LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Derby Festival has crowned a burger champion, and he’s a two-time winner.
Louisville’s Brian Capps won the 11th Derby Burger Challenge with the recipe for “The G.O.A.T.” The winning burger is stacked, seasoned with Dan-O’s Seasoning, spicy goat cheese, fig spread, hot honey and spring mix served on a toasted roll. Capps also won the challenge in 2021.
Capps said, “I wanted to try something harder for this competition and really challenge myself. I was trying to create flavors from a cheese board and wanted those flavors on a burger.”
A self-proclaimed foodie, Capps says burgers are his favorite food to cook. “It’s just an all-American food that everyone enjoys!”
Dozens of recipes were submitted for the competition and over 20,000 voted online to choose the top four finalists. A panel of judges selected Capps as the winner after a final cookoff. The entries were judged on taste, appearance, creativity and ease of preparation.
Daniel Dunn of Union, Kentucky, won second place with his bourbon bacon jam burger with spicy sauce. Ira Mowman of Louisville was third with his 80/20 gourmet lavender burger and Brandenburg’s Melissa Thompson came in fourth with Maw’s chili slaw burger.
“The G.O.A.T.” will be featured at Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville on the Waterfront from April 27 through May 5 and also inside Kroger stores.
Capps is also receiving a 2023 Derby Festival poster, a pair of VIP tickets to Thunder Over Louisville and a pair of tickets to Republic Bank BourbonVille and a $100 gift certificate to Kroger, a grilling prize package from the Kentucky Beef Council and a year’s supply of Dan-O’s Seasoning.
Fans can learn more about the challenge and see past winners on KDF’s website.
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