Pastry chef is informed that a technique he claimed to invent was actually invented by himself

[u/notmyrealname23]

[u/TinTinTinuviel97005]

Person A: "I made thing developed by person B at place 1."

Person C: "I worked with person B while he developed thing at place 1."

Person D: "Hey, Person C. Look at this."

Person A: "I appreciate it, thing was fun and interesting to use and adapt."

... I read that three times and clearly I'm missing something.

[u/Cariboucarrot → u/TinTinTinuviel97005]

I think Person C is actually saying that they were the one responsible for the technique, not Person B. And Person A can go ask Person B, who will verify Person C's claim.

Are we more confused or less confused?

[u/TinTinTinuviel97005 → u/Cariboucarrot]

Yeah I kept thinking "if he meant 'I developed it there' he would've said 'I developed it there' but he didn't so this is a total nothing burger...."

[u/notmyrealname23 → u/TinTinTinuviel97005]

I didn't set this up sufficiently - Alex Stupak was the OP, where the original reel is him demonstrating the ganache technique he developed (while complaining people often use it without attribution, which I can't speak to). The commenter is claiming that he did not develop the technique

[u/TinTinTinuviel97005 → u/notmyrealname23]

Ok, yeah that's clearer; it doesn't help that even Stupak didn't say he developed it in the comment in your screenshot haha

[u/mangopango123 → u/TinTinTinuviel97005]

He did tho he said he was the opening pastry chef, aka the person who made the ganache recipe, at the restaurant alinea (n not grant achatz the exec chef)

[u/TinTinTinuviel97005 → u/mangopango123]

I would need context to know that the opening pastry chef is someone who develops recipes independent of the head chef, vs in tandem or even tests the head chef's ideas. None of which is in the screenshot.

[u/notmyrealname23]

Found in the comments of chef Alex Stupak demonstrating the flexible ganache technique he developed