Jason Chambers Backs Daisy Kelliher on Below Deck Cookie Request
Jason Chambers backed Daisy Kelliher on below deck after the chief stew passed a peanut butter cookie request to Ben Robinson on Season 4, Episode 13. Chambers said Kelliher did exactly what she was supposed to do, turning a small service ask into the show’s latest crew dispute.
The captain also said it was not abnormal for a chief stewardess to request items for charter guests if they actually asked for them. That puts the April 27 cookie debate in a narrower frame: the argument was not about whether the guests wanted something sweet, but about who carried the request and how clearly it was passed along.
Daisy Kelliher and Joanna
On April 27, Kelliher placed peanut butter in front of primary guest Joanna at breakfast, and another charter guest asked, “Now could you take that and turn it into cookies?” Kelliher replied, “Let me go and see what we can do,” then told Robinson, “Ben, sorry to mention this — I think they really want homemade cookies. I don’t know if that’s something that’s doable?”
Robinson agreed to make the cookies, but he later questioned whether the request really came from the guests or from Kelliher. He also said charter guests are often trying to make the crew’s lives difficult, and that Kelliher seemed to be joining in the guests’ fun. For a charter yacht, that is where a simple request starts to look like a chain-of-command issue instead of a dessert order.
Ben Robinson Questions the Ask
During the After Show, Kelliher pushed back on that read. “Jason, I’m with you. I did not understand either. But this was a huge issue,” she said, adding, “No, I overheard something, [and] went and communicated it with him. I was just trying to give the guests what they wanted.”
Robinson took the opposite view. He said, “She should have said, ‘I put peanut butter down, and they said this would be better if we had cookies. Therefore, I think you should make cookies,’” and added, “She just was tricky about it.” Ellie Dubaich then narrowed the friction point further, saying the issue was Kelliher coming to them 20 minutes before guest departure. That timing, not the cookies themselves, is the part crew members are still arguing over.
Below Deck Down Under Timing
Below Deck Down Under Season 4 airs Mondays at 8/7c and streams the next day on Peacock, so the cookie dispute lands in front of viewers fast enough to keep the argument alive between episodes. The season also includes a historic crossover charter featuring The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 6 cast aboard M/Y Katina.
Chambers’ stance gives Kelliher the cleaner read here: if the guests asked for cookies, relaying the order was basic service, not sabotage. The real fault line is the 20-minute gap before departure, where a small ask collided with the crew’s deadline and turned cookiegate into a hierarchy test.
