Turkish butcher, chef, food entertainer and restaurateur, Nusret Gökçe, also known as Salt Bae was born on August 9th, 1983 in Erzurum in Turkey.

He was born to Faik Gökçe and Fatma Gökçe. Salt Bae shares the same parents with his three siblings; his two brothers;  Erman Gökçe, Uğur Gökçe and his sister, Özgür Gökçe.

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His father worked in the mines and due to the financi8al constraints in his family, Salt Bae was forced to abandon his education at the sixth grade when he was about eleven or twelve years of age.

He left school and started working as a butcher apprentice in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul in Turkey.

Salt Bae net worth

Salt Bae has his net worth estimated to be about $75 million.

Salt Bae age

Salt Bae was born on August 9th, 1983, hence he is currently 39 years of age.

Salt Bae education

Salt Bae was forced to quit school at the age of 11 years due to the financial constraints on his family. He left school at the sixth grade.

Salt Bae career

Between 2007 and 2010, Salt Bae traveled to a number of nations, including Argentina and the United States, where he gained expertise as a cook and a restaurateur by working for bono at local restaurants. In 2010, following his return to Turkey, Salt Bae built his first restaurant, and in 2014, he opened a second one in Dubai.

He gained greater notoriety as Salt Bae in January 2017 as a result of a number of popular Internet memes and films that depict him “suavely” slicing meat and sprinkling salt, including “Ottoman Steak,” which was shared on the Twitter account of his business.

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He earned the nickname “Salt Bae” for his unusual method of salting food, dropping it from his fingertips to his forearm and then onto the dish after the Instagram post received 10 million views. As a result of the post’s viral exposure, Salt Bae fame has significantly increased, and he has worked with numerous international politicians and celebrities.

Despite their widespread fame, his New York City restaurant received mostly unfavorable early expert evaluations in 2018. Steve Cuozzo of the New York Post referred to the establishment as “Public Rip-off No. 1,” and Joshua David Stein of GQ criticized the bland steak and the overdone hamburgers.

In December 2017, Salt Bae came under fire for a 2016 photo in which he imitated the attitude of former Cuban President Fidel Castro while posing in front of it. Tnu Teniková, a Czech internet celebrity, suffered 35% whole body surface area burns as a result of a disastrous fire performance in the Nusr-Et restaurant in Istanbul in September 2018.

Other visitors also experienced less severe body burns. The Miami city council and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio both condemned Salt Bae in the same month after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro dined at one of his restaurants in Istanbul.

Four of Salt Bae’s former workers accused him of taking a cut of their tips in November 2019. They claimed that when they sought to inquire about the tips at his New York restaurant, they were fired. Up until Salt Bae made a settlement with his former employees and paid them $230,000, a trial was scheduled to look into the matter.

Several days after it opened, his restaurant in Boston received a closure order from public health regulators in late September 2020 owing to violations of COVID-19 safety regulations. In early October 2020, it reopened.

In October 2021, Salt Bae was the subject of media attention in the UK because of a £37,000 lunch bill at one of his restaurants there.

In December 2022, during the Argentina vs. France 2022 FIFA World Cup Final, Salt Bae once again came under fire online because he joined the Argentine players on the pitch following the game and handled the trophy, a gesture usually reserved for champions and leaders of state.

Salt Bae parent

Salt Bae was born to Faik Gökçe and Fatma Gökçe.

Salt Bae siblings

Salt Bae has three siblings; two brothers;  Erman Gökçe, Uğur Gökçe and his sister, Özgür Gökçe.

Salt Bae wife

Salt Bae is mostly surrounded by female diners, however, it is unclear as to whether he is married or not and he has kept that section of his life away from the spotlight.

Salt Bae children

According to numerous tabloids, Salt Bae has no children and even if he does, such details have not been documented on the internet yet.

Salt Bae social media

He can be found on Instagram as Nusr_et#Saltbae (@nusr_et).