Chef at Hayes Valley Restaurants Targeted By Social Media Mob Says Influencer Warned of 'Consequences'

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/12/chef-at-hayes-valley-restaurants-targeted-by-social-media-mob-says-influencer-warned-of-consequences/Luke Sung, a longtime chef and restaurateur in San Francisco, became the target of an angry mob on TikTok who led a review-bombing of one of his new ventures in Hayes Valley after he insulted one micro-influencer. He's now speaking out. It seemed like a fairly toxic situation from the beginning when we heard about TikTok personality Karla Marcotte and the uproar she caused after a tearful video in which she talked about being turned away from a Hayes Valley restaurant she had intended to "collab" with — all because, ostensibly, she didn't have enough followers and the chef disrespected her. That uproar led to the newly ope