2012 Burgerliscious Burger Judges
Check out this year’s line up of burger judges that will be guiltlessly sampling and judging gourmet burgers prepared by participating Burgerliscious festival restaurants. All are competing for this year’s 2012 Best in Bun award!
John Carrascal
John Carrascal or Johnny as he likes to be called has been covering the South Florida food scene for the past three years. His blog, SouthFloridaBurgerOverload.blogspot.com, covers everything from local food events, food trucks, casual as well as fine dining restaurants and of coarse burgers! After several years working at UPS he decided [...]
Burger Beast
Sef Gonzalez, better known as Burger Beast, is a respected South Florida Food Blogger, with national reach, who writes about unique food experiences. Although his blog was originally created to find the best burger in Miami, it now represents a publication with the aim to shine light on the often overlooked, undiscovered, and [...]
Nick Pena
Nick on the Radio is currently the executive producer and co-host of Miami’s most popular afternoon show, The YO Show! on Y100/WHYI in Miami. The show features Michael Yo, Nina, and Nick and airs from 2p to 6p, Monday thru Friday. Nick on the Radio was also involved with Y100’s and E! TV’s [...]
Chef Adrianne
Filled with the love for food at a young age, Adrianne focused her efforts on her one true aspiration, cooking. At age 28, Adrianne has enjoyed her remarkable journey in becoming a nationally acclaimed chef. Coining the catch phrase, “Maximum Flavor”, Adrianne has managed to exceed to the “maximum” degree. From graduating top [...]
Fatgirl Hedonist
Miami looks to FatgirlHedonist.com for the everyday man’s perspective of food. Armed with her camera phone, an appetite and a made-in-Hialeah mentality, FGH hops from place to place in the 305 boasting full disclosure that her gourmand expertise derives from a simple love for food. Her name isn’t backed by culinary degrees, or [...]
Darla M. Thompson, CPA. CFP®, MST
Darla is a Certified Public Accountant with over 26 years of experience providing tax planning, compliance and advisory services. As a tax partner, Darla services clients in a wide variety of industries. She specializes in taxation and financial planning primarily for high net-worth family groups and the real estate industry.
Darla received her [...]
Grant Miller
Grant Miller, Publisher of Miami’s Community Newspapers grew up eating burgers and playing baseball at Suniland Park. His first job was flipping burgers at the Matheson Hammock at the concession stand near the beach. Today Grant’s papers help readers find great places to eat burgers all over Miami-Dade County
Mayor Jim Cason
Jim Cason was elected Mayor of the City of Coral Gables on April 12, 2011. He is a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer with more than 40 years of national and international public service, including extensive experience in Latin America as a leader of multi-agency Embassy communities. He is fluent in five languages.
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Alex Mena
Alex Mena is the Deputy Sports Editor at The Miami Herald. He currently oversees the day-to-day operations for the sports department, directly supervising coverage for the Miami Dolphins, Miami Marlins and all college football. He has worked in the newspaper industry for the past 19 years, working for news, neighbors and sports.
Burgerliscious 2013
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