Meet Nusret Gökçe - a Turkish chef that is currently taking the Internet by storm.

The chef and owner of a chain restaurant in Turkey called 'Nusr-Et' already had a pretty decent Instagram following before, but it just recently grew rapidly due to a video of him sexily salting meat. Yup, you read that correctly - sexily salting meat! Which pretty much explains why the Internet named him 'Salt Bae', huh?

Well, due to his sensual 'food porn' skills, Salt Bae not only earned some more followers and a catchy nickname but also the honor to be the first meme of 2017! Check out some of the hilarious memes featuring Salt Bae below, vote for your favorites, and feel free to submit your own Salt Bae memes to the list!

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Meet Nusret Gökçe - a Turkish chef that is currently taking the Internet by storm

The chef and owner of a chain restaurant in Turkey called 'Nusr-Et' already had a pretty decent Instagram following

But it just recently grew rapidly due to a video of him sexily salting meat

So now the Internet has named him Salt Bae

Now, due to his sensual 'food porn' skills, Salt Bae not only earned some more followers

And a catchy new nickname

But also the honor to be the first meme of 2017

Check out some of the hilarious memes below