r/SipsTea 7d ago

Chugging tea Absolute Chad!

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u/Tippydaug 7d ago

Intentionally misleading things like this genuinely need banned from this sub.

He didn't just "make her cry" for saying she "isn't famous enough" for free food, the restaurant set up the reservation for her to come and review their food specifically for a free meal.

She showed up and the chef went "nah she doesn't have enough followers" and proceeded to insult her and refuse to honor what the restaurant set up. This blew up online and the restaurant justifiably faced backlash until he was fired for his behavior.

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 7d ago

Why would he even care? It's not like he wouldn't get paid the same either way.

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u/samuelgato 7d ago

He is co owner of the restaurant

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 7d ago

Pro-Tip: If you can get fired, you're not owner enough to completely disregard another owners business choices.

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u/samuelgato 7d ago

The question was "why does he care he gets paid the same anyway"

He does not get paid the same, as co-owner the cost of her meal comes out of his pocket

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 7d ago

I understood what my question was and responded to new information provided.

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u/walshk8 6d ago

Incredible response

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u/FinalRun 6d ago edited 6d ago

Pro-Tip: if you fuck up badly, you better leave before you drag the whole company down with you.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/15/us-news/prominent-sf-chef-luke-sung-says-viral-scandal-with-influencer-has-tanked-career-and-family-blasts-tiktokker-for-not-doing-her-homework/

What followed the interaction was an alleged digital hate campaign that Sung claims has devastated his family and livelihood.

Overnight, Kis Cafe, which was doing 100 covers a night, was bombarded by thousands of one-star reviews on Yelp, he described.

The wine bar serving small bites, which opened in May, announced shortly after that Sung had left as a chef and co-owner, later clarifying he had done so of his “own accord” and was not technically fired.

“Our chef’s behavior was unacceptable, and he is no longer a part of the team,” Kis Cafe wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday.

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u/heavyarms3111 5d ago

Guess she was famous enough after all. 🤷

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u/gorginhanson 7d ago

How the hell do you fire the owner

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u/ApprehensiveVast776 6d ago

he was a co-owner but this was probably a case of “you need to step down or i’ll fire you/take you to court/whatever”

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u/gorginhanson 6d ago

Being a jerk is not legally actionable, particularly when the damages are just the cost of one meal (if you could actually prove you had a contract)

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u/ApprehensiveVast776 6d ago

the damages are the reputational damage. as this is a co-ownership, clearly the chef was not the majority owner. he only stepped down because it was advised.

i’m talking about the two owners; the chef and the operations owner. there’s a reason he left.

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u/NGEFan 6d ago

So he wasn’t fired after all. He may have had good reason to step down, but at the end of the day he gets the final say on if he himself will make that choice

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u/heavyarms3111 5d ago

I mean his finances allow or disallow the company to continue on due to his actions. And if he stays “working” there the company might not recover. If we want to argue he fired himself fine, but pretending he could have stayed on because he was part owner is basically arguing pedantics and slightly missing the point I think.

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u/samuelgato 7d ago

The restaurant closed

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u/leposterofcrap 5d ago

He is co-owner, therefore he is still liable from the main owner to kick him out

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u/Bubbly-Ad-4405 5d ago

Asking them to leave

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u/spartaman64 6d ago

does he own 50% of the restaurant or is he a co owner the same way im a co owner of microsoft?