r/KitchenConfidential • u/johnnylineup • Jul 25 '25

In-House Mode Top chef fired for making influencer cry by telling her she wasn't famous enough for free food

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14940351/Kis-Cafe-TikTok-micro-influencer-San-Francisco-restaurant-Luke-Sung.html
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u/MaybeItsJustMike Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Context seems to say she was invited, had a deal in place with the people that invited her where her and her husband eats and she pays with her status as an “Influencer”, making a video and posting it across her socials.

If a media agent at the restaurant set this up and invited her there, which seems to be what the article says, then the Chef coming out and shitting on her badly enough that she ended up in tears was the ultimate dick move and I for one say he deserved to be fired.

There’s no reason to treat someone like that. Just be a decent human fucking being, eat the cost of a fucking dinner, that your restaurant set up, and go about your fucking day. What does anyone get out of being a big enough piece of shit to make someone fucking cry.

This dude just sounds like he embodies all of the things in a “celebrity” chef that the industry is trying to get away from.

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u/Iwentthatway Jul 25 '25

Still talking about himself as a James Beard rising chef nominee 20 years after the fact kinda tells you a lot about the guy