Salt Bae
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Salt Bae is a nickname given to Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe, who was widely discussed on social media following the circulation of a viral video in which he flamboyantly sprinkles salt on a carved steak. Since his online debut in 2017, Salt Bae has been featured in numerous memes around the internet, typically using his photo as an exploitable or image macro.

On January 7th, 2017, Gökçe uploaded a video of himself carving a steak and sprinkling salt over his forearm on to the meat . Within 48 hours, the video gained over 2.4 million views and 8,700 comments. That day, Twitter user @lolalissaa reposted the video along the the message "so this is #saltbae."

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