Glenda Burt is feeling the love.
Burt is the owner of Kensington’s The Home Place Restaurant, whose burger, The Cabbage Patch, was named P.E.I. Burger Love’s Most Loved Burger.
The results of the 30-day promotion were released Wednesday, with more than $1.9 million — or more than $64,000 a day — in burgers sold across P.E.I.
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“I didn’t expect to win at all. I was just happy to get some publicity,” said Burt. “That was my goal, really. It wasn’t to win. It was just to sort of get exposure.”
The winning burger, voted by fans online, featured six ounces of charbroiled Island beef, homemade barbonaise sauce, romaine lettuce, homemade cream cheese pesto, grilled pear slices, beer braised red cabbage with bacon and red onions, plus kettle chips on a grilled onion bun, garnished with dill and cherry tomato.
Burt, her son, Justin, and Chef Greg Arsenault, came up with The Cabbage Patch.
“We actually tried about four different burgers and we weren’t really happy with combination but we picked something out of each one of them that we enjoyed and then we kind of put those together and went from there.”
The result was what Burt felt was a cohesive burger featuring elements and ingredients that went well together.
“We did try cold cabbage, coleslaw, and were like, no, we don’t like the cold cabbage,” she explained. “We braised it, added some beer to it and just kind of brainstormed.”
It was The Home Place’s first time participating in Burger Love, an investment, Burt feels that has paid off for the 50-seat restaurant.
“It was amazing how busy we were. Our customer base increased so much.”
More than 1,000 Cabbage Patches were sold.
“We thought if we sold a couple of hundred we would be happy,” added Burt. “I just did not realize how much of a phenomenon it was on P.E.I.”
Hours at The Home Place, usually open Thursday through Sunday, were extended to meet with the overwhelming demand.
“We thought why don’t we try opening Fridays for lunches. We did that and it worked out really well,” she said, adding, they stayed open for the entire final week of Burger Love. “We were really, really busy. It was amazing.”
As part of the title, the burger will remain on The Home Place’s menu indefinitely.
“If the customer base wants it, why wouldn’t we?”
Burt said The Home Place would be defending its title next year.
Glenda Burt is feeling the love.
Burt is the owner of Kensington’s The Home Place Restaurant, whose burger, The Cabbage Patch, was named P.E.I. Burger Love’s Most Loved Burger.
The results of the 30-day promotion were released Wednesday, with more than $1.9 million — or more than $64,000 a day — in burgers sold across P.E.I.
RELATED: Burger Love makes Guiness World Records attempt
“I didn’t expect to win at all. I was just happy to get some publicity,” said Burt. “That was my goal, really. It wasn’t to win. It was just to sort of get exposure.”
The winning burger, voted by fans online, featured six ounces of charbroiled Island beef, homemade barbonaise sauce, romaine lettuce, homemade cream cheese pesto, grilled pear slices, beer braised red cabbage with bacon and red onions, plus kettle chips on a grilled onion bun, garnished with dill and cherry tomato.
Burt, her son, Justin, and Chef Greg Arsenault, came up with The Cabbage Patch.
“We actually tried about four different burgers and we weren’t really happy with combination but we picked something out of each one of them that we enjoyed and then we kind of put those together and went from there.”
The result was what Burt felt was a cohesive burger featuring elements and ingredients that went well together.
“We did try cold cabbage, coleslaw, and were like, no, we don’t like the cold cabbage,” she explained. “We braised it, added some beer to it and just kind of brainstormed.”
It was The Home Place’s first time participating in Burger Love, an investment, Burt feels that has paid off for the 50-seat restaurant.
“It was amazing how busy we were. Our customer base increased so much.”
More than 1,000 Cabbage Patches were sold.
“We thought if we sold a couple of hundred we would be happy,” added Burt. “I just did not realize how much of a phenomenon it was on P.E.I.”
Hours at The Home Place, usually open Thursday through Sunday, were extended to meet with the overwhelming demand.
“We thought why don’t we try opening Fridays for lunches. We did that and it worked out really well,” she said, adding, they stayed open for the entire final week of Burger Love. “We were really, really busy. It was amazing.”
As part of the title, the burger will remain on The Home Place’s menu indefinitely.
“If the customer base wants it, why wouldn’t we?”
Burt said The Home Place would be defending its title next year.
Burger Love makes Guiness World Records attempt
It was a challenge Island burgers lovers easily met.
A new component of this year’s campaign was the attempt to put P.E.I. Burger Love, now in its fifth year, and Island beef in the world record books for the Most Freshly Cooked Burgers Sold in 24-Hours.
Fresh Media, the creator of Burger Love, worked with Guinness World Records for several months on all the details, rules and accreditations for the world record, which had never been attempted before.
Guinness World Records then provided a minimum sales number of 5,000 burgers sold during the 24-hours to set this new record. The number was determined by Guinness based on P.E.I. Burger Love’s previous sales numbers per day, the number of participating restaurants for this year, as well our demographics and population.
Islanders certainly took up the challenge to put the Island in the record books as 9,037 burgers were sold during the 24-hour attempt.
Evidence must now finalized and sent to Guinness for it to officially recognize the new record.