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Stress was already abundant during a rare five-day charter on Below Deck Season 12, Episode 4, but tensions reached new heights when chef Anthony Iracane made a nearly disastrous mistake with his dinner choice for the guests.
When Fraser Olender served the guests shrimp tempura sushi during the June 23 episode, one member of the group, Marcel, asked “This isn’t shrimp, is it?” As Fraser paused, Marcel added, “I’m allergic to shellfish.”
As Marcel told another guest, “I’m trying to breathe tonight,” Fraser profusely apologized and ran back to the kitchen with the meal, muttering to himself, “F—k chef, come on!”
When he got to the galley, he pointed out to Anthony: “Chef! Shellfish allergy!”
Producers flashed back a few days to show that Anthony was present during the preference sheet meeting when “shellfish allergy” was highlighted.
“Oh, you’re right, no shrimp,” Anthony replied, but Fraser wasn’t satisfied.
“We can’t make these mistakes," Fraser stated. "Because we look stupid now."
Fraser Olender claims Anthony Iracane is repeating past mistakes
When chef Lawrence Snowden decided to quit after one charter during Season 12, Fraser recommended Anthony be hired in his place. (Captain Kerry Titheradge fired the French chef last season, after issues with his performance in the galley.)
“This is history repeating itself already,” Fraser exclaimed in his confessional after the shrimp incident. “Read the goddamn preference sheets.”
Fraser also questioned his decision to suggest the chef to Kerry.
“This cannot happen again. Because I’m not going to start worrying about the decision to bring him back this soon in,” he lamented in his confessional.
In the galley, Fraser told Anthony that “creativity comes after preferences sheets and allergies.” But Anthony was apologetic for his mistake.
“I forgot about this shellfish allergy. And that could end terribly because somebody can have a medical issue about that,” Anthony admitted. “Not reading preference sheet—it was one of the reasons why I got fired last season.”
He called the shellfish allergy this season “the first and last mistake…no more goddamn mistake[s].”
Chef Anthony Iracane panics over guest allergy mistake
The big mistake on night two of the charter was on Anthony’s mind as he prepared dinner on night three.
“So, last night, I definitely f—ked up,” he said in his confessional, and admitted he was striving for perfection. “You always [have] this little voice inside, you know? She [tells] me, ‘You’re never going to make it. You’re never going to make it. You’re a loser. You will stay a loser. Maybe you can get fired again.’”
But Anthony was determined not to let his previous failures on charter get to him. “I’m not going to let the little voice inside my head f—k me over,” he said.
Despite the chef’s nerves, the dinner went well, and Fraser was impressed. “Anthony has slayed this dinner. I’m so proud of him," he said. "That’s the chef that I know."
The primary guest agreed, and mentioned the food was “out of this world” as the guests left.
Anthony called his mother to chat at the end of the charter, and mentioned his relationship with the chief stew.
“Fraser, I forgive but I don’t forget,” Anthony told her. “It stays inside me. And when I get the opportunity to talk to him, I will.”
But Anthony wasn’t the only one making mistakes on charter. Don’t miss the ongoing mistake that had Captain Kerry “pissed off.”
