The Salt Bae of Oldham! Takeaway chef has customers flocking thanks to mimicry of celebrity butcher

A takeaway chef has customers flocking to an Oldham restaurant after mimicking Salt Bae‘s trademark sprinkling move.

The restaurant in Greater Manchester has gained more than 20,000 followers as its head chef took to TikTok in a copy-cat act of the celebrity butcher. 

Razu Kamali – known as ‘Salt Bahi’ on social media – is often styled wearing black gloves and shades much like Salt Bae, while copying his signature seasoning technique.

The TikToks often feature the cooking process of Bank Grill’s meals with Salt Bahi’s extra touches as staff occasionally dance in the kitchen.

‘The only Salt Bahi you need in your life’ – one video is captioned. 

Salt Bahi, 44, translating to ‘salt brother’ in Bengali, uses sesame seed to season steaks rather than salt while mimicking the Turkish chef.

Takeaway boss, Tayyab Ali, 27, told The Sun that their online presence has helped to ‘attract new customers’ and ‘more than 20 million views’.

Takeaway chef ‘Salt Bahi’ has customers flocking to his restaurant after mimicking Salt Bae’s trademark sprinkling move

He added: ‘When customers come in, he will put his glasses on and get into character and have a picture with them.’

The Oldham restaurant offers a variety of food including steak meat, with their ‘mix mashup’ dish priced at £15.95 – a far cheaper deal than Salt Bae’s Nusr-Et Steakhouse in Knightsbridge. 

Salt Bae – whose real name is Nusret Gökçe – has previously been criticised for serving overpriced food at the Kensington venue. 

In his video ‘Life of Salt Bahi’, Razu Kamali, is captured in circular shades and black gloves

He takes viewers through the cooking process at the Bank Grill in Oldham, Greater Manchester

Gökçe’s gold-coated steaks have drawn in online attention – with snaps captured in 2022 of meat wrapped in 24 karat gold.

The chef has also found himself in hot water for boasting about the prices at his eatery last year, with one party paying  £140,000.

Nusret Gökçe rose to viral fame back in 2017 for his unusual meat seasoning technique where he lets salt run down his elbow.

The Oldham restaurant offers a variety of food including steak meat, with their ‘mix mashup’ dish priced at £15.95 – a far cheaper deal than Salt Bae’s Nusr-Et Steakhouse in Knightsbridge

He was reported to have made £7million in sales in the first four months of his chain restaurant Nusr-Et.

It has been a hit with Instagrammers who have flocked to Knightsbridge, posing with the steakhouse’s standout stairs and showcasing the expensive dishes.