Heinz Ketchup Finds "Best Dressed" Burger in South Beach.King of Condiments Crowns Burger at South Beach Wine & Food Festival PITTSBURGH -- There are plenty of hot buns on the beaches of Miami this week -- hamburger buns that is. At the Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival's "Burger Bash" last night, the H. J. Heinz Company H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), commonly known as Heinz, famous for its "57 Varieties" slogan, is a processed food product company with its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States of America. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HNZ HNZ HJ Heinz Co (stock symbol) ) - official condiment sponsor of the Bash - chose a winner for its first-ever "Best Dressed Burger" award. The award-winning burger was created by Executive Chef Laurent Tourondel of BLT 1. BLT - /B-L-T/, /bl*t/ or (rarely) /belt/ Synonym for blit. This is the original form of blit and the ancestor of bitblt. It refers to any large bit-field copy or move operation (one resource-intensive memory-shuffling operation done on pre-paged versions of ITS, WAITS and (Bistro Laurent Tourondel) Restaurant located in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , and crowned during the sold-out Amstel Light Burger Bash, which was held Thursday, February 22, 2007 at the Ritz-Carlton in Miami Beach Miami Beach, city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. . The "Best Dressed Burger" award was given to Chef Tourondel's Classic BLT Burger, which was topped with bacon, lettuce and tomato and crowned with mayonnaise, American cheese, onions and a true classic - Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Facing more than a dozen competitors, the Classic BLT was selected as the Best Dressed based on overall presentation and best use of toppings to complement the burger. "The Classic BLT Burger was by far the obvious choice. Each of the entries had a unique taste and flavor," said Heinz Executive Chef Frank Jock, "and it was a difficult decision to make -- but the winning burger truly left an impression, as it was well-accessorized with fresh toppings, embellished with a tasty sauce and overall, was well put-together. It is truly worthy of our "Best Dressed Burger" award." Executive Chef Tourondel acknowledged the award by commenting, "I can't imagine our BLT Burger without Heinz Tomato Ketchup. The award - a Tiffany Crystal Ketchup bottle - will be displayed in a special place of honor in our restaurant and will be a constant reminder of this memorable day." Another winner of the evening was a second New York City dining establishment, the Shake Shack Shake Shack is a restaurant serving hamburgers, hot dogs, and custard in New York, NY's Madison Square Park. The eatery opened in July of 2004. Since its opening, Shake Shack has proven popular with New Yorkers, even garnering the distinction of being named "Best Burger 2005" by . This "People's Choice" winning burger was dressed with lettuce, tomato and cheese and served with crinkle crin·kle v. crin·kled, crin·kling, crin·kles v.intr. 1. To form wrinkles or ripples. 2. To make a soft crackling sound; rustle. v.tr. To cause to crinkle. fries, which proved to be a great accompaniment to the range of Heinz condiments featured at the event. Serving as the official condiment sponsor for the event, Heinz provided a broad range of toppings for the event, including its traditional Tomato Ketchup, Organic Ketchup, Hot N' Spicy Ketchup, Spicy Brown Mustard brown mustard, n See black mustard. and Relish. The all-American burger continues to be the leading entree on all restaurant menus, while Ketchup is the No. 1 condiment used with burgers.1 About Heinz The H. J. Heinz Company, offering "Good Food, Every Day[TM]," is one of the world's leading marketers and producers of branded foods in ketchup, condiments, sauces, meals, soups, seafood, snacks, and infant foods. Heinz satisfies hungry consumers in every outlet, from supermarkets to restaurants to convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. and kiosks. Heinz is a global family of leading brands, including Heinz[R] Ketchup, sauces, soups, beans, pasta and infant foods (representing nearly one-third of total sales or close to $3 billion), HP[R] and Lea & Perrins[R], Ore-Ida[R] french fries and roasted potatoes, Boston Market[R] and SmartOnes[R] meals, and Plasmon[R] baby food. Heinz's 50 companies have number-one or number-two brands in 200 countries, showcased by Heinz[R] Ketchup, The World's Favorite Ketchup[TM]. Information on Heinz is available at www.heinz.com/news. Available for interviews: Frank Jock, Executive Chef, H. J. Heinz Company Laurent Tourondel, Executive Chef, BLT Restaurant 1 Source: R&I, 2005 Menu Census; Copernicus/Heinz Proprietary Quantitative Consumer Research, June 2004; Technomic 2005 |
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