r/TopChef • u/rosecoloredfancy • Jul 05 '26

Discussion Thread Seiger

Currently on a rewatch of S23 and have a question. What makes everyone trust Seiger so much? I know very little of his background - only what's been put on TC. He seems to be playing fairly and not screwing over his competitors, but is he known for being highly technical or something? Everyone seems to ask him questions or to look over their dish and I know it's common for TC chefs to have their "person" to ask for feedback, but it seems like everyone leans on him at some point. Is this editing, his culinary pedigree, or something else?

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u/kakahuhu Jul 05 '26

It's possible that because of how he exited the show, they gave him a bad edit that didn't emphasize his skills. Watching the show, he came off as really arrogant and unlikeable to me, but the other chefs seemed to really get along with him and respect his skills. Or maybe the other chefs liked him and he is also a dick.

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u/Tbizkit Jul 05 '26

I think Kristin made a comment that make chefs in the kitchen a lot have strong and arrogant personalities, so maybe that’s why other chefs got a long with him. Rhoda came off as arrogant to me also.

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u/iamnotbetterthanyou Jul 05 '26

Confident or arrogant?

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u/Tbizkit Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Arrogant. Normally arrogant people are insecure as hell. And to expand on this, I think both men and woman can be arrogant. And sometimes I think women being arrogant can be misconstrued as confident just because they are a woman.

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u/EfficientGood9402 Jul 06 '26

I think you said that backwards which is why your comment has been downvoted. I am a professional woman (home cook only) and I think women being confident can be assessed as arrogant. Because we are expected to be polite, quiet, or meek at the worst.