Salt Bae's Empire Is Starting To Collapse
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2024
- In December 2022, Salt Bae walked onto the world cup field and broke the internet for all the wrong reasons, he quickly became the most hated chef on planet earth. However, since then, things have gotten significantly worse. Restaurant closures, lowering prices, bookings dropping by a 3rd, rapidly declining reviews. This video will talk about Salt Bae's empire and its collapse.
This is, Salt Bae's Empire Is Starting To Collapse
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Also, the idea for this video was inspired by "KiraTV" who posted a video on a similar topic in January 2023 titled "How Saltbae Became Absolutely Hated By Everyone" You can watch their version here - • How Saltbae Became Abs... - บันเทิง
Imagine charging $2000 dollars for a steak covered in $5 worth of gold paper off Amazon
Hell, imagine going to one of his restaurants because you remembered a worn-out meme from years ago.
Imagine paying $2000 knowing you're getting scammed
Imagine being the clowns who paid for that.
Good money. I respect the hustle.
If I can convince you to pay me $10 for a shiny rock….is it my fault you are dumb?😂
Or buying a meme product…like a 12foot gummie python from Amazon, a 3d dog pillow
“…cool…but why?”
-johntron
And the original steak is 275. 2000 is ONLY THE MARK UP FOR THE GOLD PAPER.
Salt bae is the perfect example of why you can't let fame go to your head if you're just a one trick pony.
he was always a douchebag from the start though.
well he did get extremely rich out of it... like not just viral, globally restaurant chef rich with just one meme, which is extreme. It just shows how important his online persona is for his business and why he has to act and be that person for his business to flourish. It was obviouse that such a trend restourant cant keep its profit high forever, which he should shurely know, knowing that everything is dependant on his online persona.
I think its that dependancy on his online persona which made him act more crazy and over the top even more...
And not defending him, but if you search you can find bad experiances on every restaurant there is...
and i also ate once in his restaurant and also actually met him, and you could see that he is constantly in some sort of persone, which has to be exausting i would guess... (and before you think bad of me, i went to his restaurant in turkey, where i ordered steak and salat for like 30€)
You can understand his ego and can argue that he sometimes needs to keep it a notch down. The only critiqe i would have is that they put more work in the food quality than in the show...
More importantly society SERIOUSLY needs to reevaluate who they idolize. People should be given respect and admiration based off their character and achievements NOT some dumb gimmick or how they look and dress.
@@okdo5144Yeah one thing I’ll give him is he caught the ball and RANNNNNNNN 🏃🏾♂️💨 with it. He could give a master class on how to capture a viral moment and make it STRECH 😂
says the guy named shame, thats prob what ur mom said to you
"He snatched the world cup from a baby" Dude is a Disney villain, this is insane 🤣🤣
He’s got the beard of a villain too
I am from Turkey and I went to one of his restaurants before he became famous. Let alone the whole world he was not even very famous in Turkey. During the time when this was the case, his food was actually great. It was not cheap but nowhere near as expensive as today and it was delicious. At least as worthy as it would be for the way it tasted. Everything went ridiculous when he became worldwide famous. He became more of an influencer than a cook and a restaurant owner. I went to one of his places after he became famous and the difference in prices and the taste was just mind-blowing.
honestly he let all that fame get to his head
if he just stopped when his 15 minutes were up and returned to making food with passion, he wouldnt be as hated as he is today, and his empire likely wouldnt crumble the way its going
The sprinkle salt meme only lived for like a few weeks, but he managed to feed on it for years. Quite impressive actually
Few weeks? You mean 5 months?!
@@George-dy3ptidk what you’re on about but honestly 5 months then feels like a few weeks now. he had a “minute” of fame and kept feeding off it. when people say a “minute” or a few weeks it’s hyperbolized or not meant to be taken super seriously. this guy has no reason to feel as important as he does feel regardless
He's like that Apple - Pen guy, Pikotaro in Japan.... "I have an apple, I have a pen... Uhh... Apple Pen..." That guy has reportedly made over US$10 million from a 1 minute nonsense song.
@@graxxorYeah. That kind of shit and nonsense happen when a lot of people give attention to those things. It's shocking how he (and Salt Bae, and other influencers, etc.) got a lot of money from that kind of gimmicks while other people with real professions and more impactful jobs receive less than they deserve :/
Dude was spitting serious bars on that track.
still cannot believe the fact that he had people dress up in costumes to pretend to be him just to make a profit.
I'm chilling with the cool kids now... 10k!
Don't read my name!.
@@Dont_Read_My_Picture just... no. It's ridiculous how desperate you try to get people to do what you want because no one would actually want to look at your stuff if you didn't do it. Sad
@@MaguireGOAT4Ever it's a bot
@@MaguireGOAT4EverDont waste your time replying, its a bot that spams in comment sections
He seems like a narcissist
He did exactly what anyone would do, take full advantage of everyone who hyped him up.
Exactly. People are just hating lol
Agreed...
@@TheChris91173 When you serve bad tasting, overpriced food for 200% of the product cost, people will hate. It’s legitimate hate
No one milked a f*cking meme as effective as him.
@@TheChris91173 you want money sell good quality food
That he made a fortune by sprinkling salt in an unconventional way says a lot about modern society.
Quick note. Czechoslovakia stopped being a country decades ago. Czechia and Slovakia are now two different countries.
I dont get how many ppl get this wrong in vids ffs
also czechoslovakian language doesnt exist
@@ronaldnixon8226they Split amicably on their own terms. Also america is often replacing democratically elected leaders with fascist dictators
@@ronaldnixon8226no one mentions America in Slav countries, unless it is to wonder what it would be like to earn in dollars.
KNOW YOUR HISTORY, SCRUB.
When the Prague uprising happened, America watched.
In Teheran, Potsdam and over all Yalta, the trash POTUS SOLD ALL THE COUNTRIES THAT FOUGHT VALIANTLY IN WW2 TO THE RUZZIANS.
These Countries OWE NO THANKS TO YOU 6AГßA6E.
Signed, someone who is disgusted of having an all Murrican ancestry.
sorry but czechoslovakia just comes better of the tongue, my headcanon will still think they are one country
It's literally thousands of dollars for just some guy spreading salt, most of the time it's not even him. I'm suprised it took this long to collapse
It's insane how many people STILL go to his restaurant despite all the shit he's done, it's like they are either living under a rock or they support his actions
Right? For the money he charges for 1 steak you could actually wine and dine in Michelin 3 star restaurant.
Some people will always have more money than sense
And the quality is superior, i have no ideas why people think 3 star restaurants is mediocre
Its the trend ,people cant tell real luxury from fake luxury,its the same reaosn dimonds are valuable.
my classmate said "it will be worth it, its covered in gold so it means its good" i didn't even try to convince him because he is very pushy about what he says
The World Cup was the last nail in his coffin😂😂😂
"now everyone wants to be Salt bea"
My dumbass thought Salt bea was a type of Salt
The thing is, even back then when Salt Bae was at his absolute peak, people had still thought his food was overpriced and quite average, this was bound to happen.
Don't read my name!
No way Sam commented on my newest vid
@@Dont_Read_My_Picture stop begging for attention
It's quite hilarious watching his downfall considering how adamant he was about maintaining a running business for such a niche experience.
Fr
A lot of people don't even know that he is not a chef, but a butcher.
Seems like he's shit at both
He is a fraud , thats about it
Sunnyv2 inspires me, my parents said if I get 15k followers They'd buy me a better camera for recording... begging u guys, literally begging .
@@tjrex9458 actually he's a very good butcher. Like really good. Everything else idk
@@MbitaChiziget a job and make quality content. Begging will not take you far
Salt Bae's story is not about food.It's about social engineering
Anyone who went to this guys restaurant and paid his insane prices because they seen a quirky video of him sprinkling salt weird deserve all they get 😂
What's really sad is that in his early career, Nusret was a rather decent person and optimistic chef, passionate about food, with decent prices. Then he had a little bit of success, it went immediately went straight to his head. All of his decency and culinary know-how went right out the window in exchange for the flash and bang of viral trends and excess.
Yep
Nothing exceeds like excess.
I remember the guy back in 2017 just seems like a cool guy no more than that but man, big ego for a short guy.
"the guys who want it all, chicas, champagne, flash, they don't last." --frank, scarface
@@lancehoward3990 the most underrated quote in the entire movie. Frank was goddamn right about the lifestyle that was starting to consume Tony in his warning and he didn't see the wisdom or experience in that out of arrogance.
I never even heard about the incidents with customers getting burned. Physically scarring people and trying to get out of accountability is the worst.
McSaltBae
@UnprofessionalProfessor More like McDumbass. I know that the culinary industry is tough, but God damn this is just downright embarrassing.
especially a model whos entire career is based on her looks
As a czech i remember that it brought a huge drama on the czech scene but i didn't know that she wasn't even compenstated
@@mollyanderson657 /woosh
Can't knock him for making money off of literal suckers. But he seems a despicable human being and I'm glad he's getting a nice slice of humble pie!
bros living in 1980's 💀 czechoslovakia isn't a country since 31st december 1992
Omg i can’t believe the soviet union is fighting rebels in ukraine, they must hate communism.
He built his empire on a damn meme. A literal meme.
He built it on vain dummies. He capitalized on his dummy following
@@guaporikki he just a prove like poeple are imbeciles ,, elon musk is nother fraude
He is smart
@@oliverwilliam6931 A smart iidiot.
Other sc@mming "chef" is CZN Burak with f@ke smile who charges exorbitantly high.. Turkey has all these Food sc@mmer artists..
I never really liked Salt Bae so I’d be lying if I said I’m not happy by his downfall..
Don't read my name!
@@Dont_Read_My_Picture ok
salt bae is fire
@@Dont_Read_My_Picture i can't read, can you read it out for me?
@@tjrex9458it says cocomelon and it has a circle with a checkmark in it
The worst part is all he has done was legal. He legally sold 10$ steaks for 2Gs. And he did it a lot.
I usually take it as a rule of thumb that any restaurant that becomes a viral Internet sensation is usually overhyped and not at all worth it. And honestly I'm surprised Salt Bae stayed relevant for as long as he did.
The fact he remained relevant for more than a couple years is a miracle in itself
He basicaly was icon loved a lot among millenials. But not gen z or generation x who had different heros lol
omg that is so true
@@mathewvanostin7118I’d argue different and say it’s the generations older than millennials who have different hero’s cause they actually have money
Try a couple months but girls are "foodies"
@@mathewvanostin7118loved is a strong word. He had clout because of clout chasers
I've always had distaste for salt bae, but I gotta respect his commitment towards being a complete douchebag, props where props are due.
Seriously. He doesn’t even attempt to be likable. Goes to show self centered douchebags are exclusive to the U.S.
haha, distaste
Don't read my name!!
"douchebag" how so
@@josephleebob3828 his combined treatment of other people and astonishment when people say something about him. His sense entitlement and lack of situational awareness, which lead to the World Cup fiasco. His poor business practices and alleged willful deceit of customers (the whole wrong steak incident), and threat of calling the police instead of working issue out, which lead to over an extra $1000 pear steak the man had to pay. His lack of self awareness and huge ego. He literally thinks children aspire to be like him, and that he made a job that was (according to him) undesirable before he showed up one of the biggest growing career fields. He’s a clown and a douche.
Thos video is the perfect example of "I don't know who this guy is but I love your videos so I'll watch"
4:40 amazing transition really good fr
Just to clarify, as a Czech person, there is no more Czechoslovakia, now its the Czech republic/Czechia where the language spoken is Czech and Slovakia where the language spoken is Slovakian, Czechoslovakia disbanbed in december of 1992. love the video though, this is just some heads up, keep the fkire content rolling :D
I dont get how people still say Czechoslovakia...it's been 31 years, I bet Sunnyv2 isnt even 31 years old :D
I can't imagine having to learn 3 languages in a country that's the size of your adverage US state
Já jsem si musel zastavit video a sepsat mu komentář ohledně tohohle, protože to se fakt nedá :D
I don’t think anyone outside of Czechoslovakia cares lol
@@krystofvoboril4359 asi nejak tak, původní koment je moc hodný.
Your never going to see why this got so many like💀
Don't read my name!.
😂😂 god forbid
it sucks ass especially when the players had to go through many training only to have a Salt, yes, the salt that we put on your food, to touch thr trophy while the players couldnt even touch that.
So touching a trophy is worse than all of the thing he has done 🤣
Who gives a sh*t, unforgivable? It’s a sport wtf you worshipping fifa? People are out of their mind
Messi really didn't like Salt Bae being there lol. Salt Bae was so rude to everyone
mate, i could watch your videos all day. fact, because i just have
This man's insane success is simply proof that most of humanity is plain stupid.
Don't read my name!
Unfortunately, there's also no cure for stupidity.
We're all doomed.
Yeah 💀
Never heard of him
exhibit a: tiktok npc's
no hate on them making bank its just the people that give them money is already an indication of how 'let people have fun' is destroying this planet
As a descendant of many many chefs, i just want to let you in on a secret: edible gold foil is tricky to work with, but it's also like $10. Not a typo. He was charging $1000 for $30 in gold foil, meat, s&p. Incredible the a*holes that liked him because he sprinkled salt in a weird way onto food.
Most of us just thought it was funny how he sprinkled salt and shared memes of him for a couple weeks. Ain’t nothing wrong with that. Most people continuing the memes and sprinkling salt like him don’t know anything about his controversies. I hadn’t heard of any of this before now. I knew his restaurants were highway robbery but I’ve never even had the opportunity to go to one so never though about it deeply. So yeah the “assholes that liked him cuz he sprinkled salt weird” have no idea about any of this and were just having fun. Don’t get mad at us, get mad at Nusr-et
Edible gold is even less than 10 dollars but as a decendant of many many chefs you should know presentation is everything.
I don't think its people's issue. It's not about the product or quality, he built a fake luxury empire and people eat their to flex and spend the money they can. I would never do that cuz I grew up poor but I can understand people mentality
@@Mac-po1sr I think a chef would know the importance of presentation, but I dont think a slab of meat with gold wrapped around it is some work of Leonardo Da Vinci
I think I should get some edible gold and sprinkle it on random food just so that more people know that. Honestly we should just sell it in regular supermarkets so that ppl knew how cheap it actually is
I'm sad rn and you make me happy :)
I've never even heard of him lol. This was in my recommendation. I don't feel like googling😂
Saltbae’s success is just another reflection of how silly human is, the people that build him up to where he is now. He is not the issue, the people that “approved” him is.
Best part is most people going against saltybaby would be exactly like him perhaps worse in his shoes.
ure probably one of them, when it was that moment when his meme went up
Yes he is the problem as well don't try to throw the blame on other ppl
@@godloveszaza no, just no lol. You'd have to be very dumb to act like this dude n do the things he did, n anyone who refuses to go to his restaurant already passed the iq test
💯 percent right! I can sell you an average steak and charge you extra for it because I use fart to season it and if you buy it it's on you.
Saltbae doesn’t actually own ANY of his restaurants other than his original one. It’s owned by investors who basically contract him to turn up at various locations. Even if they all close he will be fine.
Unfortunately.
Also this video comment section is overrun by bots, unfortunately.
If they close they stop paying him so all about reducing what he is going in like a small leak in a fuel tank might seem fine but only a matter of time before it runs out
True. He is well settled. He won’t become homeless even if all his business names closes today 😅😅
@@basillah7650 Saltbae still owns the original restaurant in Turkey. If he sells everything and pays the investors back, he'll still have a reasonably good business to keep him employed in his native country, so he'll never be broke or homeless. As much as people want him to be under a bridge or in a dark alleyway with a tip cup, I don't see that happening, and he still has enough fame to his name to ask for help if he really needs it.
if he only keeps his dubai resturaunt he will be fine. The guy is like a king in dubai
Achieving that success without being personally prepared usually releases an unbridled ego. If life is good to you, you fall. If your case is lost, then you stay on top. It works the other way around
His World Cup appearance made him collapse even more 😆
Overall, I think Salt Bae's downfall is a sad but inevitable story. He was a flash in the pan who rode the wave of hype to success. But now that the hype has died down, he's being exposed for what he really is: a mediocre chef with a good marketing team.
Sunnyv2 inspires me, my parents said if I get 15k followers They'd buy me a better camera for recording... begging u guys, literally begging
I don’t think it’s sad I think it’s great. Dudes a narcissistic moron.
Sad? He deserves it. He supports the economic and political equivalent to flat earth.
He deserved to fail miserably.
Not even mediocre. Any person can learn to cook a good steak.
@@MbitaChiziL + ratio + shut the hell up
Can't believe this guy got famous for sprinkling salt on people's food off his dirty ass elbow 😂
ive been trying to start a thing since day 1, where we change his nickname to salt clown.
yeah lol hahaha
Sunnyv2 inspires me, my parents said if I get 15k followers They'd buy me a better camera for recording... begging u guys, literally begging .
@@MbitaChiziif you're begging for followers then you're obv not old enough for YT, either physically or mentally, so go away
He took his 15 minutes of fame way too far. idk where he even gets money from.
I love this channel
8:15 Bro thinks he's on the team 💀
Salt Bae is the type of guy to blow out the candles... on your birthday cake
And then charge everyone for him blowing out the candles 😅
@@TheBlargMarg could be his next big thing, dumb people get what they deserve imo.
People want to buy xxx$ for a dude to come salt their steak, so be it.
In the end, they both go down together
The kind of man who spank his own ass during sex
And the type of guy who wears Che Guevara shirts
Salt Bae doesn't even realize he's a living parody. There are chefs that dedicate their entire lives towards mastering food. They spend years and years trying for a michelin star, making the best quality dishes possible, and then you have a clown walk in making normal steaks covered in gold.. and then he has the audacity to think he's providing anything of value. Obviously he's going to be hated by anyone who isn't thick skulled
His whole business was to attract Instagram/tiktok/Twitter mindless sheeps that are desperately gaping for attention, and in breaks between posting their assess on the pictures pretending to be landscapes, they eat food that had the more internet attention. And whatever covered in gold is anything that Instagram "traveler" sheep needs
Crazy thing is he stumbled on a golden chance to create a good business without the controversy but instead off letting go off the extreme social media bait he doubled down and destroyed his chance
No
Yes he does. He's literally wearing a costume that makes him easy to change his hair and glasses and go unnoticed.
I think it's more miserable hating anything than salt bae but yeah he just throw it away
I ate at Nusr-Et Steakhouse Sandal Bedesteni Turkey in July 2022, We had sliced steak in butter, garden salad, blooming onion, and chips plus a couple of beers cost =$150 Australian, the service was crap food was ok. I wouldn't go to any of his restaurants outside of Turkey as he charges 4 times as much for the same menu.
It’s always better to have one restaurant than to have 50 mediocre restaurants
$10,000 for a steak is not a good business model
It would have to be outstanding in every way imaginable. But that would to be a 5 star restaurant to make this feasible. Not one low rated like his.
One could argue it is. Selling 3 steaks a day is one heck of a profit for a restaurant
I mean if your business model is scamming rich idiots it’s acceptable.
It really depends on the type of business you're running. If you're selling food, then yeah, it's not a good idea. However, if you're selling short-lived fame, then maybe? After all, the guy was never famous for his food in the first place.
Sure it is. He’s made tens of millions in just a couple years because of it 😂.
This man is the definition of "forgetting where you came from".
Don't read my name!.
he is the kinda person that would appear once in some random short and then i would put him in the back of my mind
"look guys i have visited my mom after two years" really did it for me
Ikr, as a Turkish person i was really proud of Gökçe as he comes from a really poor Kurdish family and he worked really hard to achieve everything. Even before becoming famous he owned several restaurants in Istanbul which were known for excellent quality. But im literally ashamed of him anymore, how somebody coming from such humble origin could become a total douchebag like this?! Please don't go to his restaurants until he remembers who he is, he is heavily criticized in Turkey too and i hope this feedback will bring him around..
He came from Turkey and acts exactly like someone who came from Turkey so your comment makes no sense.
As a Venezuelan who ran away in mad about maduros antics
How he even got this far is beyond me.
For anyone whos wondering what Týnuš Třešničkovás story was (The czech youtuber who suffered burns at Salt Baes restaurant)
4 years ago in September, she and her boyfriend (Who happenned to be a fan of Salt bae) wanted to go on a vacation to Cappadocia. But since there are no direct flights from Czech republic to Cappadocia, they had to fly to Instambul where they wanted to spend a day and then get on the plane to Cappadocia the next day. They visited some landmarks in Istambul and had a reservation for Salt baes restaurant in the evening. Even though they were really tired after the whole day, they went to the restaurant in hopes of meeting Salt bae. Apparently they had to wait in the restaurant for approx. 40 minutes after getting there even though they had a reservation. So after that they were sent to a bar, where they were suppossed to wait, untill some table is free. So while waiting at the bar, there was this groove in the bars desk, which had some unknown liquid inside of it. The bartender took some kind of ignition tool, lit up the liquid in the groove, and it made a little fire. Then another bartender came, with lots of the unknown liquid and started pouring it into the groove and at that moment it exploded. (you can also check out a video of the incident, a lot of people were recording it, since they thought it was gonna be some kind of fire show) and yea basically she was set on fire and suffered some serious burns.
Employees just dgaf anymore when they are being paid peanuts
@@notagain2856 get it but if you're at that point with a job you can potentially hurt someone, just quit. their dgaf attitude isn't the customer's problem
so was it supposed to be some kind of fire show?
@@CHEESER7 she said she doesnt know wtf was it suppossed to be, but probably yeah.
He should had paid compensation to each injured person even if they could not sue him legally!! As a Turkish person i was really proud of Gökçe as he comes from a really poor Kurdish family and he worked really hard to achieve everything. Even before becoming famous he owned several restaurants in Istanbul which were known for excellent quality. But im literally ashamed of him anymore, how somebody coming from such humble origin could become a total douchebag like this?! Please don't go to his restaurants until he remembers who he is, he is heavily criticized in Turkey too and i hope this feedback will bring him around..
Snatching the trophy from a baby and eating the gold medal rather than your own meat is too far beyond the line, this man does not stop.
it looks like he also flipped the baby off
Dude i've tried eating my own meat, it's fucking impossible to reach.
@@KragithSkill issue
@@brrrrrr2862 I think our respective profile pics suit our comments eerily well.
Koji my goat fr
FYI, Czechoslovakia doesn't exist for more than 30 years. It's Czechia and Slovakia now, two separate countries.
With all that money, he couldn't hire a good PR team? 🤣
I cannot believe that guy ended up paying the $5k for what he thought would be a $500 dinner….. My god
Is crazy, that amount of money can bankrupt a lot of families
500$ dinner? You must’ve not heard the part where it was two tomahawks steaks ( $275 each ) and a rack of lamb…..
@@frjcde9392 Go back and rewatch the video. The guy paid $5,000 due to the order being for the golden tomahawk steaks.
I really doubt that was an acident, it just sounds really sketchy that they wouldn't recognize that the golden stake was not what they ordered like come in guys its the big thing the restaurant is known for
@@RahbinahI think what he means, is that 275x2=550 and that’s just for the meat. No drinks, no sides or desert. Which would mean he went in ready to pay around 1k or a little less I would assume
Just a heads up at 2:11 sunny, Czechoslovakia does not exist anymore. It broke up into the Czech republic and Slovakia in 1991
im happy that im not only one who have noticed this. Big history mistake by Sunny
I was like "dafuq? That hasn't been a country in over 30 years"
American education at its finest
@@pavlo1207 Hes australian dimwit
@@pavlo1207he's british
He built an empire on a trend. He didnt think it was going to last did he? lol
9:38 if a regular person going on the field they gonna get r' ko'd by a security guard running at 20MPH
I don’t blame salt bae for the fame. I blame the people for hyping him up.
Also blame the people willing to pay just to eat there. As a gamer this reminds me of people who spends money on micro transactions, and now developers don't release full games anymore.
@@GeraldGuevarathe whole transaction thing is good for the gaming community it just means a lot of games which were paid is now free and they make money through battlepssses
Same types that made Crossing Over With John Edwards a hit show. easily impressed low iq dumb dumbs
The people played a part in hyping him up, but all the controversies were salt bae’s fault and no one else.
I blame him for getting the ego too big
Sunny just single-handedly revived Czechoslovakia 💀💀
I was going to say the absolute same 😂
She speaks in Czechoslovakian 😂😂
Don't read my name!.
Unified the two languages too
And apparently also invented a czechoslovak language
This guy really loves adding “ah” to every single sentence. He even adds “ah” to words that don’t end in an A lmao.
@8:15 snatched trophy from baby.
@8:45 so was the baby touching the trophy a player or a head of state?
On one hand, its baffling how he managed to get so big off a being a meme, but on the other it's impressive how he managed to build such a large restaurant chain of being a meme
Its his partners that did the real work.
*On one Hand*
ENGLIS???????????
As a Turkish person i was really proud of Gökçe as he comes from a really poor Kurdish family and he worked really hard to achieve everything. Even before becoming famous he owned several restaurants in Istanbul which were known for excellent quality. But im literally ashamed of him anymore, how somebody coming from such humble origin could become a total douchebag like this?! Please don't go to his restaurants until he remembers who he is, he is heavily criticized in Turkey too and i hope this feedback will bring him around..
@@Nomed_Bluefame and greed can do wonders to a person
The quality ultimately speaks for itself. They push out food that is sometimes garbage, sometimes good, but with prices far exceeding even some michelin star restaurants. The gold is just tacky.
We went to Pierre Gagnieres in Paris a few months before Covid struck.
Entire bill, 3 courses plus a bottle of wine and aperitifs, for 2 people was round about 1000 Euro including service.
Great food, this was pre-remodel so decor lovely but a bit out dated, service was good, and still less than one of his gold plated steaks.
Your point stands and I agree wholeheartedly. This guys restaurants are not near the same ballpark at 5 times the price.
Some? I'd wager most if you let any goldleaf reach your table at the Saltbae restaurant. The michelin restaurant I worked at wasn't the most expensive one, so probably not the best comparisson. But you could dine there for just over €100,- per person (though most often it was more, especially depending on the wine). But I bet most 1-star restaurants are cheaper than those thousand dollar steaks with 10 dollars worth of goldleaf on them.
The gold isn't just tacky, it's also practically worthless. A few cents worth of gold leaf on that $1000 steak. haha
garbage food at hilarious prices.
Fun fact, the gold that they use is quite low quality just generic gold leave; meaning that you could make the same steaks as the restaurant for about £50, which is hideously low.
Imagine stealing employee rips when you're making 2000% profit margins on the steak.
"I didn't feel like a stranger, it was a special moment however i will never step foot on the world cup pitch again"
You didn't feel like a stranger? and it was a special moment for the whole country, why does he think he was allowed to go join the team on the field?!
This is the fault of idiots that made him famous to begin with.
Guy drops salt in a weird way.
OMG LETS CELEBRATE THIS MAN!
Social media again proving how idiotic it is.
Nah, I think this was smart marketing tbh. Lots of people become memes not many get to this level of fame. Not being able to maintain it bc one got a god-complex is another thing
And yet you are here what does that make you?
@@RustyWells2Exactly. 😂
@RustyWells an observer
Why does it have to make the OP anything for stating the truth?!
Get a grip man
@@RustyWells2 why am I watching a video pointing out the wrongs of a social media star therefore giving validation to my original point? God who knows?...
the outrage after he touched the world cup was insane and very justified
imagine completing your life's goal after all the football training and an instagram star waltzes up to you takes your trophy and bites a winners medal. Simply insane.
I’m starting to think that baby saved Salt Bae from a punch to the face.
I found it admirable and he helped elevate that team's fame
Are you kidding me?? THAT guy got to touch it? Before the actual players????? I’m no soccer fan but even I find that egregious..
@@ramonbriones4487no
@@ramonbriones4487 Yeah, because one of the best football teams of the world with decades of history in the WC and many professional elite players needs salt bae to be famous in a highly competitive worldwide sport that has nothing to do with food.
Well researched
Except Chechoslovakia hasn't existed for 30 years.
Very good video, one mistake tho. Týnuš Třešničková, the girl who got burned at the restaurant, isn’t Czechoslovakian, she’s Czech. She also isn’t speaking Czechoslovakian in the video, she is speaking Czech.
His restaurant burns an innocent woman while he was mistreating employees, the world slept. He touched a trophy without permission, the world wants to crucify him. We live in a clown world. I hope one day the lady gets some form of justice for what happened to her.
To be fair as someone who lives in asia ive never heard of the news about his restaurant torching someone alive, but i have heard of the world cup incident
You do know he skimmed over what really happened right?
well if he burned that woman at the world cup he would probably get much more hate, you also have to include the fact that the world cup was a really popular event, but yeah I will still agree that people take stuff like the world cup more seriously
@@AL-lh2ht, yes he skimmed over what happened and mentioned that she has yet to receive any form of compensation despite her medical injuries.
I only knew salt bae from the internet meme. I only know lil tiny bit about his restaurant from internet. Idk about this woman, i only know her bcoz you, stranger from the internet tell me. Ive been watching football/soccer since 7 years old in tv before internet era. I know popular football/soccer event like world cup, ucl, uefa, EPL etc from tv. Many people had same experience with me about knowing football and world cup. Also, world cup its not a new sport event, it founded 93 years ago. Many people from many generation know world cup. Thats why world cup is popular event. Why the hell saltbae was so popular in the first place? Its bcoz internet make him famous. Trully clown world indeed.
I was wondering how long it would take people to get tired of salt sprinkled in a weird way over some dude's arm hair. it took much longer than I expected
I've never got it , humans are crazy
Yeah it was fkn lame as hell!!just goes to show you lots of ppl are easily amused.but like you said, dudes arm hair and skin flakes all in the food.........FK THAT!!
much too long
He probably can’t even pass inspection. Be on his phone and then walk to your table to grab salt without washing his hands
Salt bae is the kind of guy who thinks he’s the main character
He is the prime example of
1.most media personalities especially "influencers" are trash
2. Fame does not necessarily mean you are good at what you do, just like how expensive food does not mean it's quality gourmet
3. A good majority of people have mediocre taste buds, they can't differentiate good meat, sushi, wine nor coffee etc (but they pretend they can)
Oh can you imagine all those newly made rich guys pretending to like the expensive steak or wine which in reality was much cheaper and an absolute trash 😅
@@politicallyincorrect2564tbh I hate the taste of steak I don’t see the hype about it
@@Lifeisgood479try a prime ribeye.
@@Lifeisgood479you sound “gay” bro………
@@Lifeisgood479Probably didn’t have a good one. With steak you really gotta make it yourself or go somewhere really good. It’s all in the cut of steak + how you season it.
As long as the mindless social media drones exist, people like him are not going anywhere. You can't really "cancel" a guy who will take anything for publicity.
Facts.
as someone that lives in Miami and is surrounded by these "influencers" I have to agree with you
@@mikenogozones Omg I live right up the road from You in Hollywood. You aint never lied.
Did you know we're the Onlystans capital of the U.S ?
@@Peakfreud absolutely, most of Miami is composed of clout chasers
As long as the mindless social media drones exist, people like him are not going anywhere. You can't really "cancel" a guy who will take anything for publicity.
The red bull price even back then seems about right in a celebrity restaurant
Guga is the sweetest man this world has ever seen, but he also really knows what hes doing. For him to talk anyone down like this, it has to be pretty bad.
2:28 "spoken in czechoslovakian"
certified subhuman anglo moment
Your pfp show how every one feels
I'm not Czech but holy sh*t he MURDERED the pronunciation of her name 😭
They be saying Americans are dumb but yet again they still think Czechoslovakian is a language
His conduct at the world cups was the nail in the coffin.
it was very disrespectful when he pulled messi's hand to get attention. i was fuming
@@shivajithakur7735keep getting mad about it 😂
@@209Chuy Narcissism has entered the chat.
@@s4nder86no crybabies have been here sense the video was uploaded! Go cry in your safe space!
@@209Chuyronaldo fanboys
Just a side note (without any negativity intended): Czechoslovakia ceased to exist after 1992. It was divided into two separate nations: the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Additionally, there is no language known as "Czechoslovakian." Even though the Czech and Slovak languages have many similarities, people from the Czech Republic speak Czech, while those from Slovakia speak Slovak. And in case one is curious, here is a short summary of what Tynus said in her video:
She says everything happened very quickly and Týnuš describes the immediate moments of shock that followed what she first thought was a bomb explosion. Her first thought was that she would go blind as a result of the explosion. She came to her senses only when her boyfriend tried to extinguish her on the ground. It also refutes the assumption that the staff intervened immediately. According to Třešničková, there was no one in the area who was prepared to extinguish a potential fire.
I’m a huge foodie so I decided to visit his restaurant back when it first went viral. I ate at the NYC location when it was open & ordered the Golden tomahawk. I have to agree with other food critics. It was good but not great. Definitely not worth the nearly 2k we paid. Although, we had a great server who was entertaining + helpful with his suggestions. So we really just paid for “the show”, the presentation, and the ambiance because I’ve had better Wagyu steak from Goldbelly 😉
Wish I knew how problematic he was before eating at his establishment!!!!
As a Venezuelan that had to leave the country, I’m watching this in pure pleasure
I hope you are voting differently in you're new home.
Why?
Fidozo he'd still doing better than you 😂
@@bluetooth2677 Seems that most americans are voting differently lol
@@bluetooth2677*your
I've literally never heard anyone say they want to be Salt Bae when they grow up lol
Many people i know went to the Restaurant in NYC before corona, early late 30 year old guys. But after Corona i did nothing beside the Trophy incident.
I've literally never heard anyone say they want to be Salt Bae when they grow up but I definitely heard about legions of of folks wanting to be like @sunshinekatieee6239 #Facts
@@thekongstocksikr, even my friend wants to be like @sunshinekatieee6239
Same
Facts! 😂😂
For me it was not only how staff was allegedly getting paid less than the cost of the one side but his arrogance is just next level
he believes Czechoslovakia still exists. how adorable.
I think Salt Bae's downfall is a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on hype. When you build your brand on something as superficial as a salting technique, it's only a matter of time before people realize that there's nothing of substance behind it.
Not to mention that being an influencer is much more likely to be a detriment to your finances than a boon. Sure you can make massive money for a while, but even the most successful influencers have their career last only about a decade at the most before it’s flatlined and you have to live off of those savings for the rest of your life.
You can’t really get a job after too because you lack a majority of the work experience everyone else has and your a decade older, and maybe a little controversial, nobody would really want to hire you for most positions and you can’t blame them
@@courier6960the thing is your wealthy but you basically have to give up your other stuff just for retaining that clout and image while before you didn’t need to
@@Azurethewolf168 exactly like, look at The Paul brothers, they have given up on everything that is about personal life so they can remain popular among people. Thats how they grew up , like parasites.
Did you even watch the video? This video isn’t a cautionary tale about relying his persona ffs lmao it’s about the fact he’s a pos and a scammer.
And westerners don’t care about substance, you clearly didn’t even watch the video or understand what was said.
In Salt Bae's case, his business plan was to sprinkle salt on food and his product was mediocre steaks. It's no surprise that his empire is starting to collapse.
And also for some reason cut the meat in a sexual way
@@Azurethewolf168 Oh god, don't remind me that he once was cutting a steak in his usual over the top sexual way in a table with 2 adults and like 2 children (he fed the child in his usual way, disgusting freak)
@@Azurethewolf168yea, I always found that especially weird lol
@@Azurethewolf168It’s for men to get hard . Trust me I know
nope but nice try
Oh, I totally forget that world cup event that was hilarious.
When you can eat at a Michelin star restaurant for a fraction of the price.
Give yourself a round of applause everyone. The mission is almost accomplished. Thanks Sunny for the video and reminding everyone that this guy is a Pissa Gahbage. Can't wait for saltbae to fade completely to obscurity and his restaurants to go under.
Still owns a restaurant empire. Still wealthy beyond comprehension.
“He failed”
Dud made millions, tens of millions and now he gets to sink his business and get even more money from the government for going out of business...yea, applause..
but... but... salt
@@feetyeet8538 sorry, not religious
@@BoboBingakawaiii
I had to deliver something to the restaurant here in NYC and the tension between staff was wicked. Cut throat vibes and rude to me when I got there, trying to get rid of me before even finding out I had something for them. None of this is a surprise after going there.
Isn't that NY in a nutshell lol
@@mightymorphingmemory6178 not at all. Other spots by delivered to are friendly That's why it stood out to me to be so awkward and uncomfortable. New Yorkers are friendly and there really is a team type of vibe out here. If you got a flat in other places People will show sympathy but drive by. Here we'll stop to help but bust your balls for not knowing how to do it yourself. We're friendly but don't have time for bullshit.
@davidbelen7199 I know lol I couldn't help myself. Everybody has the idea of NY being hustling and bustling, middle fingers and clothes across the window apartments drying laundry, screaming matches. No different from any other city really. Have the good, bad and ugly. Usually the good outweighs the other two.
@@mightymorphingmemory6178New Yorkers hate BS which would include anything you could possibly say.
@@MemoirsofaBasketcaseI’m a New Yorker and David sounds about right. You don’t sound like a New Yorker tho 😂
Wow, you’re telling me that trying to sell tomahawk steaks cooked by a mediocre chef, carelessly and flamboyantly seasoned with nothing but salt, wrapped in $5 worth of gold leaf (so yummy 🙄) for $500….. is actually NOT a profitable business model?! 😱😱😱😱
🙄
9:27 "How many people are speaking about me? Five billion. The whole world."
He CANT be this stupid 😭😭
He is, sadly...
Grandiose narcissism.
@@AJWRAJWR that, and also the fact that there are 10 billion people in the world, not 5 billion.
@@TheRealEnclaveno there 8
@@idk-sd2kn approximately
whats sad is he had a humble begining, raised in a poor family he work hard as a bucher and eventualy opened a restaurant that offered great food at reasonable prices. Too bad he became too successful for his own good, too full of himself.
Lol that's the official story. Real story is, yes he had humble beginnings. But he was one of the lovers of one of the richest guys in Turkey. He gave him the money to open restaurants. He is the secret owner, this guy is the face of the business
Salt gay?
@@cmfrtblynmb02 if he is actually gay, conservatives will roast this guy forever lmao
The one who's responsible is the people who named him "Salt Bae" with the picture of him pinching salts in a meat. I guess those people feel stupid now.
@@cmfrtblynmb02nice conspiracy.
Like literally he got investor. That’s the backstory of literally of all successful business. You can’t shame someone who doing for getting a investor. Also he still owns his restaurants.
I never knew this salt bai dude went viral after the 2022 world cup🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Did salt bae really call "5 Billion people" the WHOLE world? ._.
What makes it so unbelievably insane is, that all he ever did was putting salt on a steak in a weird way. That's it and that's all he defined by. And the way he's desperately still doing it like "remember me? The salt guy?" is very sad and pathetic
Uh, he also wears dark sunglasses indoors always. It's such a douchey try hard type of thing.
He was boosted by celebrities.