After ending his engagement prior to Below Deck Down Under Season 4, chef Ben Robinson was unsure if he was ready to get back on the horse. “After such a grave breakup, I have entered this season wanting all avoidance of romance,” he told producers during the March 16 episode, before joking, “You know that’s going to be difficult for me, being a romantic at heart.”
However, after meeting second stew Jenna Woudberg, Ben was charmed. “Flirting with people is great, and I think she’s a breath of fresh air,” he said of Jenna on the Below Deck Down Under After Show, calling her “mature beyond her years.”
“She’s smart and easy to talk to,” before calling their flirtation “refreshing” and “a good break.”
During the crew night out in Below Deck Down Under Episode 7, Ben and Jenna got closer than ever.
“You’re so sweet, you know that?” Ben told Jenna as they sat together at the table. After taking her picture, he commented, “You’re so beautiful right now.”
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“Jenna and I do have chemistry, for sure,” Ben said in a confessional, as cameras showed the pair on the dancefloor. “It’s actually quite refreshing to feel valued by the opposite sex. I’m just getting my mojo back, baby,” he told producers with a smile.
Jenna and Ben previously got cozy over a glass of wine in the galley during the Feb. 16 episode, and Jenna admitted she enjoyed his company.
“I feel like everybody doesn’t understand him, maybe,” Jenna told producers during the episode. “And he’s actually a good person. You just need to filter through all the layers.”
Ben Robinson opens up about his previous breakup and current new relationship
ICYMI, Ben previously opened up about the end of his engagement to Kiara Cabral, detailing that the break-up happened just before he boarded M/Y Katina for Below Deck Down Under Season 4.
“Fairly recently, I broke up with my fiancée, having spent $50,000 on a wedding I didn’t attend,” he told producers during the season premiere.
In Episode 3, he tearfully shared: “I was meant to get married last year. And I caught her—she had been seeing one of my friends for a very long time.”
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Since then, Ben has moved on. When he appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, on March 2, he revealed he has a new girlfriend. “I have found a better half, and I’m very happy right now,” he shared, though he held back further details.
Ben previously joked with After Show producers that he’d date, “Anything that moves, really. Anything with long hair.”
“Ben’s type is young, blonde, and lost,” his good friend and former Below Deck coworker Kate Chastain quipped during the After Show.
Don’t miss Ben revealing a major misconception charter guests have about what really goes on in the galley.
