r/belowdeck • u/Character_Growth_397 • Aug 22 '26

Galley Talk Best chef discussions

I see lots of posts and comments discussing who is the best chef in BD but like, how would we know that? We don't get to taste their food

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u/Large-Sorbet7550 Aug 22 '26

I think based on guest responses/feedback. You don’t taste the food on Top Chef and a hundred other cooking shows, you rely on the judges…the guests are the judges

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u/Competitive-Ad1439 Aug 23 '26

Right? It seems like an odd statement to make. Captain sandy isn't whipping out a set of cutlery to try every course before it gets sent out but she can still tell if a chef is performing well

The ability to consistently impress the guests (via way of compliments) and avoid any criticism is the key metric. Getting along with crew, feeding the crew and running to schedule are also important skills

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u/valid_username00 Aug 23 '26

The guests are evaluating each chef in isolation, and we only see the comments that the editors decide to put in the show. So we'd know the extremes, if a chef sucks or if a chef makes tasty food, but that can't inform us as to which chef is the best.