{"id":45324,"date":"2026-02-10T00:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=45324"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:16:39","slug":"so-how-much-culinary-experience-did-alesia-harris-really-have-before-below-deck-down-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/10\/so-how-much-culinary-experience-did-alesia-harris-really-have-before-below-deck-down-under\/","title":{"rendered":"So, how much culinary experience did Alesia Harris really have before Below Deck Down Under?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alesia Harris is back again for Below Deck Down Under, although honestly I think Chef Ben would have preferred if she hadn’t returned.<\/p>\n

During the very first episode of Below Deck Down Under, Ben called Alesia out after she somehow forgot to put any sugar in the cheesecake, which mind you only has a handful of ingredients to begin with.<\/p>\n

So, did Alesia Harris actually have any experience before Below Deck Down Under? Let’s find out!<\/p>\n

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Via Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, the short answer is nope. Alesia never went to culinary school and didn’t have any prior experience in restaurants or anything similar before joining the crew, meaning she was very literally learning as she went.<\/p>\n

It turns out that Alesia actually grew up in a nudist colony of all places, explaining a bit more background on the show.<\/p>\n

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Via Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She said: “I first got into yachting as a deck stew\/crew chef. I love food. I love the smell, I love the color, but I feel like I\u2019m starting from green.<\/p>\n

“To be honest, I\u2019m gonna wing it, but that\u2019s my lifestyle. I didn\u2019t even know where the Seychelles was. I\u2019ve been telling everyone it\u2019s near Jamaica.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alesia also has an identical twin called Lydia<\/a>, and genuinely they look like the same person. It’s truly uncanny.<\/p>\n

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She’s a bit of a mess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":45334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2214],"class_list":["post-45324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-below-deck-down-under"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/10\/so-how-much-culinary-experience-did-alesia-harris-really-have-before-below-deck-down-under\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"So, how much culinary experience did Alesia Harris really have before Below Deck Down Under?","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/10\/so-how-much-culinary-experience-did-alesia-harris-really-have-before-below-deck-down-under\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/10\/so-how-much-culinary-experience-did-alesia-harris-really-have-before-below-deck-down-under\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-02-09T151302.261-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-02-09T151302.261.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["below deck down under"],"dateCreated":"2026-02-10T00:45:26Z","datePublished":"2026-02-10T00:45:26Z","dateModified":"2026-02-10T00:45:26Z"},"rendered":"