Notable critics

A non-exhaustive collection of notable critics of Jack.

Groups

4chan's /ck/

The /ck/ - "Food & Cooking" board of 4chan was the earliest home of Jack trolls, with him becoming a subject of posts as early as September 2013. In October 2015, the board mobilized in trolling Jack over his appearance on the Sunday Evening Coffee podcast, where he admitted to choking his son and advocated for the genocide of Palestinians. In recent years, the board's bitter moderation team has engaged in strict censorship of Jack threads, largely fading him out of board culture.

Aunt Myrna's Parlour

Aunt Myrna's Parlour is a Discord server created by Kiwi Farms user Rod Dangerous on 28 March 2022. Originally intended as a fanclub for Pink Chicken & The Lazy Man, it has since morphed into a general Jack detractor server. As of January 2025, it has over 110 members.

Kiwi Farms

Kiwi Farms is an internet gossip forum currently managed by Joshua "Null" Moon. A thread on Jack was created on 16 October 2015, and has served as the main archive of Jack's antics since, with 3300+ pages as of January 2025.

Recurring critics

August the Duck

August the Duck, real name August Burton Bruce, is a YouTuber known for his reaction videos, gained prominence by reacting to Jack's controversial cooking content, starting with Jack’s "Wet Brine vs Dry Brine Chicken" videos.

On 12 April 2022, August announced that he would no longer react to Jack's videos, citing ethical concerns and discomfort with mocking someone who had experienced significant health issues, including multiple strokes. However, on 27 August, August returned to reacting to Jack's content. On 26 June 2023, August announced he would be ending the Jack reactions once again, due to not feeling comfortable making fun of Jack after his most recent stroke.

Dox hoax

The email August received, which was very obviously not written by Jack.

August uploaded one more Jack video on 20 February 2024, discussing Jack’s appearance on the Sunday Evening Coffee podcast. This video led to August receiving a threatening email including his personal information, which August originally pinned on Jack. Upon skepticism by viewers on Jack's involvement, August published a community post clarifying that while Jack had denied sending the email, the doxing threat appeared to come from a Jack supporter.

CinnamonToastKen

CinnamonToastKen, real name Kenneth Charles "Ken" Morrison, has reacted to several Jack videos with his friend, BuffPro.

DomReacts

DomReacts is a lesser-known reaction YouTuber who would occasionally react to Jack's gross cooking videos. While he initially just seemed to be grossed out by Jack's cooking, like everyone else, he later developed a genuine dislike for Jack after Jack tried to copyright strike Dom's videos, despite the videos being protected by fair use. Dom and his friend Hayden had tried Jack's barbeque sauce, admitting that while they dislike Jack, they did enjoy the sauce.

Down with Jack Scalfani

Down with Jack Scalfani is a discontinued WordPress blog authored by Illinois blogger Ashley Hayes (under the pen name Ashleigh Haze). The blog was "dedicated to exposing the ugly underbelly of self-proclaimed foodie and nicest guy on YouTube, Jack Scalfani", and received posts from February to May 2016.

Jack Vlogs

Jack Vlogs is an anonymous YouTube channel that would edit Jack's videos into comedic parodies. Despite slowly gaining popularity, Jack's copyright strikes eventually got the channel suspended from YouTube on 24 August 2024, over the site's "sex and nudity policy". The channel has since returned on both YouTube and Rumble.

John Mattress

John Mattress is a small YouTuber who made several edits of Jack's videos from 2016-2017, most notably shining a light on the year-old freezer-burned brisket chili. Despite making a new video in 2021, John said he would not return to regularly making Jack edits, as he hoped the original batch would make Jack "take the ribbing and criticism to heart and improve his craft", which was obviously not the reality.

Pink Chicken & The Lazy Man

Pink Chicken & The Lazy Man (PCTLM) is a podcast and YouTube channel consisting of couple Michelle (Pink Chicken) and Tom (Lazy Man) going into deep dives on Jack's content. Jack has tried to copyright strike the channel multiple times, but his attempts have all failed, due to the series falling under fair use. When asked about his opinion of PCTLM, Jack would claim that he had never heard of them, but his multiple copyright strike attempts prove that he is lying.

TheArcWielder

TheArcWielder, real name Noah Black, has reacted to many Jack videos. Noah has a degree in psychology, which has allowed him to talk more about signs of Jack's awful personality in addition to his cooking.

Total KoolAid & More

Rather than reacting to Jack's videos, Total KoolAid & More focuses more on Jack's old blogs, which shows more of what Jack is like behind the scenes.

Miscellaneous

Brian Tsao

Another professional chef like James, Brian Tsao, usually accompanied by a guest, would react to Jack's videos and comment on the more professional methods to prepare dishes.

Cr1TiKaL

Cr1TiKaL/penguinz0, real name Charles Christopher White Jr., has reacted to several Jack videos, making fun of Jack with his signature deadpan humour. He has also made fun of Jack's obsession with mayonnaise.

James Makinson

James Makinson is a professional chef from Spain. James has reacted to several of Jack's videos while giving his professional opinion on how the dishes Jack makes would traditionally be prepared.

Uncle Roger

Uncle Roger, real name Nigel Ng, is a Malaysian comedian that has reacted to multiple Jack videos, blown away with how disgusting they were.

Vincenzo's Plate

Vincenzo's Plate is a YouTube channel run by Vincenzo Prosperi, an Italian home cook who reacts to people making Italian cuisine to check its authenticity. Vincenzo has reacted to two Jack videos, appalled by how bad they were and being shocked by Jack's claims to be Italian.