Turkish Butcher 'Salt Bae' Has the Internet Salivating

Nusret Gokce was little known outside of Turkey until Instagram videos of him slicing and salting steak in his own unique way caught the eye of celebrities and went viral. Photo: Nusret Gokce

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[User]

What an amazing chef, I hope he doesn't do anything stupid on the world cup.

[PhunnyBeeziness]

Robert Downey Jr can play him so accurately

[arcsaber]

Early 1900s: I became famous by inventing the first powered flight machine known as the airplane
Early 2000s: I became famous by rolling salt down my elbow

[jamesryan]

Who has come here after the World Cup Final?!

[ehpa]

And this is why advanced extraterrestrial civilizations do not make themselves known to us.

[IMMERSIVEVOICE]

Who’s here after he single handedly won the world cup

[Splotched]

Can't be mad at him, be mad at the idiots who actually pay to eat his food and watch a man sprinkle salt on it.

[asprywrites]

And finally, I decided to check out why this dude is a meme.

[reneed]

That's not copying, they're recognizing his moves so peopl can remember them forever and ever

[Tha-kriminal]

Got rich from sprinkling salt. In 2121, anything is possible

[Stop-All-War]

Proves Marketing is more important than the product or performance

[carlos-ricardochambers]

Who's here after last night's SNL skit?

[camcamwatt]

If you don’t do the photo the person will curse you - Messi 2022 lol 😂

[bradholmes]

Man this guy thinks he’s the first person to salt a steak and he doesn’t even salt the thing before it goes in the grill 😂

[just_abald_guy_who_love_to]

People in 1706: "in 2020 we'll have flying cars right"
People in 2020:

[Rob]

I give the man credit. From butcher to multi restaurant owner. I enjoy his performance. I'd like to check out one of his restaurants

[MrHennerz]

I don’t like the idea of my salt falling down a guys arm before I eat it

[genekini]

Dancing with meat and with lady Gaga in his arms doing the Macarena.

[fuziontonygaming]

He seems like type of guy to trespass Fifa

[berenicechavez]

No one is complaining about him not wearing gloves to handle food and are whining about the same issue with fast food workers. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄