Seven-Year-Old Rathdrum, Idaho Boy Invents America’s Next Gourmet Burger
December 05 2008 - 7:10PM
Business Wire
Move over cheeseburger, Rathdrum, Idaho resident, 7-year-old
Charlie Beckett has created America�s next gourmet burger � the
�Holy-Pe�o Burger.� After a Championship cook-off today against
nine other kid finalists from across the country, Red Robin Gourmet
Burgers, Inc. (Red Robin), the gourmet burger expert, selected
Beckett�s �Holy-Pe�o Burger� � made with jalape�os, Cajun spices,
pepper-jack cheese, to name a few ingredients � as the winner of
the third annual �The Next Gourmet Burger Kids� Recipe Contest.�
The �Holy-Pe�o Burger� will be served in Red Robin� restaurants
next summer, with a portion of the sales from the winning burger
donated to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
(NCMEC) to support its child safety initiatives. The winning
gourmet burger also will be featured in an online kids� cookbook
available for free download next summer at www.redrobin.com.
Beckett�s �Holy-Pe�o Burger� was selected by Red Robin as the
grand-prize-winning gourmet burger from among 10 finalists during
the Championship event today at The International Culinary SchoolSM
at The Art Institute of Colorado in Denver. During the competition,
Beckett and the nine other contestants made their burgers for a
panel of six judges, including Red Robin burger experts and
Colorado-based food experts, including guest judge Chef Tyler Wiard
of Elway�s restaurants. �It was a thrill to be part of the judging
panel for Red Robin�s �The Next Gourmet Burger Kids� Recipe
Contest� Championship and to celebrate and encourage kids�
creativity in the kitchen,� said Wiard. �It was difficult to choose
just one of the finalists� delicious burgers as the winner, but the
Holy-Pe�o Burger stood out from the rest with its impressive
gourmet flavor combination of Cajun spices and jalape�os.�
Beckett�s �Holy-Pe�o Burger� was chosen from more than 14,000
burger recipe entries submitted online and at Red Robin�
restaurants throughout the U.S. over the summer. The top 10
finalist recipes for the Championship event were chosen based on
their inventive combination of ingredients, fun flavors and
compelling 100-word statement on why their burger deserved to be
selected as America�s Next Gourmet Burger. �We named Charlie�s
�Holy-Pe�o Burger� as the winner of this year�s �The Next Gourmet
Burger Kids� Recipe Contest� because it best exemplifies cooking
creatively, and offers a new, flavorful twist on the gourmet
burgers already featured on our menu,� said Susan Lintonsmith, Red
Robin chief marketing officer. �At Red Robin, we take great pride
in being the Gourmet Burger experts and providing all our guests
the opportunity to try new, mouthwatering burgers like Charlie�s.�
In addition to having his burger sold at Red Robin� restaurants
next summer, Beckett has won a family vacation to Universal
Orlando� Resort, and will be invited to attend Red Robin�s Smiling
Burger Championship in Southern California in January 2009, at
which Red Robin team members from across the U.S. compete in a
gourmet-burger-making contest. Three runners up also were selected
during the event: 12-year-old Danielle Lampitt from Rancho Santa
Fe, Calif., who created �The Oh So Gouda Burger;� 11-year-old
Brendan Schott from Muskegon, Mich., who created the �Cheesy Pizza
Paradise Burger;� and 10-year-old Adley Piccolo from Chesapeake,
Va., who created the �Fireside Burger.� The 10 finalists� gourmet
burger recipes, along with 40 other kid-invented burger recipes
submitted through the contest, will be included in a cookbook
available for FREE to download online at www.redrobin.com next
summer. In addition to the kids� recipes, the cookbook will include
NCMEC tips and conversation starters for kids and parents to
discuss Back-to-School safety while cooking together. NCMEC is a
non-profit organization whose mission is to help prevent child
abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and
assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their
families, and the professionals who serve them. For more
information about Red Robin, or to find the restaurant nearest you,
please visit www.redrobin.com. Please visit www.missingkids.com for
additional information about NCMEC. About Red Robin Gourmet
Burgers, Inc. (NASDAQ: RRGB) Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
(www.redrobin.com), a casual dining restaurant chain founded in
1969 that operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Red Robin
International, Inc., serves up wholesome, fun, feel-good
experiences in a kid- and family-friendly environment. Red Robin,
which was recently named one of Parents magazine�s Ten Best Family
Restaurants, is famous for serving more than two dozen insanely
delicious, high-quality gourmet burgers in a variety of recipes
with Bottomless Steak Fries�, as well as salads, soups, appetizers,
entrees, desserts, and signature Mad Mixology� Beverages. There are
more than 400 Red Robin� restaurants located across the United
States and Canada, including corporate-owned locations and those
operating under franchise agreements. About the National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children� (NCMEC) The National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization. Since it was established by Congress in 1984, the
organization has operated the toll-free 24-hour national missing
children�s hotline which has handled more than 2.3 million calls.
It has assisted law enforcement in the recovery of more than
132,314 children. The organization�s CyberTipline has handled more
than 643,490 reports of child sexual exploitation and its Child
Victim Identification Program has reviewed and analyzed more than
19,053,807 child pornography images and videos. The organization
works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice�s office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. To learn more about
NCMEC, call its toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST or
visit its web site at www.missingkids.com. About The International
Culinary SchoolSM at The Art Institute of Colorado The
International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes is one of the
schools in North America's largest system of culinary programs with
over 30 locations. The program is accredited by the American
Culinary Federation (ACF), a specialized accrediting body
recognized by the US Department of Education. Based on classical
Escoffier, Asian and Latin culinary techniques, with an emphasis on
progressive trends and practices, the school�s curriculum is
designed to develop and sharpen fundamental cooking techniques and
professional skills and introduce a variety of international
cuisines. To learn more about The International Culinary Schools at
The Art Institutes, visit www.artinstitutes.edu/culinary or
www.exploreculinary.com.
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