J.D. Martinez hung out with celebrity chef and world's most entertaining butcher, 'Salt Bae'

There are celebrity chefs, and then there are celebrity chefs with 18 million Instagram followers who have a penchant for slicing up meat in the most dramatic way possible. I'm talking, of course, about the one and only Salt Bae.

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Saltbae cheesesteak #salt #saltbae #saltlife

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The Turkish foodsmith, whose real name is Nusret Gökçe, rocketed to prominence last year after a video of him bombastically slicing a chunk of meat went viral online. His trademark method of sprinkling salt on all of his dishes has since been replicated by many in the sports world as a delightfully silly celebration, including 2018 AL MVP Mookie Betts.

Yeah, @mookiebetts has been sitting on #SaltBae. pic.twitter.com/nstKMKyyV1

— Red Sox (@RedSox) February 26, 2017

Betts' teammate J.D. Martinez, a dude who already spent time this offseason chilling with elephants in Thailand, visited Gökçe's steakhouse in Miami over the weekend and snapped an awesome picture with the well-known restaurateur.

Martinez is just the latest in a long line of notable athletes who have made the pilgrimage to one of Salt Bae's restaurants. Soccer megastars Paul Pogba and Lionel Messi both recently dined there, 2017 AL MVP José Altuvewent with his family last offseason and the legendary DJ Khaled stopped by a few months ago wearing an Oakland A's uniform (which definitely counts).
Maybe soon a team will get Mr. Bae to a game to see if he can throw out a first pitch from his unconventional arm angle.