Chef Jono Sheds New Light on His Dessert Conflict with Aesha: “Really, Girl?”
Aesha wasn't pleased with Chef Jono's most recent dessert display — get all the details on the Below Deck Mediterranean After Show.
On the latest episode of Below Deck Mediterranean, Chef Johnathan Shillingford decided to dish up classic chocolate chippers (fancy ones with special accoutrements, but that's not the point) on top of cake to celebrate some guests' milestone anniversary. While ultimately sweet, there was a problem: the clients' preference sheets listed soufflés, crème brûlées, and the like for their desserts — not cookies.
During the episode — that would be Season 9, Episode 13, which aired Monday, August 26 — Aesha Scott took the guests' side and showed serious distaste for the dessert du jour ... a take her coworker didn't necessarily appreciate.
Jono revealed as much on the Below Deck Mediterranean After Show. In the clip above, he shares what he wishes he had said to Aesha regarding the matter, explaining, "I've thought about this so much, because I was really hurt ... Usually when you're a crew, you stick with the crew. You don't say 'I agree with the guests.'"
Jono added he was taken aback that instead of simply clearing the plate and getting rid of the leftovers like she usually would, Aesha placed them in front of him.
"Really, girl? Why are you trying to attack me? I don't know who told her I was a bad bitch, but I'm a big softie. That hurt," he said.
Aesha Scott shares new details about her cookie drama with Chef Jono
Aesha, on the other hand, argued that she simply didn't find a cookie with cake fitting for a "high-end dessert." While Jono pointed out that it also came with a homemade ice cream and a homemade caramel, that didn't change her mind.
As she put it on the After Show, "What was even more disturbing was when I came back to the galley and I took it back to him. I was like, 'But it's a cookie on their anniversary.' And he said, 'But it's delicious.'"
Ultimately, though, Aesha noted that disagreements between stews and chefs are a tale as old as time.
"I think in yachting the most sensitive thing is always the relationship between the stews and the chef. As soon as you become chief stew, it's like it all changes and you're the one who the daggers are pointed towards," she said. "When I was first faced with that, I was so flabbergasted."
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