{"id":28678,"date":"2022-12-23T07:17:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T07:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=28678"},"modified":"2022-12-23T07:17:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T07:17:37","slug":"fifa-is-looking-into-how-chef-salt-bae-gained-access-to-the-world-cup-final-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/12\/23\/fifa-is-looking-into-how-chef-salt-bae-gained-access-to-the-world-cup-final-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifa\u00a0is\u00a0looking\u00a0into\u00a0how\u00a0chef\u00a0Salt\u00a0Bae\u00a0gained\u00a0access\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0World\u00a0Cup\u00a0final\u00a0pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fifa has launched an investigation into how social media influencer chef and restaurateur Salt Bae and others got access to the pitch after the\u00a0World Cup\u00a0final in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Turkish chef, who owns a string of his Nusr-Et restaurants in cities including London, Dubai and New York, was shown holding, kissing and pretending to sprinkle salt on the World Cup trophy, and interrupting\u00a0Argentina\u00a0players\u2019 celebrations after their penalty shootout victory over France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trophy is only supposed to be touched or held by a select group of people, including tournament winners and\u00a0Fifa\u00a0officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salt Bae, whose real name is Nusret G\u00f6k\u00e7e, could also be seen trying to get the attention of Argentina captain Lionel Messi after the game. Photographs were later\u00a0posted to G\u00f6k\u00e7e\u2019s Instagram account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A statement by the governing body said: \u201cFollowing a review, Fifa has been establishing how individuals gained undue access to the pitch after the closing ceremony at Lusail stadium on 18 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe appropriate internal action will be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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G\u00f6k\u00e7e did his signature salt-sprinkling gesture over the trophy, held here by Argentina\u2019s Lisandro Martinez. Photograph: eroteme.co.uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

G\u00f6k\u00e7e went viral on social media in 2017 after a video showed his over the top method of preparing and seasoning steak in front of diners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then he has established a chain of more than 20 restaurants. His west London eatery opened in September 2021, notoriously featuring a tomahawk steak\u00a0wrapped in gold for \u00a32,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Beckham, Leonardo DiCaprio and the Venezuelan president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, are among well-known diners to visit his restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the aftermath of Argentina\u2019s third World Cup win on Sunday, G\u00f6k\u00e7e could be seen walking around the pitch and trying to pose with bemused players, including Lisandro Martinez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifa head Gianni Infantino visited one of his restaurants in Dubai in January 2021, where he could be seen alongside G\u00f6k\u00e7e, mimicking his trademark salt-seasoning pose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr Nusrat, number one, the best of the best, unforgettable evening in Dubai,\u201d Infantino\u00a0said on the video, before calling him a \u201clegend\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G\u00f6k\u00e7e\u00a0posted a video\u00a0during the World Cup of him embracing Infantino, and he was later pictured in VIP seats alongside Brazil players Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Cafu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fifa has launched an investigation into how social media influencer chef and restaurateur Salt Bae and others got access to the pitch after the\u00a0World Cup\u00a0final in Qatar. The Turkish chef, who owns a string of his Nusr-Et restaurants in cities including London, Dubai and New York, was shown holding, kissing and pretending to sprinkle salt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":28679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3295],"tags":[4836,4173,2422,7893,11962,5782,6695,5500,5575,5918,9372,8394,10197,10104,604,1113,11007,3684,1273,990,12704,9087,11973,13256,3805,8552,2219,194,9086,5349,7419,12605,10885,8033,999,2178,3954,12851,36,5248,594],"class_list":["post-28678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-sport","tag-access","tag-argentina","tag-brazil","tag-chain","tag-chef","tag-david-beckham","tag-dubai","tag-fifa","tag-france","tag-gold","tag-influencer","tag-instagram","tag-investigation","tag-legend","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-lionel-messi","tag-lisandro-martinez","tag-london","tag-messi","tag-new-york","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-nusr-et-restaurant","tag-one","tag-players","tag-president","tag-qatar","tag-roberto","tag-ronaldo","tag-salt-bae","tag-social-media","tag-the-game","tag-uk","tag-victory","tag-video","tag-vip","tag-west-london","tag-will","tag-winners","tag-world","tag-world-cup","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}