{"id":12739,"date":"2022-11-14T09:46:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T07:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=12739"},"modified":"2022-12-06T22:25:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T20:25:34","slug":"blendyourburger-challenge-the-best-burger-in-south-africa-samfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/blendyourburger-challenge-the-best-burger-in-south-africa-samfa\/","title":{"rendered":"#BlendYourBurger Challenge &#8211; the best Burger in South Africa!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Who does not love a burger?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And who wouldn\u2019t be even happier if it magically could be made healthier and even more delicious? That\u2019s why The South African Mushroom Farmers\u2019 Association (SAMFA) and the Restaurant Voice (RASA) got together to create the #<strong>BlendYourBurger Challenge\u00a0<\/strong>with fresh mushrooms as the hero.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>And why mushrooms as an essential burger ingredient?<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These meaty, umami-rich culinary nuggets are cholesterol free and contain almost no calories or fat whilst adding oodles of flavour to your favourite burger. They\u2019re what your tastebuds and an increasingly popular health-conscious menu crave!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Once word got out about the #<strong>BlendYourBurger Challenge<\/strong>, excitement built rapidly and the entries streamed in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A live cook-off at the HTA School of Culinary Art, under the watchful eyes of the judges was needed to find the ultimate 5 burgers. The judging team consisting of Ross Richardson, the chairperson of SAMFA, Wendy Alberts the CEO of Restaurant Voice and Chef Kabelo Segone: HTA Training and Development Director.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>We\u2019re delighted to announce the #BlendYourBurger Challenge 2022 \u00a0winners as follows:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: Tyrone Loydall of Hudsons with his Stomper (a mushroom and beef blended burger) was the happy recipient of R25000.<\/li>\n<li>1<sup>ST<\/sup>\u00a0RUNNER-UP: Godfrey Matsepe of Nikos Pineslopes and his Greek style mushroom blended burger received R10000<\/li>\n<li>2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0RUNNER-UP: Rod Walker from Karoo Grill and Bar created a wonderful Mushtrich burger and received R7500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103050\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BlendYourBurger-Challenge-2022-f.l.t.r.-Tyrone-Loydall-of-Hudsons-WINNER-Godfrey-Matsepe-of-Nikos-Pineslopes_1st-runner-up-Rod-Walker-from-Karoo-Grill-and-Bar-2nd-Runner-up2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1150\" height=\"767\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who does not love a burger? And who wouldn\u2019t be even happier if it magically could be made healthier and even more delicious? That\u2019s why The South African Mushroom Farmers\u2019 Association (SAMFA) and the Restaurant Voice (RASA) got together to create the #BlendYourBurger Challenge\u00a0with fresh mushrooms as the hero. And why mushrooms as an essential&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12741,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12739\/revisions\/12741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}