Chef verify failure on clean ChefDK installation on OSX 10.9.5

output.rb

$ chef verify
Running verification for component 'berkshelf'
Running verification for component 'test-kitchen'
Running verification for component 'chef-client'
Running verification for component 'chef-dk'
Running verification for component 'chefspec'
....

/opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chefspec-4.2.0.beta.1/lib/chefspec/berkshelf.rb:4:in `rescue in <top (required)>': I could not load the 'Berkshelf' gem! You must have the gem installed (ChefSpec::Error::GemLoadError)
on your local system before you can use the berkshelf plugin.
You can install berkshelf by running:

    gem install berkshelf

or add Berkshelf to your Gemfile and run the `bundle` command to install.
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chefspec-4.2.0.beta.1/lib/chefspec/berkshelf.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
	from /private/var/folders/9r/g1wlns1j29bg0c7b_6fr7b480000gp/T/d20150106-75745-7a38qa/spec/spec_helper.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
	from /private/var/folders/9r/g1wlns1j29bg0c7b_6fr7b480000gp/T/d20150106-75745-7a38qa/spec/foo_spec.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1105:in `load'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1105:in `block in load_spec_files'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1105:in `each'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1105:in `load_spec_files'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:96:in `setup'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:84:in `run'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:69:in `run'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:37:in `invoke'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-3.1.7/exe/rspec:4:in `<top (required)>'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/bin/rspec:23:in `load'
	from /opt/chefdk/embedded/bin/rspec:23:in `<main>'


---------------------------------------------
Verification of component 'chef-dk' succeeded.
Verification of component 'berkshelf' succeeded.
Verification of component 'chef-client' succeeded.
Verification of component 'chefspec' failed.
Verification of component 'test-kitchen' succeeded.

after removing the .chefdk folder and going through the uninstall steps on the docs page, followed by reinstalling chefdk again

$ be kitchen create
-----> Starting Kitchen (v1.3.0)
-----> Creating <default-win2012-chef11-14-2>...
       Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
       The following berks command failed to execute:

           /Users/alexvinyar/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/bin/berks --version --format json

       The stdout and stderr are shown below:

           stdout:
           stderr: /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/dependency.rb:296:in `to_specs': Could not find 'berkshelf' (>= 0) among 63 total gem(s) (Gem::LoadError)
        from /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/dependency.rb:307:in `to_spec'
        from /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb:47:in `gem'
        from /Users/alexvinyar/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/bin/berks:22:in `<main>'
>>>>>> ------Exception-------
>>>>>> Class: Kitchen::ActionFailed
>>>>>> Message: Failed to complete #create action: [Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
---- Begin output of vagrant up --no-provision --provider=virtualbox ----
STDOUT: Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
STDERR: The following berks command failed to execute:

    /Users/alexvinyar/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/bin/berks --version --format json

The stdout and stderr are shown below:

    stdout:
    stderr: /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/dependency.rb:296:in `to_specs': Could not find 'berkshelf' (>= 0) among 63 total gem(s) (Gem::LoadError)
    from /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/dependency.rb:307:in `to_spec'
    from /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb:47:in `gem'
    from /Users/alexvinyar/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/bin/berks:22:in `<main>'
---- End output of vagrant up --no-provision --provider=virtualbox ----
Ran vagrant up --no-provision --provider=virtualbox returned 1]
>>>>>> ----------------------
>>>>>> Please see .kitchen/logs/kitchen.log for more details
>>>>>> Also try running `kitchen diagnose --all` for configuration

After removing vagrant plugins kitchen create and converge succeed.
However, chef verify still fails with the same error as originally.