Mila Kolomeitseva, Below Deck Chef, Fired for Being Awful

Posted by Lorie Orum on Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Finally convinced that Mila Kolomeitseva cannot handle the heat, the producers behind Below Deck Mediterranean have finally kicked her out of the kitchen.

Indeed, the controversial reality star has lost her job.

At the beginning of this past Monday night’s episode, captain Sandy Yawn called Kolomeitseva into the bridge for a talk.

Despite what previews in the previous days had teased — as it looked as though she might show sympathy for the chef as Kolomeitseva begged to stay on for a third charter — Yawn ultimately felt as if she she had no choice.

She fired Kolomeitseva on the spot.

“As a human being, I have all the compassion in the world,” Yawn said. “But as a captain, I have to let you go.”

Translation: Sorry, you may be a nice person. But, God, you suck as a chef!

Although Mila did try to fight for her job by stating she had worked on similar yachts, the captain wasn’t having it.

“I’m really sorry,” Sandy added.

Kolomeitseva took viewers by shock from the very beginning of her time on the charter yacht.

For example, she once licked raw steak.

For another example, she once wanted to serve guests nachos … made with jarred salsa and canned corn.

She even struggled to make pancakes from a box and served canned seafood on the second charter, which led Yawn to take the guests out for their final lunch and put third stewardess Anastasia Surmava, an experienced chef, on lead for dinner service.

The only real question after Monday’s installment was this:

What took so long for this firing to take place?!?

While the culinary professional, who claimed she was educated at Le Cordon Bleu, kept it together in front of her boss on the episode.. she grew a bit emotional in front of the Bravo cameras.

“Of course it makes me feel awful,” she said through tears. “People like me who have a big ego sometimes have to be put down to Earth a little bit, but it makes me feel like I want to work even harder.”

She added that she won’t give up cooking.

Much to the chagrin of social media users who clearly think she ought to do so.

To wit:

Despite having to work extra to cover for a lost member, the crew was glad to see Kolomeitseva off the ship.

“Don’t let the gangway hit you on the way out,” chief stew Hannah Ferrier tweeted during the episode, as you can see above.

Below Deck Mediterranean airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.

And we’re now left to wonder who will swoop in to take Kolomeitseva’s spot.

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