Salt Bae has a chain of luxury steak houses named Nusr-Et in Turkey, Greece, the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. He opened his first restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey.
The address of his first Nusr-Et restaurant is Cevdet Pasa Cad. Manolya Sok. No:244/1 Bebek, Istanbul Türkiye. Nusret Gökçe popularly known as Salt Bae is a Kurdish butcher, chef, food entertainer, and restaurateur. Gökçe attained fame after his method of preparing and seasoning meat became a viral internet meme back in 2017.
How did Nusret Gökçe become Salt Bae?
Salt Bae was born to a Kurdish family in Paşalıa which is a village located in the Şenkaya district of Erzurum Province. His father was a mineworker and used to earn not very well. Due to the family's bad financial conditions, Gökçe was forced to leave school in the sixth grade and begin working as a butcher's apprentice in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul. As he grew, Gökçe roamed several countries where he worked in local restaurants for free just to gain experience as a cook and a restaurateur.
After gaining much experience, he returned back to Turkey and opened his first restaurant 'Nusr-Et' in Istanbul in 2010. His restaurant did gain some traction in the start but Gökçe and his restaurant propelled to fame in January 2017 when a video of him uniquely seasoning the meat with salt became highly viral on the internet. In just a matter of a day, his video began making rounds on the internet and people began making memes of him "suavely" cutting meat and sprinkling salt. His video also made it to Twitter and the video was viewed 10 million times on Instagram. This is how Nusret Gökçe was dubbed 'Salt Bae' for his unique way of dropping salt on the dish.
What happened after Nusret Gökçe became famous?
After his video went viral and received loads of love from the netizens, Nusret Gökçe aka Salt Bae's restaurant 'Nusr-Et' witnessed heavy customers visiting. The game allowed him to open a total of 13 restaurants within the year, expanding into America and Greece.
Now Gökçe has branches of his restaurant 'Nusr-Et' in Ankara, Bodrum, Marmaris, Istanbul, Dubai, Anu Dhabi, Doha, Jeddah, Miami, New York, Mykonos, Boston, Dallas, Beverly Hills, and London.
What is Salt Bae's net worth?
According to various websites, Salt Bae has a staggering net worth of $50 million to $70 million as of 2022. Many reviews and food critics have claimed that the food in Nusr-et is highly overpriced.
FAQs
Q. How old is Nusret Gökçe?
A. Kurdish butcher and chef, Nusret Gökçe was born on August 9, 1983, making him 39 years old currently.
Q. What does Salt Bae mean?
A. The word bae works as an acronym or a shortened version of the words 'babe' or 'before anyone else". The name Salt Bae could mean 'Salt before anyone else'.
Q. What is the name of Nusret Gökçe's restaurant?
A. The name of Nusret Gökçe's restaurant is 'Nusr-Et'. The beginning of his restaurant's name comes from his own name and the 'Et' means meat in Turkish.
