picture by Al Diaz, courtesy of the Miami Herald
In September of 2008 I opened up a blogger account with the hopes to document my burger excursions around South Florida and beyond. I began to branch out beyond burgers and cover all facets of comfort food along with some food history mixed in wherever my journeys took me. I then turned my eyes towards culinary events including the 1st food truck event in the state of Florida and many others that I curate and produce throughout the year. You can follow my comfort food exploits on my blog Burger Beast and social media like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Don’t forget to visit the world’s only museum dedicated to the history of burgers, comfort food and advertising, the Burger Museum by Burger Beast located at Magic City Casino in Miami, Florida.
TV Sightings:
Sweden’s Världens bästa burgare Episode 4 Miami
Food Network Canada’s You Got Eat Here!, La Camaronera segment
Travel Channel’s Burger Land “Miami’s Cuban Frita” episode, El Mago de las Fritas & Pincho Factory segments
Food Network UK’s Andy Bates American Street Feasts “Miami Tropical Beach Flavours”
NBC’s 6 in the Mix (over 10 appearances to discuss different culinary events)
WSVN’s Deco Drive: Burger Museum unwraps a tasty history
SoFlo TASTE on WPLG 10: The Burger Museum
Press:
Eater Miami, “Comfort Food Blogger, Burger Beast, to Debut His Own Burger Restaurant This August”, June 17th, 2019
Miami Herald, “First he built a burger museum in Miami. Now he’s opening his first burger restaurant”, June 14th, 2019
Sun Sentinel, “Nostalgia and history served at the Burger Beast Burger Museum”, November 12th, 2016
Escapism Magazine, “The Burger King”, June 2015
Thrillist, “22 Miami Instagrams You Need To Follow Right Now”, April 7th, 2015
Miami Herald, South Florida Food 50, “South Florida Food 50: Sef Gonzalez of Burger Beast“, February 18th, 2015
Miami Herald, Tropical Life, “For Miami food blogger, Burger Brawl is the nature of the beast“, May 8th, 2014
WLRN, “Burger Beast, His Frita Obsession And A Frita Showdown“, August 16th, 2013
Mami Herald, Tropical Life, “Man vs. Meat: A burger fan makes it big in the blogosphere“, November 12th, 2009
more Press here
Writing:
All About The Burger book by Sef “Burger Beast” Gonzalez, published on April 15th, 2019 by Mango Publishing
edible South Florida Winter 2018: “The Burger Beast’s Guide To Cuban Coffee Culture”
edible South Florida Fall 2012: “Ventanitas”
edible South Florida Winter 2012: “Hey, Lee Schrager, What’s Going On?”
edible South Florida Spring 2011, Cover Story: “Let me tell you about the Frita”
Miami.com & Miami Herald in Print May 1st 2018: “Eat a burger a day for National Burger Month. Here are 31 to try:”
Miami.com & Miami Herald in Print May 1st 2017: “5 Things You Should Do During National Burger Month”
Miami.com May 8th 2017: “5 Historical South Florida Burger Joints”
Miami.com May 15th 2017: “5 Most Miami Burgers”
Miami.com May 22nd 2017: “5 Restaurants with Unexpectedly Great Burgers”
Miami.com May 29th 2017: “5 Next It Burger Joints”
Ocean Drive Magazine March 2011: Taste – The Burger Beast Edition
TravelHost Winter 2018: Visit Classic Miami Restaurants
TravelHost Spring 2018: “10 Chefs in Miami”
Awards and such:
New Times’ Miami’s Best Food Instagrams
New Times 2013 Best Blog – Reader’s Choice Winner
CBS Miami’s “10 Best Miami Foodies To Follow On Twitter”
Guinness World Record for “The largest parade of food trucks”
The305.com 2012 Blogger of the Year
New Times 2012 Web Awards – Best Food Blog
Savings.com “The Top 15 Burger Bloggers”
Companies I’ve Partnered With:
Adrienne Arsht Center
Amstel Light Beer
Budweiser
Casino at Dania Beach
City of Hallandale Beach
City of Hialeah
City of Hollywood
City of Miami Springs
Coca Cola
edible South Florida
Ft. Lauderdale Riverwalk Trust
Heineken Light Beer
JM Lexus
Knaus Berry Farm
Magic City Casino
Mardi Gras Casino
Martin’s Potato Rolls
McDonald’s
MetroPCS
The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald
The Miami Heat
Miami Lakes Auto Mall
The Miami Marlins
Miami New Times
The Miami Seaquarium
Miami Tour Company
Naples Ft. Myers Greyhound Racing & Poker
Parawood Americas
Pepsi Cola
Seminole Casino Classic
Seminole Casino Immokalee
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood
South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Sunshine Provisions
Thrillist
White Castle
WISE Potato Chips
Yelp
Companies Who’ve Sponsored Burger Beast Events:
Amstel Light Beer
Borges Distributing (Chifles)
Budweiser
Catalina Foods
CAWY Bottling Company
Cheeseburger Baby
Custom Food Truck Builders
Downstairs Convenience Stores
El Guapo
El Rey de las Fritas
Food Cart USA
Food Truck Invasion
Funky Buddha Brewery
Galeo Spices
Goya Foods
Hatuey Beer
Heinz Ketchup
HipPOPs handcrafted gelato pops
Islas Canarias Restaurants
JM Lexus
Latin House
The Magic Box
Martin’s Potato Rolls
McCormick
Miami Lakes Auto Mall
Orion Fuels
Palomilla Grill
Pincho Factory
Samuel Adams Beer
Schweid & Sons/Burger Maker
Sunshine Bottling Company
Sunshine Provisions
T-Mobile
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Judging:
2019 Gay8 Festival’s Best Sandwich – Little Havana
2015 Plant Based Burger Battle – Miami Beach, Florida
2015 John Offerdahl’s Gridiron Grill Off – Pompano Beach, Florida
2015 Dessert Wars – Miami, Florida
2014 Cuban Sandwich Festival – Tampa, Florida
2013 Boca Burger Battle – Boca Raton, Florida
2013 Riverwalk Ft. Lauderdale Burger Battle – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2013 Sunshine State Steak Cook-Off in Ave Maria, Florida
2012 Pigs in Paradise (BBQ) – Immokalee, Florida
2012 Riverwalk Ft. Lauderdale Burger Battle – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2012 The Grind Burger Battle – Wynwood, Florida
2011 Seminole Hard Rock-N-Roll Beer-B-Que – Hollywood, Florida
2011 Riverwalk Ft. Lauderdale Burger Battle – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2011 Taste of the Grove – Coconut Grove, Florida
2011 JA Uncorked – Coconut Creek, Florida
2010 NBC 6 Burger Battle – Miramar, Florida
2010 Riverwalk Ft. Lauderdale Burger Battle – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
If you’re a Food Truck looking to contact me about events, please go to the BB Approved Events Page.
If you’re trying to reach me for any other reason, please use the form below.
