Amir Khan does his best Salt Bae impression as he barbecues a slab of meat
BOXING star Amir Khan has shown off his cooking chops in an impressive video shared to Snapchat parodying the infamous “Salt Bae”.
The British professional boxer and two-time former world champion can be seen seasoning a slab of meat in the hilarious clip, before it fades away to show him chopping it to precision to the sound of one of Mozart’s most famous pieces.
The clip, which has been viewed over 113,000 times in under 24 hours, is a parody of Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe, who broke the internet when a video of him flamboyantly sprinkling salt before slicing and dicing a steak went viral.
His pro seasoning earned him the nickname “Salt Bae”, as well as worldwide fame.
Khan made headlines just last week when a fight against Manny Pacquiao was cancelled.
Khan and Pacquiao had announced they had agreed terms for a fight on April 23 on their respective Twitter accounts, and a venue was even announced.
Shortly after, however, Pacquiao’s longtime promoter Arum said the fight had been called off after $38million (£31million GBP) from an unnamed investment group failed to come to fruition.
The video of Gökçe lovingly preparing an Ottoman steak, posted on January 7, started trending around at the start of this year – and now has more than 8.6 million views.
His strangely sensual meat videos soon evolved into a series of viral memes, with viewers taking particular delight in the way Nusret sprinkled a handful of salt crystals at the end of the clip.
There is now a whole Twitter page dedicated to #saltbae memes – which has more than 6,000 followers.
While Nusret’s own Instagram page has attracted 2.6million fans, and his meme has cropped up in Melbourne graffiti and even on t-shirts worn by Rihanna and Ben Affleck.
It may seem a bit bizarre, but viral fame is often difficult to comprehend.
Nusret became a humble butcher’s apprentice at the age of 14, and has been slowly growing his empire ever since.
Long before achieving viral fame, Nusret was a well-known fixture in Turkey.
He is now the co-owner of five steakhouses and two burger joints in Turkey and Dubai, named Nusr-Et (after himself), the first of which opened in 2010.
According to Turkish media, it’s a million-dollar empire with 400 employees.
Celebs including tennis ace Roger Federer and Arsenal footballer Mesut Ozil have dined at his steakhouses.
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