- Mail Online was told by a former employee of Salt Bae that the London restaurant is not as good as it used to be. “immoral.”
- Nusr-Et was established in London in September and quickly attracted attention due to its affordable prices.
- Guillermo Perez stated that he visited the restaurant and saw it charging up to $850 per steak with frozen fries.
One man claims he was a former employee at Salt Bae’s London restaurant. “McDonald’s for rich people”According to a Mail Online article published Thursday, you can serve frozen fries.
Guillermo Perez said to Laurence Dollimore, Mail Online, that he worked as a Sommier at Nusr-Et in Knightsbridge. He was fired in JanuaryThe restaurant said that it was “immoral”Its price markups. He said it charges £3,000, or around $4,000, for bottles of wine worth £1,000, or $1,400.
Nusret Gökçe, more commonly known as Salt Bae, who In 2017, social media took off.The Nusr-Et restaurant in Knightsbridge, London was opened by, in September 2013. It attracted a lot of attention due to its high prices. Twitter users criticized the prices for charging $850 per steak and $15 per bottle of Red Bull. “extortionate,”Insider reported this previously.
“One day I saw a big bag of frozen chips and I thought ‘really? That’s what we are serving people?’ And they had Heinz ketchup and mayonnaise, which you can get from the shop,” Perez told Mail Online.
Representatives for the restaurant Nusr-Et and Gökçe did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
Perez, who claimed to be 30 and originally from Madrid told Mail Online that he was a sommelier for eighteen years and was fired for eating avocado and rice while on a shift. Perez claimed that workers weren’t allowed to eat at the staff canteen after 5:05 p.m. He explained that the food he brought was his own. However, Perez said he was told to meet with HR 30 minutes later.
Perez claimed that he was told not return to work on the following day during the meeting. Perez claimed he asked HR for reasons for his firing and was told that he wasn’t selling enough wine. Mail Online reports.
Perez stated that he would soon start a new job, as a sommelier for a luxury cruise liner.
Despite the criticism, the restaurant chain has still proved popular with celebrities. These figures include David Beckham Jason Statham have posted Instagram photos alongside Gökçe at his restaurants.
Perez did no immediate respond to Insider’s request.