Inside Below Deck’s chaotic season 12 premiere as chef threatens to QUIT, crew members clash and guest luggage is lost

   

BELOW Deck got off to an chaotic start, which saw the chef threatening to quit after just one charter.

The OG series of the famous Bravo franchise returned with the season 12 premiere and brought plenty of crew drama, as well as problems for the guests.

A man in a blue polo shirt talks about yachting in the Caribbean.

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Captain Kerry has got his hands full on the new season of Below DeckCredit: Bravo/Hayu

Collage of the Below Deck Season 12 cast.

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Below Deck has returned for season 12 of the OG showCredit: Instagram/Bravo

Two Below Deck crew members in uniform having a conversation.

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The crew clashed on the first episodeCredit: Bravo/Hayu

A chef in a blue shirt stands in a messy galley kitchen, hands covering his face.

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It was all too much for the new chef onboard the superyachtCredit: Bravo/Hayu

Fans have been waiting patiently for Bravo to drop the brand new season of the original series of Below Deck.

With Captain Kerry back at the helm of the St Davis superyacht, what could possibly go wrong?

However, things went from bad to worst for the crew on their first charter, which saw the chef threatened to quit, two crew members having a face-off and the guests luggage being lost.

Here we take you though the highlights from the first episode of the brand new season of Below Deck.

CHEF THREATENS TO QUIT

At the beginning of the episode we were introduced to Chef Lawrence, who was joining the Below Deck crew for the first time.

Straight away he seemed on edge and, despite signing up for a reality show, was not happy about the cameras following him around..

However, it all came to a head when he tried to cook breakfast for the guests, and the burners on his stove weren't working.

This tipped the poor chef over the edge and, breaking the fourth wall, he addressed the Below Deck production team and said: “I feel like I’m going to have a panic attack.

"I’ve never had a panic attack before. My head is up my f***king a*****e."

It then all got too much for Chef Lawrence and he said he wanted to quit the show.

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“I can’t do another charter. I’m sorry,” he told Captain Kerry.

“I’m shaking, and I just don’t really know what to do.”

CREW CLASH

The new series saw the return of Below Deck favourite, Chef Stew Fraser.

However, he was given a completely new team of stews - with two of them already giving him a headache.

Chef in Below Deck's galley.

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Chef Lawrence broke the fourth wall to say he wanted to 'quit'Credit: Bravo/Hayu

Throughout the show's premiere, newbies Solène and Barbara could be seen clashing.

They spent the episode taking swipes at each other as they locked horns, just minutes into the first charter,

In the end, Solène snapped at her new nemesis and demanded to know what was her "problem?"

The two then continued to argue about the work that had to be done, with Barbara left fuming that Solène wasn't getting things done quick enough.

Two Below Deck crew members in uniform discussing something in a yacht's closet.

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Barbara and Solène locked horns straight awayCredit: Bravo/Hayu

Collage of Below Deck season 12: yacht bedrooms and luggage on a dock.

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In a first for Below Deck, the guests luggage got left behindCredit: Bravo/Hayu

LOST LUGGAGE

New bosun Caio made a school boy error on his first charter, which left Captain Kerry fuming.

Never in the history of the Below Deck franchise has the guests luggage been left behind - but the new bosun managed this.

Luckily for the crew, they were able to retrieve the suitcases before the guests noticed.

However, Caio still got a good telling off from Captain Kerry, which is not a good start to the charter season.

Stream episodes of Below Deck on Peacock in the US and Hayu in the UK.

Captain Kerry Titheradge on a boat.

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Will it be plain sailing from now on, on Below Deck?Credit: Getty