According to his bio on the "Below Deck: Mediterranean" website, Matthew Shea was born and raised in Rhode Island. He gained his love of cooking from his mother, who ran a macrobiotic cooking school. He knew by the time he was 12 years old he wanted to be a chef; his dream came true when he was hired as a chef's assistant on tour with Greenpeace, where he worked with a classically-trained French chef. The experience also exposed him to a career in the yachting industry. His famous clients have included Hugh Jackman and Rupert Murdoch before he landed his job as a "Below Deck" chef.
Shea is also active on Instagram and has posted photos from his time as a crew member on "Below Deck: Mediterranean," including an overnight layover in Saint Augustine, FL on June 4, indicating Shea survives the first charter.
According to The Daily Dish, the "Below Deck: Mediterranean" crew experiences "a serious crisis" in the premiere episode that will be "a shocking franchise first." Viewers will have to tune in for the Season 6 premieres June 28 to find out whether or not the crisis involves Shea.
