TO diners at his restaurants, Nusret Gokce cuts a charismatic figure - hanging out with celebs and tossing seasoning over £700 steaks with his signature flourish.
But the flamboyant Turkish chef - known to his millions of followers as Salt Bae - had a humble upbringing with a family so poor he had to drop out of school when he was 10.
This week, the 38-year-old’s Nusr-et chain opened his first UK restaurant in London’s Knightsbridge, bringing his total number of venues to 15.
Wealthy diners flocked to try his famed tomahawk steak, covered in 24-carat-gold - despite it’s eye-watering price - so they could watch him drizzle salt down his forearm in his trademark move, although many balked at the cost of a Coke (£9) and £100 burger.
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