Chace Seegmiller: Here, There and Seemingly Everywhere
Here, There and Seemingly Everywhere Chace Seegmiller gets lots of practice making schedules—as Event Coordinator at Red Cliffs, and running three businesses. “Yeah, I’m spread out quite a bit,” he acknowledges. As a 2007 graduate of the former Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Chace knows how to combine ingredients, in recipes and life. He was head protein chef at the old Salt Lick Bar-BQ at Red Rock Casino Resort Spa in Las Vegas. “I would show up at 6 a.m. all by myself, cook 5 – 600 pounds of meat, leave at 1 p.m. and go to six hours of culinary school. I did that for a year.” An externship at Dragon Ridge Country Club followed. “It’s very high-end, a PGA golf course, three kitchens. We did 1000-person weddings. It was an extensive process.” Then Chace worked as a chef for ski resorts in California, Oregon, Washington state and Utah. He also installed home security systems, which “basically funded the ability to not make as much money working at a ski resort.” He transitioned to private chef in 2014, eventually catering events for clients such as AutoCamp Zion , “where people trek all through the desert, then stop for lunch. A full dining experience, out in the middle of nowhere.” He also does restaurant consulting and teaches classes, mostly how to cook outdoors: “Open fire, Dutch ovens, grills, things like that. You understand how to develop a good experience with food in a potentially uncontrollable environment, because you’re at the mercy of the elements.” Chace is a fifth-generation resident of Southern Utah. In the late 1860s, his great-great grandfather, Charles , settled where the Red Cliffs Utah Temple is now located. “All of Little Valley was basically my family’s property,” Chace says. “There’s a historical park out there, named after my great-great grandfather’s brother, Hela.” Don’t forget Seegmiller Road in St. George and Seegmiller Mountain right over the border in Arizona, though, as Chace says, “it’s more like a hill.” In 1946, Charles died at 103 — widely recognized as the oldest man in Utah. His great-great grandson is understandably proud of his ancestry. “That’s a fun story, right?” Like a lot of natives, Chace grew up shooting on BLM land, but “any second, a dirt biker will pop up from behind a hill. It does get dangerous for anyone out there.” When COVID-19 sliced into his culinary business like a carving knife, Chace discovered Red Cliffs. To offset the lost income, he became an NRA-certified firearms instructor, opening Top Shot Dixie Academy in early 2021. He needed a range, and eventually took on more responsibilities at Red Cliffs because of the increased demand for trainers: “I developed the whole program to make sure everybody has insurance and credentials. We had to set limits so the public and members could still use the facilities. We want to make sure we have bays and benches available.” As if he’s not busy enough, Chace and Lon Davis, who also belongs to Red Cliffs, started Twisted Horn Guns & Ammo in August 2025, providing remanufactured ammo to the range, FFL services, AR custom builds and load development for precision rifles. “Lon has been reloading ammo since before I was born and he is the experienced precision shooter,” Chace says. “I’m more the marketing and sales side,” adding that he creates content for three Instagram pages, plus serving as a brand affiliate and ambassador. Chace Seegmiller likes helping people, with guns or kitchen utensils. “They see a drastic change in how they feel about shooting. You get people who just don’t want to stop. It’s like watching the kid in them come out again. You get the same feeling when you teach people how to cook. You watch their eyes widen to these new levels of possibilities they can experience in their lives.” By Kevin Foster Cox
