Chop chop! Suave Turkish chef and Dubai restaurant owner goes viral as #Saltbae

Published January 15th, 2017 - 10:05 GMT
The internet is now heavily seasoned with hilarious memes featured the infamous #Saltbae. (Twiitter)
The internet is now heavily seasoned with hilarious memes featured the infamous #Saltbae. (Twiitter)

Butcher and chef Nusret Gokce is sending social media into a frenzy with the way he chops meat, stripping it off the last scrap of flesh with absolute finesse. Internet seems to be losing its calm over him (and his sensual videos!), some even say they are infatuated.

Gokce is the owner of a well-known restaurant chain from Turkey, called Nusr-Et Steak House, with an outlet in Dubai's Four Seasons Resort at Jumeirah Beach.

A photograph of him sprinkling salt on a piece of meat has even been tweeted by American singer Bruno Mars earning him the nickname 'Salt Bae'. The image posted on January 9, got re-tweeted more than 32,000 times and was liked by more than 72,000 people in just five days.

He is no less popular on Instagram -- 1.5 million followers is no joke! His latest video of him stripping a steak has been watched more than 4 million times in a week. "That's how I'm going to season my omelette from now on," wrote a stunned Instagram user.

By Nilanjana Gupta

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