The Below Deck Down Under Crew Reacts to Two “Big F-ck Ups”: “I’m Getting Fired”

The Below Deck Down Under Season 4 crew was left reeling after not one, but two major mistakes involving guests during Episode 11 potentially put their tip in jeopardy. It all started when chef Ben Robinson asked chef assistant Elena “Ellie” Dubaich to throw pepper and “a little olive oil” onto the scrambled eggs before serving them to the guests during the April 13 episode. The only problem? Ellie picked up a bottle of soap instead of the bottle of oil.

“Does your egg taste weird?” Charter 5 primary guest Tyler Dyvig asked. “My eggs taste like dish soap.”

As a horrified Ben tasted the eggs for himself and realized the error, he apologized and promised, “I’m gonna fix all this.”

Chief stew Daisy Kelliher reflected on the moment during the Below Deck Down Under After Show. “I did think they were being dramatic…[but] it was so gross,” she admitted. “I thought what had happened was the dish hadn’t been washed out properly, and I thought they were being kind of a—holes…[but] it tasted like a lavender field.”

Elsewhere in the Below Deck Down Under episode, Captain Jason Chambers complained to producers, “Soap in the eggs? I’m actually quite embarrassed. We really have to make it up to them, and hopefully they can put it past them.”

But things only went downhill for the M/Y Katina crew from there, as deck/stew Mike Durrant later committed a major blunder when he spilled the beans about the primary guest’s secret to the other guests.

“Tyler’s flying in his glam technician to get him ready for a drag night on board,” Daisy had previously told her team while reading them the preference sheet. “The most important part for Tyler is that his other guests do not see his glam.”

Jason emphasized to producers, “This is a primary guest request. It’s obviously very important for him. We need to get this right.”

So when Mike later confessed to Daisy that he’d let the cat out of the bag, she scolded him, “It’s quite a big f—k up.”

Ben Robinson reacts to the “massive f–k up” of the soapy eggs
When Ben confronted Ellie about mixing up the dish soap and olive oil bottles during the April 13 episode, he called it “a massive f—k up.”

He added to producers, “In all my years of being a chef, no one has even found a hair in their food.”

What to Know About Below Deck Down Under Season 4
All aboard! Below Deck Down Under Season 4 has left the dock, with new episodes airing Mondays at 8/7c on Bravo and streaming the next day on Peacock.

Captain Jason Chambers is back at the helm, along with some very familiar faces from around the Below Deck universe, including Ben Robinson, Daisy Kelliher, and João Franco.​​​​​ They will be joined by Alesia Harris, Joe Caron, Jenna Woudberg, Mike Durrant, Eddy Hounsell, and Betul Yazici.

The crew finds itself on rocky waters, as the season kicks off with a historic crossover charter featuring The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 6 cast aboard M/Y Katina. As the yachties continue to set sail through Canouan in the Caribbean, they face crew drama, steamy hookups, and charter guest issues.

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But during the After Show, Daisy revealed why the soap was put in the same bottle as the olive oil. “In their defense, we do walk onto these boats, and they’re not organized the way we would have them organized, so we didn’t have dishwasher soap dispensers,” she explained.

Still, Ellie was fearful that there would be consequences. “Everything is kind of in slow motion right now,” she told producers during the episode. “I’m kinda thinking I’m getting fired.”

However, Ben took responsibility for the mistake and assured Ellie they were a team. “I have to kind of own it…because it’s my department,” he explained during the After Show. As far as the bottles, he shared, “I should have been a little more hardcore with like, ‘Hey, label that now.’”

Ellie appreciated how Ben handled the situation. “I think it was really big of him to be a leader in that moment, and take ownership, because it was both of our faults,” she said on the After Show. “It’s mortifying. Like, how else could you feel?”

For his part, Ben knew it wasn’t productive to stay mad at Ellie. “You can’t be upset with that. It’s not going to happen again. It’s just like, you gotta move on, you know, have a laugh about it, whatever,” he shared on the After Show.

Daisy Kelliher reacts to Mike Durrant spilling the primary guest’s secret
When Mike revealed his slip-up to Daisy, she wasn’t happy. “Genuinely, mistakes happen. What I found annoying about that situation is it’s just another example of not listening,” she shared during the After Show.

“Clearly, I wasn’t listening,” Mike admitted on the After Show as producers showed flashbacks of him being told multiple times about the guest request. “It was a mistake. I hold my hands up, and I own responsibility.”

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But Daisy disagreed with how Mike took “responsibility.” After she told him to “go and fix this” during the April 13 episode, Mike visited all of the guests and tried to convince them not to tell the primary guest that he’d spilled the secret.

“He doesn’t just go to the primary and simply say, like, ‘It was an accident. I’m sorry,’” Daisy said. “Hopefully, he reflects on it and realizes that it’s not a good trait. Like, it’s not cute, it’s not smart, it’s not funny, it’s just kind of gross.”

For Captain Jason’s part, “the only thing you can do is point it out and give him the helmet,” he said on the After Show.

New Episodes Streaming This Week on Peacock
Monday: The Real Housewives of Atlanta and The Real Housewives of Rhode Island

Tuesday: Below Deck Down Under and Top Chef

Wednesday: Summer House

Thursday: The Valley and Southern Hospitality

Friday: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Ladies of London

Don’t miss the Below Deck Down Under Season 4 midseason trailer, which reveals Captain Jason firing a crew member.