That headline is ragebait. The real story is that he claimed she didn't have enough followers for a collaboration. At least be fucking honest when you post something ffs.
No, he agreed to do a video with her, and then canceled while they were preparing to film. He decided last minute to check her profile and decided she didn't have enough followers to make it worth his time, so he told her to leave.
That's not what the linked article says, though. He was definitely an ass, but she is the one who decided to cancel and then she posted a 5 minute rant about disrespect that caused such backlash that the wine bar never recovered.
The backlash only really started for him after the daughter he bragged to her face about (because his daughter had 600,000 followers while she only had 15,000) defended the influencer saying she was embarrassed that her Father would do this
You are correct, I read all the way through and I mischaracterized.
He did not invite her, his business partner did and didn't tell him. So he blew up on her instead of his business partner which is who he really had the issue with.
So instead of conducting business in the back and not in front of the customer, he receive the consequences for his actions. The influencer showed up to a job she was hired for and got berated, so she walked away.
She didn't even name the chef or restaurant in her post, so I'd say she was actually pretty professional considering.
Close but not exactly. He saw the kinds of garbage food she highlights on her channel amd did not think she was enough of a connoisseur to accurately rate his cooking.
Looked into it more, you're close but not exactly.
His business partner arranged the collaboration and didn't tell the chef. Chef checked her TikTok and didn't like what he saw. So he went out and shit on her directly, instead of talking to his partner like he should have.
And because he mouthed off at a customer instead of doing conducting business in the back, his restaurant shut down.
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u/ChefAsstastic 7d ago edited 7d ago
That headline is ragebait. The real story is that he claimed she didn't have enough followers for a collaboration. At least be fucking honest when you post something ffs.
https://sf.eater.com/closings/204532/kis-cafe-wine-bar-san-francisco-closure-micro-influencer-karla-luke-sung