Salt Bae
You might remember it as Nusret salt sprinkle, Ottoman Steak salt bae
No copy of this video is currently available to watch.
2017·The platform era
A fifteen-second restaurant clip that produced a globally recognised gesture.
At a glanceThe facts
- Spread in
- 2017
- Began as
- A video upload
- Where it started
- Format
- Video
- Who or what it shows
- Nusret Gökçe, a butcher and restaurateur born in Erzurum Province, Turkey
- Original title
- Ottoman Steak
- Also known as
- Nusr-Et, the name of his steakhouses
- Origin
- Origin not yet established
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
Why it matteredWhat changed
A butcher’s way of salting a steak, off the fingertips and down the forearm, was seen sixteen million times and gave a restaurant owner a name he had not chosen.
TimelineIn order
- Posted
The video of Gökçe carving and salting a steak is posted. It is viewed more than sixteen million times on Instagram.1
- Later
A video of him serving the president of Venezuela, during food shortages there, brings protests at his restaurant in Miami.1
- Later
After the World Cup final he joins the Argentine players on the pitch and handles the trophy. FIFA opens an investigation.1
What people misrememberSet straight
Commonly remembered asSalt Bae is his own stage name.
ActuallyIt was given to him by people on the internet after the video.1
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · a moment that changed what the internet did next · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
Originally published on Instagram.
Where it came fromWhat we know
Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.
No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
More from 2017You were there
SourcesWhat was read
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