Michelin star chef slams Salt Bae as ‘Mickey Mouse’ in scathing review

Salt Bae’s London restaurant Nusr-Et steakhouse hasn’t gone down completely well with diners.

It has been hit by a string of negative reviews online, has hosted a number of strange celebrities, and even the likes of Gemma Collins have been appalled by its prices.

Now, a Michelin star chef is the latest to make a dig at the restaurant in scathing comments made on The Staff Canteen podcast.

Daniel Clifford, who has a two Michelin star restaurant Midsummer House, was discussing the value of going out for expensive meals and defended his own restaurant prices. He then suggested there was a “big difference” between coming to a two star restaurant and paying out to eat at Nusr-Et Steakhouse London.

Talking about “the geezer who does the salt,” he said: “Do you want a [£630] steak cooked by Mickey Mouse or do you want to come to a two star restaurant where you’ve got 15 chefs that care about everything that they do?

“There’s a big difference isn’t there?”

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Clifford was named one of the winners of the 2012 and 2013 series of the BBC television show the Great British Menu.

Meanwhile Salt Bae, whose real name is Nusret Gökçe, owns a chain of luxury steakhouses called Nusr-Et. Already established in Dubai, New York, and Mykonos, the Turkish chef’s London venue is his latest venture.

Indy100 has contacted Nusr-Et for comment.