staff that’s part of your job to be professional, so being a part of shoving guests extensions in your panties and laughing at the charters on national tv should be off limits. Would you really want this person training you? Making off handed comments about everything you do and making you feel uncomfortable when your trying to learn the job. Granted Rocky wasn’t putting her best foot forward. But she is very popular with the charters and a lot of fun for them. I’d have much rather had a fun girl like Rocky serving me and Kate making the beds with her attitude. For the charters it’s all about the fun experience and monotone with a bitchy resting face does not spell out fun.
I am curious as to what type of work you do/did. I know people in many lines of work, as we all do I am sure. There is not line of work when you deal with the public that to blow off steam you talk about them when no one else is around. A bartender friend of mine has some doosies, a nurse friend as well. I am a hairdresser, there are sometimes people you have to share with your fellow stylists. You never let any other public know what may have been said, I have heard it all. We hear everything, we deal with crazy, we deal with not crazy, and we deal with assholes.
Most of my career I was in restaurant management. As a member of mgmt. I felt it was important to separate myself from gossip and such with staff. Which is kinda my point with Kate she is the chief stew. Your supposed to be an example of better behavior than the inexperienced and sometimes perhaps more immature staff. I was a waitresses and bartender for my last 14 working years and even in a bit more relaxed working situation, where a lot would talk of work situations it was never in a way that a guest could be able to hear or be embarrassed by me or my coworkers actions. It’s just a show so I’m sure the shenanigans are probably for ratings.
I was in an F&B role for probably 25 years. I agree about Kate not keeping it professional last year. My take on it though is, it’s better without Kat there. Kate has done nothing but look out forthe guests this year and has been appreciative and kind (er) to Amy. Regarding Leon and Rocky? Sorry but they are bith entitled and lazy. Think about it, neither of them go above or beyond their tunnel vision of what they have to do or what tgey are told to do. Way too much slack has been carried by their team mates….
I work in a job commanding 99k per year. It’s a career job and I would not deal with a coworker like Kate that creates drama, pretends to be more important than she is and then makes snarky comments about people not being legit in their career and being bipolar to instigate fights just because they wouldn’t comply with your late attempt to try and be nicer.
The bottom line is that Kate’s behavior is not acceptable and the people that praise her “work ethic” for which Amy claims is a glorified maid…so coordinator of glorified maids is ridiculous.
Her attitude is not due to other people. She had the same attitude last season and Amy was performing well much to her dismay everytime captain would praise amy and she’d give a stoic look.
I honestly think that the people here that support kate are like her in real life and are passive aggressive, not happy and using snark and condescending behavior to feel more important because things didn’t work out according to plan. Kate’s attitude wouldn’t cut it in a business setting because it also creates a toxic environment.
That said, even though leon cooked great food his antics and the way he handled her disrespect and her mind games wouldn’t fly either. Neither would Rocky’s bs.
the only ones that would fly are Connie, Amy and possibly emile because he’s not bright but smart enough not too talk too much to expose his lack of intelligence.
Do you feel better now that you’ve told all of us passive-aggressive, snarky, condescending people your salary?
Have a seat.
Wow, you make a lot of money. Congrats.
Cheychey, thank you. Management plays such a big part in setting the tone and in how staff interacts and if the supposed leader is the bad apple in the barrel, there is no hope. How many stories are there of people engaging in sociopathic type behavior bringing whole organizations and companies to their knees. It might be fun and exciting for some people to jump on the band wagon and go along for the ride, but they change their tune when they become the target. Kate’s behavior is just ugly and painful to watch.
Kate is a professional. Everything on a yacht needs to be in perfect order. Crazies like Rocko and Leon are major problems.
Always nice to meet a fellow non-sheep. Pleased to meet you, cheychey.
As the Chief Steward, Kate is Amy and Rocky’s boss not co-worker. If you don’t like your Boss or Supervisor, you are free to find another job.
BINGO! You hit the nail on the head Sharona!!!
Hey now my job commands $99,001 ! LOL. It commands it but so far it is not paying it. True story I turned down an income of $93K tax free once. Legal and everything. Clearly, I am regretting the fuck out of that now.
No, hardly deluded. I deduced by myself that Leon has limited taste. I admit that it wasn’t kind of me to imply he worked Butlins. However, it’s true that the QE2 served mainly as a cruise ship in latter years (which I suspect were the ones Leon worked). Not to be confused with the luxury liner, the “QE1”. No matter; he just didn’t impress me, especially with the health food served to self professed ‘health nuts’. It just seemed to pass. No offense. Sorry I like Kate !
You get the QE2 replaced… oh nevermind. Liking Kate makes it clear not to attempt difficult concepts with you.
Tamara Tattles: Are you actually trying to insult me with your digs by implying I cannot grasp your high concepts? Very unprofessional and mean spirited of you to make that attack on ME. This is not about me. My opinions are as valid as yours and others. Bring on a rebuttal and say whatever you want. You want to prove me wrong about Kate? OK- bring it! Same with Leon and his QE2 tenure (which I know nothing about). To dismiss me as not able to keep up with you is sour grapes. I know little about these characters. I watch the shows but I’m not a card carrying fan. Please enlighten me!
She’s not called ‘She who must be obeyed’ for nothing.
I have to disagree with you regarding Kate and Rocky and Leon. Leon created the atmosphere where Kate could not communicate with him (yes I know she made the original snarky comment about him being a cruise chef, not a yacht chef, but she tried repeatedly to move past that and he repeatedly interrupted her or just dismissed her altogether). So the stews could not talk to Leon, probably felt like they couldn’t wake him to make the late night snacks. You saw how he reacted to being asked to make brownies and quesadillas. And, by the way, what kind of gourmet chef has a frozen pizza in his kitchen? Anyway, he continues this animosity and makes it impossible to communicate so Kate just does it herself. He is 100% responsible for the cleanliness of his kitchen and oven. As for Kate leaving the galley while cooking. She left to set up the DVR because Rocky asked her to and Rocky was well aware that there was popcorn and pizza cooking. She said as much to the captain. But it doesn’t really matter, the fire was caused by the dirty oven. Leon’s responsibility. End of story.
And I don’t think Kate us being unreasonable with Rocky. Rocky doesn’t like the job. She doesn’t like being told what to do. She said she wanted Kate to give her a list and she’d do it but when Amy tried to give her a list, Rocky just rolled her eyes and acted like a baby. Rocky sucks at this and she aligned herself with the other person who also doesn’t get it, Leon. Leon doesn’t understand that they have to cater to the guests every whim. Leon said Kate is just out to make herself look good. Wrong, Kate wants to make them all look good in order to get a good tip. Kate sees the big picture.
Well said.
Rocky was busy buttering the banana with peanut butter and flirting with the guest.
So happy to see Leon leave. Leon and Rocky have been a buzz kill for me this season. I like the lighthearted banter with Amy, Eddie, etc. Last season, when Kat was drunk and acting crazy, it was ruining my fun in watching the show. This year, Rocky’s staring at the ceiling while ranting makes me think I am watching a “tween” tv show. I don’t watch this show to see bitching and bickering, if I wanted that shit, I would call my Dad.
Rocky is a spoiled child and attention seeker. She thinks she is the best at everything. Her comments are obnoxious no one I talk to can stand her
It amazes me how comments differ so much per Rocky. To me, she is that coworker that fools around, is noisy and silly, can’t work in a time crunch so everyone else has to do her work for her and never thinks she does anything wrong. Her parents should have told her to suck it up when she was a kid.
Finally a someone with some common sense commenting. I agree with you completely.
BINGO!
She doesn’t understand work. She left a mess and didn’t do the morning set up so she could dance with the guests, then go in the laundry room with Eddie.
Ben and Rocky would be epic!!! LOL!!
I have alot of respect for Kate. She may be reserved and condescending, but she takes alot of pride in her work and goes above and beyond to make the guests happy. Although I’d love to taste Leon’s beef cheeks, the fact that he resented the guests special requests says alot about him. It’s a service industry. The guests should be the ones coddled and indulged, not the staff. If I paid a huge amount of money for a charter, plus a generous tip, I’d be pissed if my protein shakes weren’t ordered and if my requested theme meals weren’t taken seriously. Leon’s a better fit for a cruise ship where you don’t have to be flexible. And Rocky may be a fun girl to hang out with and great for reality tv, but she’s a nightmare in that environment.
If Leon left the oven so dirty that it caught on fire, then wasn’t it very convenient that Kate was using it when it happened? What a good way to get ride of a Chef that the guests love. BTW, don’t you usually check the oven before turning it on? If not, don’t you at least notice other pans in the oven when you put your food in?
It’s not that big of a deal to leave clean, empty pans in an oven. It’s the same principal as leaving the unused oven racks in.
The pans were clean but hid the bottom of oven which was dirty with black blobs. That’s what started the fire. Noticed Leon feverishly cleaning and scraping oven bottom the next day while looking around to make sure no one noticed. If Kate did calculate this, good for her. Leon and Rocky want to make their own rules.
Just don’t see the sexual appeal of Ben. He’s a goof and a flirt but hot in bed .. maybe he’s adventurous and that seems hot?
And the Capt did say “he was making a deal with a devil he knows, instead of keeping the devil he doesn’t.” That sounds like he’s pretty clear on what drama Kate creates and is why he chose her over Leon. But then, that’s what the script called for, right?
I enjoyed this episode. I don’t know if it’s editing but Rocky doesn’t seem to work that often.
Kate is agreeable if you do your job but if not then she can be a bitch. Kate does make the guests experience on board her priority and does work that needs to be done.
Rocky diving off the yacht was hilarious.
TT, I agree, her dive was gold medal worthy.
Imagining the faces of the other ships crew finding a almost naked woman in the sea had to be priceless. Then the ship to ship phone call, awesome.
Wish those two events were captured on camera.
What a backwards recap? Kate has to be a bitch most of the time with who she’s been given to work with. Leon was at fault for the fire and clearly didn’t care but had to make up the bs about Kate drinking? I mean….come on. What show were you watching? And Rocky? Yeah, she is a loose canon! Total whack job.
what was her excuse last season?
tamara is just smart enough not to feed into the bs. Kat e is a btch because she’s a btch not because of other people. Amy wasn’t a btch when she was dealing with nonsense.
Buy a vowel.
Too bad Rocky can’t cook like she swims. Oysters and Grenedine? If you like raw oysters, raw oysters alone are perfection with the classic garnishes. Serve classic, simple food like caesar salad, the filets mignons, shrimp scampi, and a gooey dessert with lots of liquor and a fancy fruit and cheese plate.
Yes, Fivecats, exactly. I was retching looking at that “New York inspired” veggie plate/salad/whatever that was supposed to be. Little wonder that the guest puked it right up; I would’ve too. Actually, I wouldn’t have touched it in the first place!
Stick to luxurious and simple. The crew could have done shrimp caesars and those guests would have been happy. I would love to see Rocky try out for top chef and see the look on Tom’s face when he tried those oysters and have Anthony Bourdain as a guest judge.
My Top Chef dream episode!!! LoL
FiveCats … Yum, what time is dinner?
I will bring the wine, ok?
Hungarian goulash and spaeztle tonight with green salad. Red or white.
My head was spinning after that episode. Leon, Kate and Rocky were out of control. It was kind of amazing to see that they could still carry on and give the guests a good time with all that drama. But I still would rather watch them then listen to those HW anymore. LOL. Loved seeing Ben again. I am curious as to what the charter guests think when they see the episodes. I know one or two came back but I wonder if they ever get backlash from the guests after they hear some of the comments etc.
Forget about Kate, Leon and Rocky. What about Eddie being a complete asshole? He gains our sympathy cuz his girlfriend cheated on him, then bangs Rocky to feed his bruised ege, then starts ignoring her and badmouthing her to the crew when he realizes she’s crazy, and is seen calling ex-girlfriend to say he misses her? I do not see future capatain material here.
Can’t really blame him from backing away from the crazy but here’s the thing……guys ‘know’ a chick is crazy bit the want to bang it anyway..then they play the..chick s crazy card. Really? Like you didn’t already know that but let the little head make your decisions. Duh?
This. Its funny how people are excusing this.
It’s of a typical high school kid.
Yet he’s certainly in his 20s/30s.
What was with the crushed Oreo cookies that rocky sprinkled over those veggies??
That plate was looking impressive at least to me, then the
Oreo thing…..
seemed like sabotage to me. Like she was so angry over Leon leaving that she was
going to screw the whole crew (literally AND figuratively) out of their tip.
Shooting her own damn self in the foot. Also, that laugh of hers would make me want to choke
the living shit out of her with a dirty sock. It’s too put on.
Uh oh. I’ve done gone and shared my opinion.
Shields up! :^)
@khaleesi LOL The burning Rocky question is WTF is she looking up at during each & every talking-head?!
The source of the voices in her head?
ROFL ? *Internet oncology*!!!
You can be a fucking 5-Star Michelin chef but if you’re a total asshole who has a chip on his shoulder the size of Canada who refuses to communicate with his main work partner it’s never gonna work out.
Well if things were ” rocky” before let’s see how they get if Rocky sets her sights on Ben. Kate and her are really gonna go at it. I can’t see Ben being one to turn her down if she offers herself up to him. With Eddie pissed at Rocky now and cooling it off with her she may think Ben would be some kind of revenge thing for Kate and Eddie. Not that Eddie would really care.
@Cheychey Totes agree! You know Rocky has to be at the center of some guys universe at all times. Gross.
Also, nice to meet you fellow hospitality insider! ?
TEAM KATE: she could do ANYTHING! run a studio, edit a magazine. she is focused
; no nonsense. Rocky needs to adjust her meds. She wouldn’t last in the satellite of any VIP. She’s boring so needy and self involved. The histrionics and telephoning her parents forgodssake…It’s as if they are talking her down from jumping off of a ledge (or plank)
Oh good gravy – I like Kate over Rocky and Leon, but even I wouldn’t go that far!
I stand by what I say about Kate and Rocky. Kate got it down re Leon: he works cruise ships and Butlins. His work looks good and he has talent but no where near to work this crowd. Note the “health” food. I’d be livid if I was offered fish and shellfish as my healthy options and protein ‘ensure’ style shakes
. Re. the fire. All are to blame. Leon should take responsibility for his area.
The QE2 was hardly your basic “cruise ship.” You are deluded by Kate.
The filthy oven is why there was a fire ! I thought Leon was the chef why wasn’t he cooking a frozen pizza ? He is do lazy and nasty , then to find out he poured honey on Kate’s bed , it shows he is a dick !
This is the dumbest blog I have ever read. Rocky sucks. Leon sucks. Emile sucks. Connie is ok. Kate is tough, but professional. And finally, this blog sucks!
Nubuzz: Yay, Yay thrice Yay…I concur!!
Absolutely, leaving a penis blanket on a client’s bed, sabotaging the work place environment and putting your employer’s business at risk to satisfy your own personal agenda is definitely professional behavior. Employers do search social media when hiring (I know I have the people who hire for me do it as well as doing so myself when I get a feeling it might be necessary). Anyone searching for info on old Kate will run like bloody heck. Most intelligent people, especially those hoping for some type of professional career now realize that the way they present themselves publicly does come back to bite them and they have the good sense not to shoot themselves in the foot by engaging in this type of behavior. Truth is, Kate probably just can’t help herself, nature of the beast. She doesn’t have the level of self awareness or intelligence required to see that hating on people for the sheer joy of doing it, creating enemies one after another and burning her bridges behind her will have consequences. She was a big psycho in a small pond, now she’s a big psycho in a bigger pond and there are more people who will see her for what she really is. Her behavior does hurt people and the older she gets, the less forgiving people are going to be, that’s just the way it works (and should).
I have hired hundreds in this industry and I whole-heartedly disagree with you.
WhatsIn AName, what exactly is it you disagree with? Do you think an intelligent employer wants an employee who can’t be trusted not to stir it up, who treats the people she works with with blatant disrespect and targets people mercilessly because she gets off on it. Very bad business. Me thinks you might be totally full of it. 🙂
Well alrighty then? I wasn’t a fan of Kates last year because I thought she got way too involved in the gossip with Kat and therefore wasn’t professional with Amy. Before the season ended she did apologize and seemed to realize her mistake. The penis towel thing? Yeah, a huge risk!!! but it all worked out great and she is not only highly regarded by that charter guest, he’s friends with her. He said in his own words, it was hilarious. If he thought it was funny, why would YOU make a big deal out of it….a year later?
This year, she’s been nothing but focused and professional. Sure, has she given up some jabs to Leon? Ah, hell yes! And deservedly so. A guy who brags about making girls cry? How many times did she try and speak to him respectfully and he dismissed her? He wasn’t creative and he absolutely created a hostile work environment and thought he was going to break her up until the second he lied about her drinking. He admitted he DIDN’T see her drink and he was getting his beauty rest so it was an obvious revenge thing. Correct me if I’m wrong but the only conversation he ever initiated with her (on camera), he ranted about how much he hated her, correct?
And Rocky? She would be fantastic if she could balance some work ethic with that crazy personality but even sweet, I don’t want conflict so I’ll carry you, Amy is fed up!!!! That girl needs her ego stroked more than she needs a paycheck. It’s disruptive and when you have a skeleton crew already, you need a team that can wear different hats at different times. Rocky can’t fill any of those shoes!!!! Without having her hand held.
Kate has a BRF. Kate is witty. Kate can be a smartass and sarcastic (mostly at the appropriate times). Kate is strong and neither Rocky or Leon broke her when there was work to be done and guests to cater to. Kate is confident, something both Leon and Rocky lack. Kate will put someone in their place to get the job done right. Kate thrives on getting through issues without allowing it to affect the charter guests. Kate is a bitch when it’s needed and I would not only hire her, I would work along side her in a heartbeat. It would be smoother than working next to a few of these other immature yahoos!!!
WhatsIn AName, Kate has not been professional, she has not managed the people around her well and she has stirred it up for her own nasty reasons at the expense of others. Kate is being judged and will be judged by the sum total of her behavior which over time has been far more destructive than positive. She repeatedly and consistently has problems (of her own making) with people. You can yammer on making excuses for her unacceptable behavior all you want, but she’s still doing others damage (I’m sure she couldn’t care less about that) and herself damage (she should be smart enough to care about that) and given a choice between hiring someone with a good reputation and someone who is clearly a liability, anyone with good sense will steer clear of her. So what if she got lucky and the guy she childishly targeted with the penis blanket decided to take it with a sense of humor, it was still stupid, unprofessional behavior and overall she’s a bad risk. The truth is, she got lucky that he decided to take it that way and it could easily have gone the other way and probably would have if it weren’t a television program instead of a real life situation. There are enough legitimate problems in business without knowingly hiring yourself some new ones. I don’t need to compare Kate to other people on this show to know she’s missing a few essential pieces. As far as offering a fake apology as a means of serving herself and trying to make herself look good after she has already caused the damage, useless and irrelevant. The only place that will do her any good is with people who are hell bent on ignoring the reality of her behavior and taking her side no matter how out of line she is. Lucky her, some people who would never hire her anyway are getting off on her destructive behavior. Try building a career on that. Would I hire Rocky as a stew on my boat? No, of course not, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like her. Rocky isn’t there to be a stew, she’s there to be Rocky and she does that very well. Leon may have said a few twitty things and might have been a bit blunt and lacking in sensitivity, but he didn’t go about targeting people in a mean spirited way or looking for trouble. The problems between Leon and Kate were a result of her relentlessly targeting him and no employer who wants a productive workplace (and a lack of legal ramifications) would tolerate that.
Okay, okay. We will not be agreeing on this. I canlive with that but I can’t read anymore aboutcit. You lost me some where around Kate has too many issues with too many people. Of course! Lazy people don’t lije people like Kate. She will continue to have those same issues when she has to work with lazy people. She handles it pretty well. Not threatening like Leon and we certainly won’t see her strip down to her g-string and jump ship swimming to points unknown. Lol. Thanks for the giggles!
Sorry tamratattles but your assessment is so far off base. I don’t care how much fun Rocky ‘could be’, she has to balance it with doing the freakin’ job. Your defense of Leon, he was in bed…..he was off duty…..in that position, you’re off duty when you galley is CLEAN and ready for the next meal OR, the guests don’t require your services anymore. His kitchen was filthy (I’d fire any Chef that left the oven like WE SAW ON CAMERA) andtge guests were hungry. Kitchen doesn’t close at 10:00 there!
To the last few posts begun by CHRISTIE: This is getting redundant. I’m on Team Kate and you want to smear Kate. No need to get sarcastic about how a penis on the bed is so professional. We all get it. (even though it actually was appreciated by the client, lol). Some people actually do hire bitches above crazies. I know I would. Leon was not even bitchy or crazy, just stubborn. I’d still hire Kate. You wouldn’t. OK? I can’t help answer these as this comes directly to my email page; I must amend this.
Sorry for your suffering. 😉 Just delete them then (or don’t have them sent to your email), the way this is set up, I can only answer the new comment made to me by replying to the original comment. Unless you have an answer to that little problem, nothing I can do about it, it just appears to be the way it works. I’m wide open to a better way of doing it if there is one. I’m trapped in bed recovering again, so I have to fill the time somehow or go crazy. Too zonked on painkillers to make work related decisions. Sorry, Tamara is a bit addictive and this is the only television I’ve watched in years. Not that I’m actually watching it anymore, just letting Tamara narrate it for me.
Hi Christie: I’m trying to not answer. I’m sorry you’re laid up in bed. I do honestly appreciate your passion; just on the wrong team. I think people appreciate Kate because she’s logical and she has improved from last season. Not a lot of fans were hers last year when she pulled the penis stunt, but her other good qualities outweighed the bad and she has overly redeemed herself this year. Are you sure you’re not holding a grudge? She IS the most rational and in control. She has composure. Feel better.
Wait… YOU DON’T WATCH? I love TT, but she is hardly unbiased, especially about Leon.
Do a marathon, and come back to us.
Hi Dee, well try harder if you don’t want me to reply because I have time on my hands and I’m not trying to not reply. 🙂 No I’m not holding a grudge, in fact I watched the first few episodes with high hopes and even said I was happy Kate was presenting herself better. I was all set to enjoy things and quite forgiving, but then it happened, she just couldn’t stop herself and the bullets flew. I was very sad to see this happen. The truth is, I just don’t like her and I certainly don’t trust her. Yes, I do look at this from an employer’s point of view and it makes me cringe. It’s all so unnecessary. I would never treat my employees like this or talk to them with the level of disrespect that she does (or any disrespect for that matter). If any employer/manager has a work environment this toxic and doesn’t do what it takes to put an end to it (little long being the one to create it), they deserve the trouble they get. You just don’t treat people like that. If you can’t manage the situation without being abusive, then you are mismanaging. All Kate really needed to do was manage the situation better, instead she turned it into a power struggle so she could win. I do feel better, by the way, but the pain killers will wear off eventually. That’s what you meant right? 😉
So disagree with you, Christie – it was Leon who made it a power struggle, and he lost. As for Rocky – she was the subordinate. Kate has the power because she IS THE BOSS.
She even tried to accomodate both and sent in Amy to do some of the communicating, and both Leon and Rocky were asshats to AMY.
AMY!
That was when I was convinced it is more a problem with Leon and Rocky, and not with Kate. B/c of her no nonsense behavior combined with a dry sense of humor and a bitchy resting face, she makes an easy target for them to try to reflect their issues and weaknesses on to her.
KATE IS WOMDERFUL!!! She does a great job. She’s inspiring!!! She’s overcome a lot and I admire her for that.
I’m another #TeamKate Like all of us, she has things she can work on (Ben was pretty good at pointing them out, actually, but in a kind way) She at least was also pulling her weight (unlike Adrienne, if Kate sees that her stews can’t finish, she actually steps in and works with them. I like that)
Speaking of penises, In terms of talking harshly to each other – Leon and Kate were both guilty of that (when Leon would speak… damn the silent treatment is so juvenile). So why does Leon get a pass, and not Kate? Is it because he was in possession of a penis? If he is so proud of himself for making women who work for him cry, why does he favor Rocky over Kate, considering Rocky would say Kate is why she sobs so hysterically?
Women are expected to worry about not offending anyone, not being blunt, and must be thought of as “nice” or “sweet”. There is nothing wrong with being nice or sweet, but in the work place blunt and straightforward and a hard taskmaster are considered good things when you are a man, but subconsciously, not when you are a woman.
Read Jennifer Lawrence’s awesome letter about not getting the same pay as her fellow stars in a movie – even though she’s starred in more blockbusters and was the one with the Oscar. It is pretty insightful.
Ultimately, Leon was the more unprofessional one. If you have such high standards that you would not pick Kate, why on earth would you support Rocky and Leon then? Rocky LEFT HER JOB. If they were on land – there was no way they would have taken her back. Leon’s lack of professionalism caused a fire, which could have hurt or killed people, and burned the boat down (including killed himself, since he didn’t wake up during the alarm. If that wasn’t just part of the “script”, my mother thinks he was on something)
christie: Ok, don’t hire kate. Please! I doubt you’ll change any minds. Bitches are excused.
Yes, bitches are excused by you, as is evidenced by the fact that you make excuses for Kate. 🙂 You’re being a little mean to me though. 😉