Dubai - The charismatic Turkish chef is the year's first internet star.
Published: Tue 24 Jan 2017, 2:00 PM
Updated: Tue 24 Jan 2017, 5:14 PM
- By
- Yousuf Saifuddin Kapadia
Turkish butcher and chef Nusret Gökçe has become the year's first internet sensation - for his finesse and flair in chopping meat and sprinkling salt.
The internet seems to be losing its calm over him (and his sensual videos!), some even say they are infatuated, including global celebrities.
One such celebrity - smitten by the 'sensual' chef - is Bollywood macho man Sanjay Dutt.
According to the superstar's recent Instagram posts, he visited Nusret's Steak House in Dubai's Four Seasons Resort at Jumeirah Beach, and had a fan moment with the talented chef:
Here's Sanjay 'baba' - as he is fondly called by film fraternity and fans - enjoying a steak at Nusret's eatery in Dubai.
It's noteworthy that the star had discovered the restaurant in Dubai nearly seven weeks back in 2016 - before Nusret went viral:
Earlier in January, one of his Instagram videos went viral and the father of nine became an internet star overnight, spawning hundreds of #SaltBae memes and even a line of merchandise, including mugs and t-shirts.
Even superstar singer Rihanna couldn't resist getting a 'Salt Bae' t-shirt:
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.
Nusret's Instragram following has grown from over a million followers to 2.4 million within weeks.
His videos of him chopping up steaks and ending it with his trademark 'salt sprinkle' have been garnering views in the millions, with his latest video having been watched more than 4 million times in two days!
Nusret is an owner of a small steak-house chain in Turkey. Nusret not only cooks and sells his original meat, but also carves carcasses with his own hands operating huge knives masterly, in a very elegant manner.
The chef is a true rags to riches story - according to local media reports - leaving school, because his family did not have money to pay for his education, and becoming an assistant of a butcher.
He now owns restaurants in Turkey, Dubai and Abu Dhabi and has over 400 people working for him.
Here is the handsome chef with his nine children:
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