Under Deck Mediterranean year 6 characteristics RI chef in the kitchen

When the new time of “Below Deck Mediterranean” premieres on Monday at 9 p.m. on Bravo, a Rhode Island born chef will be on board.

Matthew Shea will be in the kitchen area of the 180-foot mega yacht “Lady Michelle” as she cruises the Dalmatian coast of Croatia with wealthy and demanding constitution visitors.

Shea grew up in Warwick and went to Toll Gate Significant School where he took the culinary vocational program. His job has been as a personal chef cooking for what he described in his bio as “the one-percenters of the world.”

He stated he knew he preferred to be a chef by the time he was 12 many years outdated. His mother, Eileen Shea, ran the previous East West Centre of Rhode Island again in the 1980s. It was a macrobiotic cooking faculty in Providence. She nurtured his passion for cooking.

Shea’s 1st practical experience in a galley was on tour with Greenpeace. He was assistant to a classically trained French chef who became his mentor.

His bio claims that “When crossing the ocean from port to port, he realized he could pursue a profession in the yachting marketplace and carry on to cook and vacation. With superior-stop clientele this kind of as Hugh Jackman, Rupert Murdoch and far more, Matthew has cooked for an comprehensive list of the top 1-percenters of the globe.”