Below Deck Down Under season 2‘s episode 17 introduced four very good-looking middle-aged couples from California and fans are wondering what’s their backstory. Chef Tzarina Mace-Ralph wasn’t pleased when she found out on their preference sheet they requested she give them a show in the Japanese Teppanyaki, including onion volcanoes erupting. So, who are co-primary charter guests Andrew and Melissa Hagstrom, as well as their friends, from the final charter on BDDU season 2?
Service Stewardess Jaimee Neale didn’t make the best first impression with Co-Primary Charter Guest Melissa when she accidentally burned an iron mark on her designer dress.
Who Are Charter Guests Andrew And Melissa From Below Deck Down Under Season 2
Co-Primary Charter Guests Andrew and Melissa Hagstrom who guest starred on Below Deck Down Under season 2 (Instagram).
Captain Jason Chambers introduced Andrew Hagstrom as a cannabis entrepreneur from San Juan Capistrano, California. Andrew’s Instagram shows he lives a luxurious life style with his wife Melissa. He owns Ferraris and enjoys helicopter rides, flying on private jets and boating. The two married over ten years ago. The BDDU season 2 crew should expect some big tip money.
Andrew and Melissa started a family few years back and have to children together.
Andrew is the CEO and major shareholder of Leisure Town, a cannabis seltzer beverage company.”3 friends – a craft brewer, cannabis entrepreneur and chemist – came together to start a brand that brings the best experiential elements of alcohol and cannabis into a better-for-you sessionable seltzer,” explains Leisure Town’s website. The drink is also endorsed by DJ Diplo and Comedienne Chelsea Handler. The seltzer’s tagline is, “More hangout vibes less hangover downtime.”
The cannabis entrepreneur showing off his very expensive sportscar (Instagram).
Andrew also built Weedmaps, an app and online community “where businesses and consumers can search and discover cannabis products”. Andrew previously worked in brand web development and advertising before becoming an entrepreneur, per his LinkedIn. He attended the University of Arizona starting in 2001 where he got a Bachelor of Science.
Melissa and her girlfriends all have their Instagram accounts on private.
Melissa and Andrew’s friends Mychela and Ross who also appeared on BDDU season 2 (Instagram).
Andrew good buddy and neighbor Ross Fippinger and his wife Mychela also joined Andrew and Melissa on superyacht Northern Sun. Chief Stewardess Aesha Scott joked that the the four couples reminded her of The Stepford Wives, like they’re almost too perfect. Apparently all the couples on this charter live in the same neighborhood and do everything together. These charter guests are certainly better behaved than the all-ladies group before them headed by Zara Rowbotham and Melissa Pieroni.
