below deck

Ben has had a turbulent return to Below Deck, to put it mildly. A franchise legend, the chef built his reputation on being often annoying but always charming. Toward the end of this week’s episode, Daisy calls him out on his tendency to make up for volatility with charm. Daisy and Ben, two people who clearly love each other and also clearly cannot stand one another, have a siblinglike dynamic, one that Ben knows well from years of working with fellow franchise legend Kate Chastain. In fact, Kate is on Ben’s mind this week. She was an under-communicator, whereas Daisy is an over-communicator, t