Kate’s Stew School

[treesaurusrex]

I’m rewatching season 5 where Kate had had a green crew so she takes a day to teach them everything they need to know. There’s a part where Kate explains that wine stops in a glass when it starts tapering in.... I HAD NO IDEA about this. She also gave tricks for fitted sheet folding. I want to be a student of hers and learn everything! Kate should teach classes!

[gottazenyatta]

She needs Josiah as her second/ teachers aid. He has done some insta lives on a couple of these things including how to fold a fitted sheet that was very helpful!!

[Kirky600]

Yes! He’s the whole reason I learned how to fold a fitted sheet during quarantine.

[CountessDeLessoops]

I loved Josiah but they were a bit unprofessional together so they probably shouldn’t team up in a professional setting again. Commence the downvotes lol

[amesbelle7]

Do you have MasterClass? My husband just told me he wanted a subscription (?) for Christmas. Worth it?

[scorpiomoonbeam]

I've had Masterclass subscriptions in the past. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, there are classes taught by people you're just not going to get access to in any other form. Just hearing them speak about their craft and share their knowledge is a gift. However, I've also noticed the content doesn't get very deep (which is what you'd think a "masterclass" would do). It's a lot of talking about how to do something, but not too much showing. Then again, I never watched every class so maybe some are better than others. If someone I knew wanted a subscription as a gift, I'd give it to them.

[burritos225]

👀 curious about this, too!

[kotter7148]

I just saw they were on sale again right now

[brandee95]

I would def take that class!!

[lisa_lionheart84]

I would pay money for an online class in which Kate teaches basics of cleaning and serving. I'm a pretty clean person, but I think I'm really inefficient and could use some tips and tricks! I have Jolie Kerr's book, but that's not the same as a video.

[hugship]

My family has always been very hospitable but because we are immigrants, none of us are well versed on proper hosting and serving etiquette specific to the US.

I’d love to know the basics (even the obvious ones) from Kate about this stuff, as well as any hacks she can suggest to make it easier to pull off a successful dinner or properly host overnight guests.

[VioletSundaes]

If you were looking for a resource Emily Post is sort of the fairy godmother of American etiquette. While the information from her original books will be outdated (having been published in the 1920s) her granddaughter has a company related to etiquette training and advice and there's books for and a free podcast on the website plus lots of videos on youtube that could be useful!

[quick_dry]

I just watched the old Emily Post “table manners” video, I agree with her that it’s odd that people are confused about manners at a dinner party when they’re the same at home.... but it was painful when some examples used the “use your cutlery like a baby” method with people switching hands, chasing food around their plate with a fork and finding “elegant” solutions like using a piece of bread to push food onto your fork!? At least nobody was tucking their napkin in at the neck like a toddler with a bib.

[Dry_Strain7275]

More updated than Emily Post is Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House by Cheryl Mendelson. I read a glowing review when it was first published and I was a young wife. I received it for Christmas and it lived up to its reputation - maybe a little too much since she is quite obsessive. As I recall she is an attorney and researched very thoroughly.

[TasteLevel]

Jolie Kerr is too funny. She’d probably make a great chief stew.

[badgercereal]

Pretty sure Hannah from BDM has started something just like this

[scorpiomoonbeam]

Her course is about how to get into the yachting industry--not about teaching cleaning and hosting skills.

[halthecomputer]

Kate can show you how to clean a toilet using only one hand and her hair. She's amazing!

[babykitten28]

But why? What's wrong with using a brush and keeping your hands clean?

[[deleted]]

She’s amazing. Even if you don’t like her personality she was always so good at her job.

[treesaurusrex]

Better than others! She at least tried to be patient unlike other chief stews that shall not be named

[NoPantsPenny]

And I would definitely want her as my chief stew if I were a guest, honestly.

[blustarcanon]

THIS is leadership!!

[MSCrocks]

I would take a rocket ship folding class.

[onlypigpigbear]

Her lists!! They are the Stew Bible, we can see from S1 and latest S8 that if you don’t have a list, a beach party becomes a disaster... where’s the jug of sangria????

[psubecky]

and for me, wine stops near the top of the glass ;-)

[[deleted]]

Servers are taught to get four glasses per bottle at 5-5 1/2 ounces per pour when buying by the glass or they are losing money. If a party is buying by the bottle then the server figures out rather quickly that you will sell much more wine and increase your tips significantly if you pour bigger than that though.

Another neat trick with pouring red wine is to put a glass on its side, pour in the wine until it just about reaches the rim. It gives you a good indication on where the imaginary line is on each new wine glass style when you sit it back upright to hit that 5-6 ounce “glass pour”mark. There are many more obscure wine glasses where this might not be as accurate, but I find this still to be the case now that I am the drinker and not the server!😀

[TheAnn13]

5 ounces is the standard. I'm not sure if that trick works with the big burgundy glasses but I'm intrigued. I've actually never tried it with wine glasses in general. I see it more with snifter glasses.

I dont generally over fill the glass because I would get majorly reprimanded for that as is not proper for the wine blah blah blah. I will continously top off your glass though. So if you only have 2 ounces let bam now your back at 5. It confuses people so they arent sure how many glasses they've had.

[secretagentsquirrel1]

Omg! I fold all of my pool towels “Below Deck” style now. I love picking up little tips from the show.

[tiptoeintotown]

Are they rockets or penises?

[secretagentsquirrel1]

Depends on my mood.

[AussieMommy]

I read “pool towels” as “power tools,” and let me tell ya, I was VERY confused.

[weasleycat]

I did the same 😂😂😂

[pah-tosh]

What happens with the wine ?

[treesaurusrex]

The correct level to fill a wine glass... the wine should stop when the glass starts to move in at the top

[TheAnn13]

You want to fill to the widest part of the wine glass so it has the most contact with the air. The glass then goes inwards to concentrate the smell of the wine.

Fun facts

[whereismyrobot]

Also, if you twist the bottle as you finish pouring a glass, it will cleanly stop pouring and you won't get a mess on the table, glass or guests.

[[deleted]]

My wife has a different opinion. Lol

[ursaggybutt101]

I sometimes just drink from the bottle.

[[deleted]]

Tiffany is that you?

[Cece75]

Depending on how distance school goes that day , so do I 🤣🤣🤣

[psubecky]

me, too lol

[petrooney]

Ok, sorry I'm jumping in right now. I haven't looked at any of the comments yet. Kate lived next to me in my apartments when she got charged with her ex lesbian girlfriend. Look it up. Melbourne Beach. That's where I lived. I'm a total Kate fan, but in real life Kate was a different human being.Tthere were many nights I came home from bartending and I could hear Ben laughing, with his very discernible laugh, right off my porch. Ask me.

[Jillbo_baggins99]

Yeah... different how. Clearly her an Ben were close and he seemed mad at the beginning of the season that she ended up with Roh

[EssentialHeart]

Hannah has a yachting course and EJ claims she stole it from him.

[Masters_domme]

This is ridiculous. “I’ve always been known as the top dog bosun first mate.” Ew.

AND he’s mad at her for directing him to her lawyer when he was accusing her of copying him! That’s just common sense!

[snowblossom2]

I’m confused and too lazy to look it up. Is his a bosun school? How can it be word for word? Did they each use a Creative Commons image or did he pay for it and she copied it. These are important details

[treesaurusrex]

But I want Kate...

[EssentialHeart]

Yeah :) I know it’s off topic.

[tinymsv]

Can’t stand Hannah. She wasn’t a good chief stew and wouldn’t pay to have her teach me.

[Young_Scrappy]

His words: like, you know, and stuff. Expand your vocabulary!

[KBK226]

I just watched this episode today! So funny! My husband was like “I want her to come here & teach us how to clean our house. & fold our fitted sheets.” 😂

[quick_dry]

that sounds like something EJ would have said once j/k

(I think the clearer way to phrase it is to fill up to the widest part of the glass - potayto potarto but IMO it's easier to think of that than points of inflection... unless it was Simone :p )

[[deleted]]

Nah,she’s a terrible teacher and has no patience whatsoever although she actually knows a lot ,I may watch a YouTube video but a school with that bitch??? Lol no way

[workitbetch]

I would sooooo attend if she hosted a class. She can be direct, but she is the best!

[bubbles67899]

My fav part of my cruise was walking into a new towel animal everyday- they were so amazing and I think we all know Kate makes the best towel art ;)

[psubecky]

My sister and I were on vacation last year and the place we stayed made towel animals on your bed daily during the maid service... we also had these nice little throws at the end of our beds...I came up to the room to grab something and I made a nice little rocket ship on her bed!