It’s early in the season on Below Deck Down Under and charter one is experiencing some chaos. Most notably, what’s going on in the galley. Tzarina Mace Ralph is having trouble implementing her first sous chef Anthony Bird well. And the layout of the boat is exhausting the interior team. Captain Jason Chambers is already sensing the stress.
The first morning’s breakfast was disorganized, with chief stew Lara Rigby taking orders without offering the chef’s special. Tzarina was left to make a dozen separate egg variations. The chief stew was in tears, but couldn’t wallow because there was a beach picnic to set up.
Certain situations tested Jason’s “ability to manage the crew”
Captain Jason exclusively shared his thoughts on the season thus far with Collider. Unfortunately, the gorgeous backdrop of the Seychelles can’t iron out the wrinkles within the team cohesion.
The Below Deck star was asked to sum up the season “in three words.” Captain Jason chose “lack of cohesion.” Then, he added, “Tropical. Remoteness. Lack of cohesion and growth.”
Given the challenges, the interviewer asked Jason what “keeps you coming back to the world of yachting.”
After raving about the island destination in the Indian Ocean, Jason admitted that the challenges this season were “testing of my ability to manage the crew.”
“Because they are put into these scenarios of pressure cookers, and they have to learn themselves, a lot. They have to learn of themselves throughout. And me also. And I get, at the end of it, I really get satisfaction that we get to an endpoint,” Jason shared.
The captain’s management style is to “allow people to make their mistakes and grow and learn.” He thinks that’s the best way to encourage growth in the crew.
“In just a short time frame of six weeks of filming, but a very high workload, I think back, and I just think, okay, you’re going to remember this time,” Jason continued. “And you’re going to be a better person. Or you did really well. Or you got this out of it.”
Jason promised “some really good end results” within the crew
In terms of these parameters, Jason promised a successful season though. He recalled of Season Three, viewers will see “a hell of a lot of growth from a hell of a lot of crew members.”
He concluded, “You’re going to see them come apart, and you’re going to see them try and get back together, and you’re going to see some really good end results.”
The biggest challenge, according to the Australian native was Tzarina having a “sous chef” because she “never managed someone before.”
Jason explained, “Tzarina is a great chef. She’s always trying to manage herself. You know, she really is in with herself all the time, and she doubts herself a lot, but she always puts out some great food. And now she has to manage someone else.”
Again, the layout of the boat caused additional stress for the crew. Jason described the galley as “a little dark box.” And his “biggest challenge” was to talk Tzarina back when she became stressed.
Finally, the reality TV star teased a crew “get together in the captain’s lounge” as a highlight of the season.
Catch Below Deck Down Under Mondays at 8/7c on Bravo.
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This story originally appeared on Realitytea
