SALT BAE’S Nusr-et restaurant has sparked a gold food craze – with a steakhouse now going head-to-head by also offering golden steaks - but for ￡500 less.
The Relentless Steak and Lobster House in Portsmouth, Hants, is offering guests a "once in a life time experience" to eat "the most on-trend steak on Instagram" which weighs 1.2kg.
Owner Scott Matthews thinks Salt Bae is "taking the mick" and must be making a huge profit on his gilded steaks.
Elsewhere one restaurant is now creating a giant golden poppadom to rival his ￡630 gold-dusted steak.
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Louis Allwood 12 minutes ago
Indian restaurant copies with giant golden poppadom
SALT BAE’S Nusr-et restaurant has sparked a gold food craze – with one restaurant now creating a giant golden poppadom to rival his ￡630 gold-dusted steak.
Shad Indian, a local restaurant near London Bridge, is home to the 24 karat poppadom, with a hefty ￡100 price tag.
The 10-inch gold-covered spiced bread is one of the restaurant’s most popular items and is the next restaurant to jump on the gold-coated food craze inspired by Salt Bae.
The owner, Mohammed Kodrul Islam has described it as “an incredible twist to the Indian cuisine”.
The gold large circular piece of thin, spiced bread is made from ground lentils and fried in oil and topped with gold, though the owner said he could not reveal his recipe, stating “That is top secret.”
Louis Allwood 27 minutes ago
How did Nur-Et become famous?
G？k？e became famous from a series of viral Internet videos and memes.
His fame came from a viral video, “Ottoman Steak”, posted on 7 January 2017.
The video shows him cutting meat and sprinkling salt on it in a “suavely” way.
The video received more than 10 million views on Instagram, and it was at that moment her was nicknamed “Salt Bae” because of his certain way of salting meat.
Louis Allwood 42 minutes ago
Who is Salt Bae?
Salt Bae was a viral internet meme which blew up at the start of 2017.
The man behind the meme is a Turkish chef and restaurant owner called Nusret G？k？e.
The video of him lovingly preparing an Ottoman steak, posted on January 7, 2017, has to date garnered more than 16 million views.
His strangely sensual meat videos soon evolved into a series of viral memes, with viewers taking particular delight in the flamboyant way Nusret sprinkled a handful of salt crystals at the end of the clip.
Nusret became a celebrity in his own right, cooking for celebrities like David Beckham, Leonardo DiCaprio, and DJ Khaled.
Louis Allwood 57 minutes ago
Salt Bae pulls engagement ring from ￡200 rack of ribs
Diners in Salt Bae’s restaurant in Greece were left stunned after he pulled an engagement ring from a ￡200 rack of ribs.
In a video posted on his Instagram page, Nusret “Salt Bae” G？k？e placed the ￡200 slab of meat onto the couple’s table at his restaurant in Mykonos.
The unsuspecting girlfriend took out her phone to film Salt Bae cut up the ribs, when the Turkish chef plucks the ring out of the meat to hand to her partner.
The couple embrace as diners watch on in shock and applaud for the newly engaged couple.
Filmed in 2019, the video has amassed nearly eight million views.
Louis Allwood Today, 12:00
Not worth the money
A MILLIONAIRE who went from McDonald’s straight to Salt Bae’s London restaurant has said it was not worth the money.
Tech contractor Chiraag Suchak, 33, visited Nusr-Et for lunch having already chowed down a chicken sandwich meal at McDonald’s.
“I would say that the food is good but it’s not worth the price that they charge,” he told MyLondon.
“I’ve definitely had better. My friends who had the steak and the golden burger said the same.”
Louis Allwood Today, 11:45
Salt Bae hailed as a ‘genius’
SALT Bae has been hailed a “genius” for keeping his London restaurant fully booked despite HUGE prices including ￡850 steak.
Turkish-born internet icon Nusret G？k？e has hit the headlines for the extravagant prices at his upmarket Knightsbridge eatery – which include a ￡100 burger and an ￡11 Red Bull.
But that hasn’t deterred curious diners from booking out the restaurant every night.
Restauranteur Nikolas Opacic – who owns Manchester celeb-haunt Seven 54 – hailed him as a “genius”.
Nikolas told The Evening Standard : “I think he’s a genius. He is fully booked with insane prices.
“If people can afford it and want to experience it, let them. He’s a genius if he can fill a restaurant with those prices.”
Louis Allwood Today, 11:30
Fool’s gold
A STEAKHOUSE is going head-to-head with Salt Bae’s London restaurant by also offering diners gold-covered steaks – but for ￡500 LESS.
Nusret G？k？e, who became an internet sensation as Salt Bae, recently opened his 15th restaurant in Knightsbridge where you might catch him tossing seasoning over ￡630 steaks in the flesh.
The Turkish butcher now has a global restaurant empire thanks to his theatrical steak presentation – immortalised in a 2017 video watched over 17 million times.
But Brits hoping to visit for dinner might be better advised to book a flight to the eatery in Turkey instead – as the trip would be cheaper.
One receipt recently posted on Twitter came to ￡1,812.40 – just under the average UK monthly salary.
Louis Allwood Today, 11:15
Inside Dani Dyer’s date with Jarrod Bowen to Nusr-Et Steakhouse
LOVE Island star Dani Dyer and her new man Jarrod Bowen enjoyed a luxury date night to Salt Bae’s Nusr-Et Steakhouse this week.
The new couple – who struck up a friendship earlier this year – both posted from inside the restaurant before deleting their snaps simultaneously.
Dani, 25, has been dating the ￡18million West Ham winger, who was spotted leaving her home after spending the night earlier this month.
The pair have grown increasingly close in recent weeks and have spent more time together, with the match given approval by her dad Danny – a diehard Hammers fan.
The new couple enjoyed a fancy date night to luxury restaurant Nusr-Et, which open in London’s Knightsbridge last month.
Louis Allwood Today, 11:09
Sam Thompson left open-mouthed as Salt Bae FLIRTS with girlfriend Zara
SAM Thompson was left gobsmacked last night as Salt Bae flirted with his girlfriend Zara McDermott right in front of him – while completely ignoring his presence.
The Made In Chelsea star was excited to visit the most talked about restaurant in London at the moment – Nusr-Et Steakhouse, but was shocked by the owner’s behaviour.
Sharing a visit from inside the venue, which famously sells a gold-coated steak for ￡850, Sam revealed he had been snubbed.
He explained: “He flirted with Zara in front of my eyes. He said she had nice legs and then asked why she was so beautiful and then walked past me.”
Despite that Sam said he didn’t care as long as Nusret G？k？e came to his table and sprinkled salt on their steak.
And just when he thought they had been snubbed for that too, Nusret appeared and worked his magic before proceeding to feed the steak to Zara.
Louis Allwood Today, 10:45
Decor slammed ‘like a decaying seaside bistro’
SALT Bae’s London restaurant decor has been slammed as “like a decaying seaside bistro hosting a cheap Christmas do”.
Turkish-born internet icon Nusret G？k？e has hit the headlines for the extravagant prices at his upmarket Knightsbridge eatery – with a ￡850 gold-coated steak and a ￡100 burger both on offer.
Now, furious critics have turned to Nusr-Et’s interiors, with some blasting the decorating as like a “sh**** lobby of a hotel”.
One Reddit user wrote: “You can’t even claim you’re going there to enjoy the ambience.
“The place legitimately looks like an early 2000s, recently refurbished casino bistro in a sh** seaside town.”
Another user replied: “Wow. As someone who lives in a sh** seaside town full of tacky refurb restaurants, even I’d turn my nose up at that.
“The ambiance is ‘cheap Christmas-do on a decaying pier that does weddings on the side’, and those chairs look really uncomfortable.”
Louis Allwood Today, 10:30
Inside Salt Bae Nusret’s glam life
Success meant expansion in the US, with restaurants in Dallas, Boston, Beverly Hills and New York, as well as Mykonos in Greece.
Celebrities including Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, DJ Khaled and Naomi Campbell flocked to the US outlets and one post on the firm’s Instagram shows Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio captivated as his tomahawk is showered with salt by the chef.
It also brought the trappings of wealth, and in 2019, Nusret splashed out ￡36million on the famed Macka Palace in the Sisli district of Istanbul.
After spending two years running his restaurants around the globe, Nusret announced he wanted to spend more time in the Turkish city and moved into an apartment within the palace which was once owned by 20th-century playwright Abdülhak Hamid Tarhan, popularly known in Turkey as the Grand Poet.
He is also thought to have homes in the US, where he is often pictured by a private pool in Beverly Hills, as well as riding horses on what looks like a ranch.
Louis Allwood Today, 10:15
Nusr-et charges whopping ￡5,000 for service
A DINER at Salt Bae’s London restaurant was slapped with a mammoth ￡5,000 service charge after racking up a bill totalling more than the UK’s average salary.
After splashing out ￡37,023.10 at the Nusr-et venue in Knightsbridge, the bill-payer shared a snap of the eye-watering receipt and accused Turkish-born internet icon Nusret G？k？e of “taking the p**s”.
The critic forked out ￡850 for the Golden Tomahawk, as well as ￡400 for 16 Baklavas, ￡14 for sautéed broccoli and ￡12 for a side of mashed potato.
On top of that, they paid ￡9,100 for a vintage 1996 bottle of Petrus, and ￡19,900 for two bottles of 2003 Petrus.
But to add salt to the wound, the diner was then stung with a 15 per cent service charge of ￡4,829.10
After eating at the restaurant last week, the receipt was screenshotted from Snapchat and shared to Reddit with the caption: “That’s just taking the p**s.”
Louis Allwood Today, 10:00
Salt Bae’s very bizarre diet and workout regime revealed
Salt Bae has made a name for himself as the king of steaks – so it’s no surprise he scoffs three a day.
The internet sensation, real name Nusret G？k？e, also knocks back a cappuccino and grape molasses as part of his bizarre diet, which he sticks to alongside a gruelling workout regime.
The Turkish chef has described exercise and nutrition as “like fingerprints” in that they are “personalised”.
For the flamboyant salt sprinkler, this means two glasses of room temperature still water and four apricots to start each day.
This is followed by one cappuccino an hour later before beginning his daily workout.
Exercises include intense planks with his feet up walls and lifting heavy weights while balanced on a gym ball.
Louis Allwood Today, 09:45
Pictured: Young Nusret before he became famous
INTERNET icon Salt Bae is renowned for his ultra-toned gym-god physique which he proudly flaunts on Instagram.
But newly unearthed images of a young Nusret G？k？e in a small poverty-stricken suburb east of Istanbul where he grew up paint a different picture.
The son of a miner, Nusret – one of five children – was taken out of school after primary due to financial pressures, forcing the budding chef to work from a young age.
At 13 he was taken on as a butcher’s apprentice, working long hours in Turkish steakhouses for the next decade.
A young Nusret is seen smiling in his crisp white uniform in a set of images from the butcher’s shop – while other pictures shows the future-chef lovingly admiring some cuts of meat on a slab.
Louis Allwood Today, 09:30
Salt Bae forced to pay $230,000 to ex-waiters ‘for conning them out of tips’ & FIRING them
SALT Bae has been forced to pay ex-staff members $230,000 after being accused of conning them out of tips and firing them when they complained.
The chef turned internet star Nusret G？k？e reportedly kept his servers in the dark about how much they collected in gratuity payments and “retained” them for himself.
The Turkish born-butcher was served with a lawsuit by four ex-servers who worked for him at his Manhattan restaurant, Nurs-Et, in 2019.
The men alleged that G？k？e pooled tips among unentitled staff and shaved 3 per cent off the total amount of tips.
“Customers reasonably believed 100 percent of the gratuity was being remitted to the waiters and other serving staff,” one of the sacked staff members said at the time.
Louis Allwood Today, 09:15
Is Nusret married and does he have kids?
Nusret, aka Salt Bae, has kept his relationship status private since he shot to fame back in 2017.
He has, however, shared that he has a staggering nine children.
He posted a pic with all nine of his brood back in 2017, captioning the snap:
“The man who does not spend time with his family is not a real man.”
None of their names are publicly known.
Louis Allwood Today, 09:00
‘You pay for a picture, not the food’
On Google reviews, one customer wrote: “Amazinggg but overpriced though,” while another said it was “not child friendly”.
Nusr-Et’s was slammed on review site Squaremeal.
One eater gave the restaurant two stars, writing: “If you want to eat, go look for some other places. Here you don’t pay your food, you pay the picture and the video you take with Bae.”
Another review, titled “Avoid at all cost” said: “The Gold Burger for ￡100 was super dry and was totally average… the ￡200 steak was so poor I was actually flabbergasted.”
Louis Allwood Today, 08:50
Where are Salt Bae’s restaurants?
Nusret is now the co-owner of steakhouse chain Nusr-Et (named after himself).
According to Turkish media, its a million-dollar empire with 400 employees.
Nusr-et’s restaurant locations are spread across the globe.
You can find them in:
Ankara Bodrum Marmaris Istanbul Dubai Abu Dhabi Doha Jeddah Miami New York Mykonos Boston Dallas Beverly Hills London
Louis Allwood Today, 08:40
How much is a giant tomahawk at Salt Bae’s Knightsbridge restaurant?
The restaurant’s signature dish – a giant tomahawk steak covered in edible gold leaf – will set you back an eye-watering ￡1,450.
It is understood to be the most expensive item on the menu.
Gemma Collins tucked into the golden slab of meat while on a date with boyfriend Rami Hawash on September 24, 2021.
Louis Allwood Today, 08:30
Indian restaurant copies with giant golden poppadom
SALT BAE’S Nusr-et restaurant has sparked a gold food craze – with one restaurant now creating a giant golden poppadom to rival his ￡630 gold-dusted steak.
Shad Indian, a local restaurant near London Bridge, is home to the 24 karat poppadom, with a hefty ￡100 price tag.
The 10-inch gold-covered spiced bread is one of the restaurant’s most popular items and is the next restaurant to jump on the gold-coated food craze inspired by Salt Bae.
The owner, Mohammed Kodrul Islam has described it as “an incredible twist to the Indian cuisine”.
The gold large circular piece of thin, spiced bread is made from ground lentils and fried in oil and topped with gold, though the owner said he could not reveal his recipe, stating “That is top secret.”
Louis Allwood Today, 08:20
How did Nur-Et become famous?
G？k？e became famous from a series of viral Internet videos and memes.
His fame came from a viral video, “Ottoman Steak”, posted on 7 January 2017.
The video shows him cutting meat and sprinkling salt on it in a “suavely” way.
The video received more than 10 million views on Instagram, and it was at that moment her was nicknamed “Salt Bae” because of his certain way of salting meat.
Louis Allwood Today, 08:10
Who is Salt Bae?
Salt Bae was a viral internet meme which blew up at the start of 2017.
The man behind the meme is a Turkish chef and restaurant owner called Nusret G？k？e.
The video of him lovingly preparing an Ottoman steak, posted on January 7, 2017, has to date garnered more than 16 million views.
His strangely sensual meat videos soon evolved into a series of viral memes, with viewers taking particular delight in the flamboyant way Nusret sprinkled a handful of salt crystals at the end of the clip.
Nusret became a celebrity in his own right, cooking for celebrities like David Beckham, Leonardo DiCaprio, and DJ Khaled.
Louis Allwood Today, 08:00
Salt Bae pulls engagement ring from ￡200 rack of ribs
Diners in Salt Bae’s restaurant in Greece were left stunned after he pulled an engagement ring from a ￡200 rack of ribs.
In a video posted on his Instagram page, Nusret “Salt Bae” G？k？e placed the ￡200 slab of meat onto the couple’s table at his restaurant in Mykonos.
The unsuspecting girlfriend took out her phone to film Salt Bae cut up the ribs, when the Turkish chef plucks the ring out of the meat to hand to her partner.
The couple embrace as diners watch on in shock and applaud for the newly engaged couple.
Filmed in 2019, the video has amassed nearly eight million views.
Louis Allwood Today, 07:30
Fool’s gold
A STEAKHOUSE is going head-to-head with Salt Bae’s London restaurant by also offering diners gold-covered steaks – but for ￡500 LESS.
Nusret G？k？e, who became an internet sensation as Salt Bae, recently opened his 15th restaurant in Knightsbridge where you might catch him tossing seasoning over ￡630 steaks in the flesh.
The Turkish butcher now has a global restaurant empire thanks to his theatrical steak presentation – immortalised in a 2017 video watched over 17 million times.
But Brits hoping to visit for dinner might be better advised to book a flight to the eatery in Turkey instead – as the trip would be cheaper.
One receipt recently posted on Twitter came to ￡1,812.40 – just under the average UK monthly salary.
Louis Allwood Today, 07:00
Who is Salt Bae?
Salt Bae was a viral internet meme which blew up at the start of 2017.
The man behind the meme is a Turkish chef and restaurant owner called Nusret G？k？e.
The video of him lovingly preparing an Ottoman steak, posted on January 7, 2017, has to date garnered more than 16 million views.
His strangely sensual meat videos soon evolved into a series of viral memes, with viewers taking particular delight in the flamboyant way Nusret sprinkled a handful of salt crystals at the end of the clip.
Nusret became a celebrity in his own right, cooking for celebrities like David Beckham, Leonardo DiCaprio, and DJ Khaled.
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