Eat the Bird proprietor Dan Aldridge claimed the highest prize yesterday (November 7) on the Street Food Championships after seeing off competitors from 14 different cooks – with dishes starting from goat tacos to smashed burgers – at a stay cook-off at Big Penny Social.
His Korean-inspired ‘Chicktator’ burger, which mixes fried rooster with a candy and sticky gochujang glaze, home made kimchi and ssamjang mayo, was sufficient for the restaurant to assert its place on the prime of the perch.
Before launching Eat the Bird in Taunton in 2017, Dan honed his craft in a avenue meals trailer that he towed to native villages, festivals and competitions.
He stated: “To be recognised as having the perfect avenue meals dish is phenomenal.
“It’s such a great and diverse sector of our industry with some real talent; somewhere that we’re very proud to have our roots in and we’ll always celebrate being born out from.”
Eat the Bird now operates eating places in Exeter (Sidwell Street) and Cardiff (St Mary Street) and has beforehand tasted success on the Wing Fest nationwide competitions.
The Street Food Championships are organised by Dine Out and Ooh magazines to rejoice every thing there’s to get pleasure from in regards to the UK’s widespread avenue meals scene.
The competitors is open to all present and former avenue meals operators.
Eat the Bird’s Taunton restaurant is positioned on the banks of the River Tone at Coal Orchard, subsequent to Somerset County Cricket Club and the Brewhouse Theatre.
