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“I had no idea what was going on, you know? I was working. I was busy doing my charter season,” he said in his chat with Bravo Insider. “It was very, very cool. Both really, really lovely girls, and it’s exciting having someone on board of that sort of status, and I had a very fabulous few days with them.”
What does Fraser Olender do for a living?
Fraser has been on the Below Deck crew since joining in Season 9 as a second stew before being promoted a season later. While viewers have seen Fraser work as a chief stew since Below Deck Season 10, he also still works in the industry when cameras aren’t rolling. “It’s been a few years where I’ve just done the show, and that’s sort of been my main thing, and this last year, when I wrapped this filming season, I took on a full-time job, and I’ve never been happier,” he said. “So, yeah, I also work on a boat with cameras not around.”
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Fraser Olender reveals what’s next for his career
Fraser’s life is devoted to his work in the yachting industry, and as he explained to Bravo Insider, that isn’t changing any time soon, noting that “I’m not done with yachting just yet.”
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Fraser Olender opens up about working on Below Deck Season 13
Fraser also spoke with Bravo Insider ahead of the premiere of Below Deck Season 13, where he revealed that he was very happy to be working this charter season in Thailand. “To be honest, Thailand was on my bucket list, and the fact that I’m here is amazing,” he said. “Southeast Asia is incredible, and I’m gonna do some exploring after this season.”
Fraser has had to deal with incredibly demanding charter guests this season with very long preference sheets, as well as the possibility of Chef Moe Vilomar quitting due to his mental load. Fraser told Bravo Insider in November that he really didn’t want Moe to quit. “I wanted him to stay and, listen, we all go through these things. I’ve been in these scenarios before where I feel very overwhelmed, and I consider the first thing to be quitting as a solution, and it’s just not,” he said. “I think that because I’ve done this so many times now, I’m able to give the perspective of, ‘You can get through this. Take it one day at a time. That’s where I was coming from.”
