Filed under:
Chefs Todd Gray, Victor Albisu And Brian McBride Compete In Eater DC's Obama Burger Challenge
-
Chefs Todd Gray (Equinox, Watershed), Spike Mendelsohn (Good Stuff Eatery, We The Pizza), Victor Albisu (BLT Steak) and Brian McBride (Blue Duck Tavern).
-
The Blue Duck Tavern Burger
-
Chef McBride prepping.
-
-
Finishing touches.
-
Chef McBride's Blue Duck Tavern bar burger is made like a jelly roll — beef is stuffed with short rib scraps and duck confit, topped with a roasted red onion, house-made pickles and Worcestershire, bleu cheese, pickled green tomato and a brioche bun.
-
Mendelsohn was a big fan of the Blue Duck Tavern fries.
-
The judges in action.
-
Chef McBride's Blue Duck Tavern burgers were pretty well demolished within minutes.
-
Sharing the kitchen at Watershed.
-
Chef Albisu's set up.
-
-
Chef Albisu preps with ingredients he brought over from BLT Steak.
-
Chef Albisu prepping.
-
Chef Albisu's burgers were handchopped grilled Kobe beef with Wisconsin cheese, burnt tomato ketchup, bacon and a fresh ramp mustard. Buns were brushed with lardo.
-
Presenting his burgers to the judges.
-
Mendelsohn asked Albisu if he was planning on opening a burger joint when he saw this presentation. "You better hope not," Albisu replied.
-
Pickled ramps!
-
Chef Gray preps in his new restaurant's kitchen.
-
Chef Gray's Garden Burger: Pride of the Plains 28-day dry-aged beef, pickled ramps, local red Swiss chard, red onion marmalade and a house-made potato chip on an open-face brioche bun accompanied by a salad of early spring vegetables, such as courgettes,
-
Chef Gray explaining the story behind his Garden Burger, named for the White House Kitchen Garden.
-
Pondering Chef Gray's Garden Burger — definitely a knife-and-fork burger.
-
Winner chef Victor Albisu with the judges, Mike Bober of Capital Spice and Good Stuff Eatery owner and chef Spike Mendelsohn.
