The Fourth Annual New York City Burger Bash presented by Pat LaFrieda took place at the Brooklyn Bridge Park on Friday evening, with 21 different restaurants representing. Thousands of burgerazzi were on hand to taste the burgers and maybe grab a photo op with the judges; this year's event was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg with a judging panel consisting of Food Network's Anne Burrell, Adam Richman of Man Vs. Food, Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods, and David Burke. Check out all the burgers!
Eat burgers for a good cause this Saturday, October 1, at Battle of the Burgers in Atlanta taking place in John Howell Park from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. A $25 ticket gets you 20 taste tickets to exchange for food from 25 participating restaurants. 100 percent of the proceeds go to Embraced, a non-profit organization that collects and shares gently-used orthopedic and prosthetic equipment with people in need.
This past weekend was the sixth 2011 National Hamburger Festival in Akron, Ohio. This video from WEWS shows some highlights from the festival, namely deep-fried cheeseburgers (chef Scott Burford of Metro Burger described it as a combo of cheeseburger and funnel cake) and a bobbing-for-burgers contest where contestants bobbed as many burgers as they could in three minutes out of a kiddie pool filled with ketchup.
One of LA's best burger spots celebrated a burger week of its own creation by serving up a series of burgers inspired by the city's iconic beef and bun creations.
Tomorrow, June 4, marks the first Philadelphia Burger Brawl where 18 chefs will compete for the title of "Best Burger" to raise money for William M. Meredith Elementary Public School. Rouge and 500° owner Rob Wasserman organized the event to help the school (where his oldest child attends) raise $40,000 to update their computer lab. Participating chefs are donating ingredients and Rouge is supplying the grills, charcoals, storage space, and serving equipment.
Congratulations to the winners of last night's Amstel Light Burger Bash at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami. For the second year in a row, Michael Symon won the People's Choice Award, this time for his Yo! Burger topped with fried salami, provolone cheese, shasha sauce, and pickled onion. He also won the award for Best Dressed Burger. The Yo! Burger is available at Symon's Ohio-based burger joint, B Spot (reviewed on AHT last year).
I just wanted a reason to draw a dude tossing burgers into his mouth. [Illustration: Robyn Lee] New Yorkers, if you want an excuse to stuff your face with as many sliders as you can in five minutes for potential...
The third annual Burger Bash, one of the hottest tickets at the New York City Wine & Food Festival (the event sold out almost as soon as tickets went on sale), went down last Friday night. Check out our slideshow for a recap of the event.
With Bon Appetit on board as the new primary sponsor of Chicago Gourmet, it was inevitable that the celebration of Chicago's best eats would get a little bigger and include a few more national attention-grabbers this year. The main event was definitely larger this year, but the big change was the addition of a Friday night kickoff in the form of the Hamburger Hop, a burger competition featuring 15 Chicago chefs.
