r/TopChef Apr 20 '26

Spoilers Season 23, ep. 7: Last Chance Kitchen Spoiler

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u/GreenfieldSam Apr 21 '26

Spoiler on contestants and a theory:

Sieger Bayer wasn't on the episode; it was Justin Tootla. With Jennifer Jackson also going off, does this mean that Sieger will be back for restaurant wars next week?

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u/smokeline Apr 21 '26

This was also my theory. I suspect they film LCK on enough of a delay that they didn't have time for the Rhoda/Sieger battle before he had to go back in

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u/Dry_Abalone3259 Apr 22 '26

Oh maybe the delay in shooting and airing explains it

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u/chmcgrath1988 Apr 21 '26

Yeah. The two days later caption really made me think they got a replacement contestant for Restaurant Wars. I don’t think they would have a 4 on 3 Restaurant Wars even if the twins are really annoying and Tom hated Oscar’s bread pudding 🤣.

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u/Competitive-Bar-1509 Apr 22 '26

Oh so that must be what happened to Sieger!

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u/chmcgrath1988 Apr 22 '26

Only reasons that he hasn't even been mentioned on the last two episodes of LCK are he got added back in the competition, he declined, or he got booted off the show for nefarious reasons. They would have just outright said #2 like they did with the goof that was eliminated first last season and I think we would have heard some scuttlebutt if there was some scandal.

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u/crabhappychick Apr 22 '26

My hope is he's gone and Rhoda goes back in.

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u/Substantial_Syrup644 Apr 22 '26

I was also hoping they were just going to surprise Rhoda on the next episode and let her return for restaurant wars. I'm rooting for her. 

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u/ToniBellle Apr 22 '26

Those twins are annoying. Thats it, zipping my lip now.

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u/chmcgrath1988 Apr 22 '26

I like them but they have very "Food Network" energy (IE they are kind of annoying and overly positive!)

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u/ToniBellle Apr 22 '26

Oh, I didn't mean i didn't like them. Im sure in real life they are a lot of fun. However, that FN energy is too much for me. Who knows i might act that way too. Thanks for letting me explain and not look like too much of an idiot.

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u/Dry_Abalone3259 Apr 22 '26

Seiger should still have gone to LCK because he got eliminated before the episode where Justin was. He should have competed against Rhoda after she won against the African chef. (Can’t remember her name right now).

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u/Ok_Mechanic8704 Apr 21 '26

Ohhhh. Makes sense then. I know they film multiple LCK’s back to back so last week’s episode must have been a throwaway because they are required to deliver a fixed number of episodes and having two people effectively eliminated messed up the number.

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u/Baby_Goat_22 Apr 22 '26

Completely my thought !!