‘Below Deck Down Under’s Anthony Bird Only Has Himself to Blame for Being Fired

Yes, Cheffy should have utilized Anthony better. Yes, Anthony should have disclosed his frustration in a productive manner. But when you openly look for a job and jump ship, Captain Jason Chambers was left with no other decision than to fire him on the spot. There was great potential for the young Brit, but his pride prevented him from growing.

The Galley Was Heating Up

Cleaning on day one was the start of the tension. They truly never had a chance to learn about one another. Discover their strengths and weaknesses. There was no time for the small talk that would lead to a promising working relationship. With guards up, any task Chef Tzarina gave Anthony was a bridge too far. She gave him the opportunity to go out on the beach with the guests. He was excited about it, but when she was working on menus and relegated him to putting provisions away, he aggressively asked for help. We know in the past on Below Deck, the chef tends to be alone in their world. It wasn't the most outlandish of asks, but his tone, paired with her animosity toward him, made the situation fraught with tension. She barked orders. He didn't want to hear them. In the end, they were not going to find a happy medium and have a healthy working relationship. In this high-pressure universe, it would have been a liability.

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Anthony Bird Could Have Been a Star

With five years of experience, Sous Chef Anthony could easily have been invited onto a charter season as the head chef. But that's not what he was hired to do. Has the Sous Chef experiment officially been broken now? Hiring a Sous Chef for the first time in franchise history was certainly exciting. But was Anthony set up for failure? The series has made a spectacle of making an example of individuals we knew weren’t long for hire. Was Anthony another one of those victims of circumstance? At the end of the day, Anthony did himself in, but he might have been set up for failure. Below Deck was not ready to have a Sous Chef. At least not without warning. In the future, they could be, just maybe with a better-suited combo of individuals.