Salt Bae Malaysia
Salt Bae Malaysia? Is there really a Salt Bae restaurant in Malaysia? Or you may be wondering, who’s this Salt Bae?
Let’s get to know the 10 fun facts about Salt Bae.
10 Fun Facts About Salt Bae
1. Salt Bae’s real name is Nusret Gökçe
2. Yes, he’s not a Malaysian but a Turkish butcher, celebrity chef, food entertainer and restaurateur.
3. Salt Bae owns Nusr-Et, a chain of luxury steak houses. Unfortunately, not in Malaysia yet. Hence there’s NO Salt Bae Malaysia ya 🙂
As of 2021, he has Nusr-Et branches in Turkey, Greece, the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia . The name of his restaurant chain comes from his own name and “Et”, which means “meat” in Turkish.
4. He is a son of a miner, without much formal education. He was forced to leave school in the sixth grade (aged 11–12) to work as a butcher’s apprentice in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul.
5. Between 2007 and 2010, Gökçe visited several countries including US & Argentina. He worked in local restaurants for free, in order to gain experience as a cook and a restaurateur.
Gökçe finally opened his first restaurant in Istanbul in 2010 at the age of 27, after years of seeking experience overseas.
6. In January 2017 he shot to fame overnight when a video of him flamboyantly seasoning a piece of steak went viral online. He was dubbed “Salt Bae” due to his peculiar way of sprinkling salt: dropping it from his fingertips to his forearm, and then onto the dish.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Bae (with adaptation)
7. Salt Bae now owns a chain of 22 steakhouses around the world (no Salt Bae Malaysia yeah, in case you’re wondering again) called Nusr-Et, where you can purchase a 24 karat gold–wrapped tomahawk for about RM5,140!
8. From a early school dropout due to family’s financial woes to a whopping total net worth of around $75 Million, Salt Bae is another great rags to riches story. Learn more from the video below.
9. Salt Bae maybe very rich but ….
his famous London steakhouse, Nusr-Et, is looking for Chef de Partie, offering the station chef role just $16 to $18 (RM71to RM80) an hour, plus tips, for their service. That wage is equivalent to a side of mashed potatoes or sweet corn at the trendy eatery, according to the Daily Mail.
10. Last but not least, the latest sensational controversy he created was the World Cup 2022.
Salt Bae was shown holding, kissing and pretending to sprinkle salt on the World Cup trophy, and interrupting Argentina players’ celebrations after their penalty shootout victory over France. And Lionel Messi and team definitely not happy about it!
Do You Think You can Open the next 'Salt Bae Malaysia'?
Next Salt Bae Malaysia? Nah, forget about it. Be creative, am sure we Malaysians can be better. Why need to be another Gordon Ramsay or Salt Bae?
We have our own De.Wan 1958 by Chef Wan, Suka Sucre Bistro by Chef Dato’ Fazley Yaakob and few more.
So, how do you start with that? Work for free in some restaurants?
Unlike those days, you now have a proper pathway towards becoming a culinary chef (or even celebrity chef later if you’re creative enough and have great personality).
1. Apprentice @ National Dual Training System (NDTS)
Just like Salt Bae where he started being an apprentice, you too can take this pathway. You are luckier as our Malaysian government has been generously dishing out special incentives for all parties involved (apprentice, training provider and workplace/industry), at least for the past 2 years with a RM1,000/mth allowance.
You will also be awarded with Malaysian Skills Certificate @ SKM that is nationally & internationally recognised.
Will there be a continuity to that in 2023? Very likely as it’s been budgeted by the previous government and TVET agenda is one of the priority of our country towards a skilled workforce. A skilled workforce is an asset and helps in ensuring enhanced productivity, adoption of new technology, global competitiveness, increased income and reduction of poverty.
So how does NDTS works? Perhaps have a quick look at the chart below (focus on the green column). If you want a lengthy explanation of it, you may read more here about NDTS (or more well known as SLDN in BM)
2. Accredited Programme Training System @ Pusat Bertauliah SLaPB
Again, kindly refer to the chart below (red column) to have an idea of the system. In short, it’s like a college but unlike the conventional academic programmes, TVET accredited programs by Department of Skills Development focuses much more on the theoretical side and does not require an SPM to enrol for the programme.
Want to get your skills program accredited by Jabatan Pembangunan Kemahiran?
Before you contact us for more questions, good that you read more about the system itself first.
