Chef Ileisha Josephine Dell made quite the first impression on Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 4 viewers. Despite the first group of charter guests being stuck at the dock due to superyacht Parsifal III’s engine troubles, Chef Ileisha knocked it out of the park when it came to the meals she served. She saved the BDSY crew from a disastrously low tip. She served them canapes, fresh oysters with a can sav vinaigrette, lobster and shrimp ravioli, tomato puree sauce with asparagus and shaved parmesan cheese, and beef filet with roasted garlic puree. Let’s get to know more about Below Deck Sailing Yacht‘s Chef Ileisha, the culinary master from season 4.
Ileisha saying goodbye to her ex boyfriend Lloyd when he moved to the UK (Instagram).
Below Deck Sailing Yacht‘s Chef Ileisha’s Age, Birthday, Instagram, Boyfriend, Home City
Chef Ileisha with her ex boyfriend Lloyd who she rekindled her romance with just before starring on Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 4 (Bravo).
Ileisha originally grew up in the artsy bohemian town of Byron Bay, Australia. The gorgeous coastal town is well-known for attracting all types of artists and influencers that Netflix created a reality TV show called Byron Baes. In pursuit a professional career working in cuisine, Ileisha moved to Sydney, where she worked in five-star restaurants. She also graduated from Le Chef College and studied at Mullumbimby High School. Chef Ileisha’s Facebook says she currently works at Chiswick Restaurant in Woollahra, Australia.
Chef Ileisha with her ex flame Lloyd (Instagram).
The Australian said on the first episode of BDSY season 4 she just reconnected with her ex boyfriend after four years apart, “Well I’ve been single for like four years. And then like a couple weeks ago my ex boyfriend came back from England and we’ve kind of rekindled.” It turns out her boyfriend was a bloke named Lloyd Jones, who appears to have deleted his Instagram account. Dell still has lots of old pictures of the couple together. They broke up in the middle of 2018 when Lloyd decided to move to the UK for four years. It’s unclear if Ileisha and her ex boyfriend Lloyd are officially together again when she was starring on BDSY season 4, or if she was available for a boatmance. There aren’t any recent pictures of Ileisha with her ex boyfriend.
Meanwhile, she took a road trip to Joshua Tree, California, with co-star hunky deckhands Alex Propson and Chase Lemacks, alongside stewardess Mads Herrera. Ileisha’s Instagram shows she’s age 33, celebrating her birthday on May 13, which makes her zodiac sign Taurus, which explains her sensual, stubborn artistic nature. Chef Ileisha will soon turn 34 yeras-old.
BDSY‘s Ileisha’s Tattoos, Interests, Travels, Culinary Experience & Work Ethic’
Apprentice Ileisha Dell learning under the tutelage of famous Australian Chef Matt Moran (Instagram).
Chef Ileisha Dell got her start in the culinary world working in Sydney’s top kitchens as a pastry chef. She worked for world-renowned Aussie Chef Matt Moran on one of his TV shows as a prep chef. After several years in the industry, she became a yacht chef in 2014 and never looked back.
Chef Ileisha celebrating her 30th birthday on May 13, 2019 (Instagram).
“Why would I work in a restaurant when you can work in the elements,” Ileisha said about her love of cooking on superyachts.
Ileisha worked as a private chef for rich Australian families, working on a private yacht in the Mediterranean for two years for one family, and also cooking for “one of Sydney’s most famous households,” according to Bravo.
The self-described artist also has a serious case of wanderlust that working a yachtie somewhat satiates.
She’s traveled all over France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Belize, Bali, Tokyo, Hawaii, Amsterdam, Turkey, Spain, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and other countries around the globe. She’s also a certified yoga instructor and has a couple of tattoos, including an Infinite sign on her one wrist and eye tattoo on her one lower leg. Ileisha’s also close with her mom, even traveling together at some points.
Chef Ileisha on a road trip with BDSY co-stars Mads, Alex and Chase (Instagram).
Besides a passion for cooking and yoga, she also enjoys wakeboarding, surfing, film, interior design, and collecting vintage glassware. She also loves sunbathing by the beach, if IG posts are any indicator.
Chef Ileisha’s Best Food Dishes From Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 4
Reality TV star Ileisha with her ex boyfriend Lloyd (Instagram).
“I think my perfectionism definitely comes from working in the fine dining restaurants. Imagine that you spend all day making these beautiful dishes and if they’re not perfect you have to throw them out and start all over again. Doing that, day after day, year after year, it becomes your nature to want it to be perfect.”
Chef Dell definitely showed off her culinary prowess and some of her best food while working on Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 4.
The second night of the first group of charter guests Chef Ileisha cooked them a cucumber gazpacho with olive oil pears, tuna taco with parmesan crust with a honey mustard sauce, rib-eye with grilled prawns and truffle butter.
Some of Ileisha’s delicious food from Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 4 (Bravo).
Snacks for the second trip of charter guests including Primary Kim and American Idol star Justin Guarini included cucumber and salmon, as well as goat feta and watermelon. She also whipped up burned-butter scallops with shaved truffle on top. Guarini raved while eating the latter, calling it “out of this world”. For dinner with the crew and the charter guests dining together, Chef Ileisha cooked for fourteen, making homemade pasta with mussels as well as asparagus with snapper, vegan lasagna and more.
Fresh lobster about to be cooked by five-star Chef Dell (Bravo).
Chef Ileisha back in the day as a pastry chef baking wedding cakes (Instagram).
“Hard work is how you achieve great things,” Chef Dell says about her work philosophy after seventeen years of experience working in the culinary world.
Chef Ileisha’s prawn and lobster ravioli (Bravo).
On April 28 and 29, Chef Ileisha is teaming up with BDSY season 3 Chef Marcos Spaziani to cook at his LA restaurant Marlou.
