She makes dough, but she's not willing to give it away for free - much to the chagrin of one influencer.
A French bakery owner in Arizona has claimed a food influencer bullied and attempted to blackmail her by blasting the bakery on social media after it wouldn't collaborate with her.
Aurora Griffo, who posts food reviews on TikTok under the name Glamorama, slammed JL Patisserie in Scottsdale last week, posting a negative review and criticizing the quality of their pastries and coffee.
However, the bakery's CEO Jenna Leurquin, hit back in her own viral video, where she claimed the influencer had demanded free food.
'We recently had an influencer reach out to us and ask to do a collaboration, and we respectfully declined because it was not within our budget right now,' Leurquin explained in the clip, which was shared to the bakery's page.
'Then she essentially tried to blackmail us by saying if we offered the food for free, she would then write a good review about us,' the baker continued.
'I told her we'd think about it but she still came in the next day,' she said.
Leurquin explained that although the bakery had not agreed to collaborate with the influencer - whom she did not mention by name in the video - it was still 'very accommodating,' offering her extra drinks.
French bakery owner Jenna Leurquin (pictured) has claimed a food influencer bullied and attempted to blackmail her by blasting the bakery on social media after it wouldn't collaborate with her
Leurquin said she expected a negative review of the patisserie - but she does not tolerate 'lying and bullying,' which she claims Griffo did.
In Griffo's review, she claimed the bakery used 'fake a** ingredients,' referring to the bright green pistachio filling the bakery uses.
However, the baker shot back, declaring that is not the case.
'The first thing she said was that our pistachio was "so fake," when in fact, we have right here our pistachio paste that is 100 percent pistachios from Italy,' Leurquin insisted.
The baker then claimed the influencer branded it 'close to the airport bakery' in her review, insinuating it does not use real ingredients.
'All of our flours that we use in our products [all] comes in a pallet from Europe,' she said, showing off the array of flours.
Leurquin continued, explaining a lot of time and care goes into making the pastries, including the sourdough starter, which takes six months to perfect.
She then claimed the influencer had visited other local eateries and 'bullied' them in the same way.
Aurora Griffo, who posts food reviews on TikTok under the name Glamorama, slammed JL Patisserie in Scottsdale (pictured) last week, posting a negative review and criticizing the quality of their pastries and coffee
'We recently had an influencer reach out to us and ask to do a collaboration, and we respectfully declined because it was not within our budget right now,' Leurquin explained in the clip, which was shared to the bakery's page
'The problem is if the next generation is influenced by them to believe it's okay to bully and disrespect the food industry,' she warned.
'I like working with influencers, but acting like the working class is beneath you and promoting this kind of message on social media and bribing us for free stuff is not really something we can support,' Leurquin concluded her video.
However, Griffo - who has since made her Instagram private and removed the review from TikTok - hit back again, taking to social media to share her side of the story.
'Goddamn, someone finally stood up to me. I've got to say, f***ng kudos, for real. I respect that,' she began her video. 'What I don't respect are the lies.'
Griffo then insisted she 'never said' she would 'leave a good reveal for a free meal,' sharing an Instagram DM conversation between her and the bakery where she proposed the collaboration.
The messages shown read: 'When it's a collab I will still do the honest review and highlight/focus on what I enjoyed and be softer/quicker on my words with what I may not like as much.'
The influencer continued, citing the bakery's larger online following and claimed: 'If anything, you're kind of punching down.'
'Regardless, Jenna, I respect your b**ls, I do respect your talent,' she said. 'I hope both of your sides of your pillow are cold at night and I wish you nothing but the best.'
In a statement posted to TikTok on Sunday, Griffo admitted she should have been 'more thoughtful' with the wording of her review.
Leurquin shared screenshots she claims the influencer sent to the bakery via social media
She also addressed any comments that the negative review was for 'revenge' after the bakery turned down her collaboration.
'I had already planned to visit and review the bakery regardless, paid or not,' she wrote. 'But I understand with how things unfolded, it might have looked like I did it out of spite.'
However, Griffo insisted: 'That's not who I am, and that was never my intention.'
'My goal was still to give an honest review, but I see how that message, followed by a negative video, made it seem like I only wanted free food or felt entitled and that's not true.'
She added she 'truly' regrets it came across that way, before apologizing to Leurquin.
'I'm sincerely sorry for any harm my words may have caused. I respect the time, effort and heart that goes into running a small business, and I genuinely wish you nothing but success moving forward,' she continued.
Griffo added she is using the experience as an 'opportunity to grow and do better.'
Daily Mail has reached out to Griffo and Leurquin for further comment.
