SoBe Amstel Light Burger Bash 2011 Recap & Results
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Well, the picture says it all! Michael Symon and B Spot take the Amstel Light People’s Choice Award for the 2nd year in a row. This time his “Yo!” Burger with salami, provolone cheese, pickled onion and ShaSha sauce took top honors. Symon also won Heinz “Best Dressed” Burger for his use of condiments.
Marc Murphy (Landmarc) won the Golden Grill award for his Big Marc Burger (all beef burger on homemade black pepper and cheddar bun with spiked ketchup and housemade pickles). This is the judges’ award and handed out for best use of the Allen Brothers meat they were supplied.
Last but not least Miami’s Burger and Beer Joint Chef Carlos Barilla won for Best Side Dish with his truffle baked potato salad.
It’s hard to describe this event someone who hasn’t attended before. If you’re a burger fanatic then this is a must attend event for you. Even if you come hungry you’ll have a difficult time eating all 25 participants’ burgers and the 3 dessert folks’ sweets. This was the 5th year the event has taken place and all the former winners were here (2007: Shake Shack, 2008: Radius, 2009: Good Stuff Eatery and 2010: B Spot). All of our local burger spots did a great job and I didn’t have a bad burger last night. Check out some pics to get your mouth watering for next year’s event. Til then…
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| Entrance to Burger Nirvana 2011 |
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| Getting the band back together…. |
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| Charm City owners Evan and Chef Michael Saperstein |
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| Charm for miles and miles |
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| Charm City’s “Kurobuta” Cowboy |
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| Ai Fiori/Michael White’s The White Label by Pat LaFrieda |
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| B Spot’s Yo! Burger |
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| Good Stuff Eatery’s Coletti Smokehouse |
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| Ingrid Hoffman with her Delicioso Latin Burger |
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| Chef Jonathan Sawyer’s Amstel Light’s Winner’s Contest Burger |
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| The El Mago De Las Frita family |
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| Lining up the Batido de Mamey at El Mago De Las Fritas |
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| El Mago’s Frita with Batido de Mamey |
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| Love Shack’s Wild Love (Elk Burger) |
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| Morimoto’s Nikomi Burger |
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| Chef Michael Schwartz |
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| MGFD’s Genuine Bacon and Egg Cheeseburger |
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| Radius’ The Schlow Burger |
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| Umami’s Umami (squared) |
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| Town’s The “O” Burger |
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| Shake Shack’s Zach Koff |
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| Shake Shack’s Shack Burger |
Make sure you check out the Menu for SoBe Burger Bash 2011 and Burger Beast’s coverage of the 2009 and 2010 Burger Bash Events.
The burgers look awesome! Sounds like a great time.
The wife and I went last night with another two couples and had a great time. Important tip for next year, "treat this night like a marathon and not a sprint." After about 8 or 9 half or full burgers, I was done. Should have done the take a bite and keep moving strategy.
On a side note, did you notice how many of the burgers were very rare or barely cooked at all? Reports from this morning showed that three of the six of us got sick last night. I'm wondering how many others had similar stomach problems and if someone needs to look into this for next year. Regardless, this burger fan had a blast!
I had a lot of fun at the Burger Bash last night. It was pure burger bliss. Michael Symon's burger was fantastic, an explosion of different flavors. Best moment was when I saw El Mago walking back after the winners were announced and got to give him a pat on the back for a great frita. I was proud of the El Mago booth because they really took advantage of the opportunity to gain exposure with a few giveaways (the beer coozy was awesome!) and real friendly service. If I only could've had the fried egg and cheese (I know, I know…I'm a gringo) on top of my frita… The Beast was holding court in the back sending people to fetch and feed him burgers hahaha!
Hook me up with some tickets next year, looking at those pics makes me want to cry.