GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.,
Feb. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Florida International
University students Yolanda
Suarez and Michelle Diaz
achieve burger supremacy with a mash up! The pair teamed up for Red
Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews' fourth annual Golden Robin
Contest and beat out more than 300 entries to earn a
$10,000 scholarship and the
opportunity to serve their Loaded Baked Potato Burger at the Food
Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival
presented by FOOD & WINE. Their original recipe will be
featured on behalf of Red Robin during the festival's Amstel Light
Burger Bash presented by Schweid & Sons hosted by Rachael Ray on Friday,
February 26.
Best of the Bash Contest
At the festival, Red Robin
will present its Best of the Bash Award for the fourth
consecutive year. All chefs participating in America's most
prestigious burger competition can enter their burger for a chance
to win $10,000 and be featured on Red
Robin's Finest premium burger menu. Andrew
Zimmern, creator, host and executive producer of Travel
Channel's Bizarre Foods, will anchor a revered panel of
judges that includes past Best of the Bash Award winners
Brad Halsten, owner of The Burger
Dive in Billings, Montana
and Michell Sanchez, owner of the
Latin House Grill in Miami. The
winning chef will be announced by Zimmern during the awards
ceremony on the Burger Bash® stage.
"As the gourmet burger authority, Red Robin constantly looks for
burger inspiration from the country's most established chefs to its
future rising stars," said Jonathan
Muhtar, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at
Red Robin. "Each year we challenge Florida
International University students for new burger ideas that
bring the Yummm and this year's Golden Robin Contest did not
disappoint. We applaud Michelle and Yolanda for combining two
American favorites – loaded baked potato skins and burgers – into
one unique, Red Robin-worthy burger that we are proud to showcase
among the best in the business at the Amstel Light Burger
Bash."
Golden Robin Contest
Red Robin's Golden Robin Contest
is a key component of the ongoing partnership between Red Robin,
the Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food
Festival and FIU's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism
Management, one of the highest rated hospitality and tourism
programs in the United States. For
this year's contest, Red Robin challenged students to submit their
best recipe for a gourmet burger. Diaz and Suarez sought
inspiration from popular bar food favorites for their award-winning
Loaded Baked Potato Burger, which features melted cheddar cheese,
crispy bacon, sour cream, chives and Red Robin's signature steak
fries stacked high on a juicy, fire-grilled burger served on a
potato bun.
"Opportunities like this support our endeavor to produce
innovation-focused graduates with a critical understanding of the
industry, and give our students real-world challenges with the
chance to make an impact on the industry and their future
careers," said Mike Hampton,
dean of the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
at FIU. "We are extremely grateful to Red Robin and the Festival
for the continuous support of the Chaplin School."
For more information about Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews
and to find a restaurant near you, visit www.redrobin.com.
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., and
under the trade name, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews, is
the Gourmet Burger Authority™, famous for serving more
than two dozen craveable, high-quality burgers with Bottomless
Steak Fries® in a fun environment welcoming to
guests of all ages. Whether a family dining with kids, adults
grabbing a drink at the bar or teens enjoying a meal, Red Robin
offers an unparalleled experience for its guests. In addition
to its many burger offerings, Red Robin serves a wide variety of
salads, soups, appetizers, entrees, desserts and signature
beverages. Red Robin offers a variety of options behind the
bar, including its extensive selection of local and regional beers,
and innovative adult beer shakes and cocktails, earning the
restaurant a VIBE Vista Award for Best Beer Program in a
Multi-Unit Chain Restaurant. There are more than 530 Red
Robin restaurants across the United
States and Canada,
including Red Robin Burger Works® locations and
those operating under franchise agreements. Red Robin...
YUMMM®! Connect with Red Robin
on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism
Management
Florida International
University's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism
Management has been distinguished as one of the top hospitality
programs in the United States.
More than 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students from across the
nation and around the world choose FIU for its outstanding
reputation, advantageous campus locations in Miami, expert faculty, rich curriculum and
fast-track career opportunities in the international hotel,
foodservice and tourism industries. In August 2006 FIU unveiled the first U.S. school of
hospitality and tourism in Tianjin,
China. The Marriott Tianjin China Program is FIU's largest
international program, with a capacity for up to 1,000 students.
For more information about Florida
International University's School of Hospitality &
Tourism Management, visit hospitality.fiu.edu.
About Andrew Zimmern
Andrew Zimmern is a three-time
James Beard award-winner, a chef, a
writer, teacher and gracious dinner guest who has traveled to over
150 countries, logging countless hours in kitchens around the
world. Andrew is best known for his Travel Channel series,
Bizarre Foods, Bizarre Foods America, Bizarre World, and now
Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations. He will tell you that
his life is about demonstrating and promoting cultural acceptance,
tolerance and understanding. He has written three books, appears
monthly in Delta Sky Magazine, is a Chef-in-Residence at Food &
Wine Magazine and an entrepreneur in residence emeritus at
Babson College's prestigious Lewis
Institute. He has produced a prodigious amount of television,
incubated a dozen businesses, created restaurants, designed a
cookware line, created an award winning podcast and is devoted to
his charitable endeavors. Andrew is always shining the spotlight on
impactful ways to think about, create and live with food.
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