Jono gets called to the bridge and Sandy was super gentle with him.
She didn’t even address all of the issues, like I don’t know, the three terrible meals he served for breakfast, lunch AND dinner? She just mentions the cold eggs and a strong overbearing spice, which we were never clear on exactly what it was. I think in the rice it was the Cardamom.
This guy was clearly hired to get fired. Not even a formally trained chef, which I don’t think is the end of the world, but he also seems to be inexperienced at being an untrained ‘chef’ which honestly makes him a cook. A ‘cook’ does not belong on a super yacht.
These dishes he’s putting out are literally basic things a mom who likes to cook might make for her family, or would be served in a casual restaurant made by line cooks.
Guess it makes sense these guests get a discount to be filmed. It still seems like a lot of money though, to risk being served shitty food for chef drama.
A dreaded beach day is on the itinerary (dreaded for the crew.) Sandy gave Iain instructions on the picnic logistics. He was to help set up and once that was done, come back to the boat. He missed the part of ‘help set up’ as we see later. He also doesn’t want bothered with planning games. He’s under the impression Gigi is planning those.
Iain tells Gael and Joe to plan games and they will also be doing all of the set up.
Gael suggests a game and he keeps repeating “the primary will tell us.”
As I said earlier he just dumps his two deckies off with a mountain of shit that needs lugged pretty far, and says B – BYEEE. He doesn’t even care when they ask for water.
You look out for your people dude. Come ON.
Meanwhile the guests are getting antsy about leaving. Iain loafs around doing absolutely nothing.
I can’t believe how much shit Joe and Gael lugged that far by themselves. Then the fucking nitwit brings a wagon after they made 800 trips back and forth.
And where was micromanaging lurking Sandy Captain Sandy? She didn’t notice Iaian was back so soon? And ask why he wasn’t helping with the set-up?
She is doing a lot less lurking and creeping on people, I have to admit.
The guests get to the beach and they aren’t even near ready. Aesha asks Gael and Joe about games? Seriously?
Iain should have stayed and helped. I don’t know why Sandy needed him back at the anchored boat so urgently. There are no guests, he has absolutely nothing to do. This may have been contrived. We do have a TV show to do.
Despite the lack of prep, the games seem to have worked out.
And most importantly, MOST IMPORTANTLY, they do like the lunch. Although it’s hard to tell with the Gigi chick because she doesn’t, like, smile.
Iaian bringing those wagons after they lugged all of that shit like pack mules for an hour, was absolutely disgraceful. “Yeah sorry about that” is what he says to Gael.
Sorry about that? Dude. You suck.
Random thought: Does anyone else think that ‘Mustique’ is a weird name for a boat??
Jono seems to realize that the pressure is on for this dinner tonight. As we see he does not have the skills to pull it off. Experienced actual chefs do not ‘google recipes.’ They just don’t. They should be creating their own.
Sandy Captain Sandy will be joining the ladies for dinner.
Did I hear that right? As Sandy approached the table, Aesha greets her as ‘Sandy’ not ‘Captain Sandy.’ But she threw the king of all tantrums, and it actually was the deciding factor in her getting fired, when Alissa called her ‘Sandy’ in that horrible season when she was creeping. Lurking and pitting departments against each other. I’ve noticed since that season she no long constantly criticizes the stews.
Just saying.
They don’t like the gazpacho right off the bat. Gigi questions this spice that she doesn’t like that she thinks is the same one that was in rice, which was the cardamom, that he claims he didn’t use in the soup when she questions him.
He also is so unprofessional and inexperienced he admits to the guest he googled the recipe and says it was labeled as ‘a grandma’s recipe.’ No chef says that to a guest or customer, ever. EVER. Using your own family recipe, that’s fine, but not a random one you found online.
Also does he not taste his food??
So after the lackluster appetizer, the dinner looks equally so. Basic pappardelle pasta with shrimp and scallops that I can make in my sleep.
Gigi bitches again about “that spice.” What in the world could be using that’s the same thing, that hes putting in every fucking dish??
And THEN, as if this can’t get any worse, he burns what was supposed to be lava cakes. It’s very amateur to not be checking something constantly while it’s baking. Set the timer for at least five minutes less than what you think, and keep checking it. Since he’s following online recipes, the baking times are often off depending on your oven.
They look almost as bad as his poop cake. The presentation is slightly better. Slightly.
Sandy gets Gigi’s mind off of the terrible food by asking her about the Olympics. Good move, Sandy Captain Sandy.
And she’s looking for a back-up.
If he wants to work in this type of environment, he should consider at least taking some culinary courses, or something.
Gigi does crack a smile, albeit a fake forced one, at the performers. She’s trying. After another terrible meal, you can’t blame her for her annoyance.
A very lovely guest helps Aesha with her cut finger.
Ellie and Bri haggle it out over who ‘gets’ Joe. This show sometimes reminds me ‘The Bachelor’ where these girls get so focused on and obsessed with these dudes on the boats because
a) they’re bored and b) there’s no one else around. Which is exactly how ‘The Bachelor’ works. Joe seems to be flirty and giving both girls attention.
Very dramatic docking.
Gigi bitches about the food on the way out, but the tip is still decent.
As bad as all of those meals were with the exception of exactly one, she was actually pretty nice about it.
Aesha is so nice, so she tries to console Jono. He claims “everyone else said they loved it” which is not really true. I think she just hated it more than everyone else. And maybe they just didn’t want to complain since they were her guests.
It’s pretty bad when your chief stew says she’s embarrassed to serve your food, so do the math.
Jono gets summoned for yet another talking to about his food, and this is the second charter. Any bets on when he’s getting fired or any inside info?? I’ll have to look into that.
I love how they keep flashing on that scene of Aesha asking him nicely about his dish description, and he says “just read the menu honey…”
Maybe that’s when he was still in his ‘don’t ever wake the chef’ haze, and thought he was something special that he could answer the chief stew in such a condescending manner like that.
It is perfectly normal for the chef the stews to have them give an explanation of the dish, so they know what to say when they present it.
Sandy gets a little more into it with him this time, very nicely still. She’s trying to be respectful. Now if she hated him for whatever Sandy-type reason she hates people for, such as not being attractive, I can guarantee you she wouldn’t be so courteous and understanding.
She addresses the chicken, and his excuse is that was the only alternative that pleased everyone. Then his sucky presentations, and his excuse was the freezer isn’t keeping the ice cream cold enough.
I would say the reason was, oh I don’t know, I’m not a chef, but he put a scoop of ice cream on the same plate as cakes (that were burnt) two seconds after they came out of the oven. Could that be it?
As far as the chicken, in other words, he didn’t feel like making a separate dish. He could have easily made a seafood or fish dish and gave the non-seafood eater chicken. Also it just seemed like there needed to be more on the plate.
She does something that I think is a humane thing to do when you’re giving constructive criticism to an employee, she makes some positive comments.
She compliments him for “not losing his mind” in the galley. Well true, but he did get snarky with Aesha for merely asking about the dish, and refused to get out of bed to do a job he forgot to do.
While he may not be having meltdowns and hissy fits, but he’s definitely a subpar chef and acting very entitled and exhibiting primadonna behavior.
Can Sandy at some point stop with the “I give second chances” bit. Woman, we know. Congratulations. Let me get you a fucking medal.
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Okay it’s on like Donkey Kong at dinner with the girls trying to impress Joe with their flirtation skills.
Ellie in her yap, very bizarrely in my opinion, proclaims that you never go after the guy you’re ‘supervisor’ is interested in.
Pulling rank when it comes to who you’re trying to get to bone you?? Girlllll.
I know she’s second stew, and she’s giving Bri guidance, but I don’t know that she’s her supervisor.
Looks like Ellie won the so-called prize of the night.
She definitely strikes me as someone that will be happy to give up the goodies immediately.
But wait! A turn!
Bri doesn’t mince words as to her plans. So Bri’s moving in while Ellie went off to take selfies. Ya snooze ya lose!!
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