Gourmet Burger Kitchen
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| Type | Wholly owned subsidiary |
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| Industry | Restaurants |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Peter Gordon |
| Products | New Zealand cuisine |
| Website | http://www.gbk.co.uk/ |
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) is a restaurant business in United Kingdom specialising in gourmet burgers from a fully traceable West Country herd.
GBK was developed by three New Zealanders living in London who missed the way food tasted in New Zealand. The celebrated New Zealand chef Peter Gordon designed the menus for GBK, Air New Zealand and his own restaurant Providores in London. The New Zealand heritage is in evidence in the shape of the 'kiwiburger', a burger which contains the ingredients beetroot, pineapple and a fried egg. These three ingredients however, are typical of an Australian burger or 'Aussie' burger as marketed around the world.
GBK are expanding rapidly. In the UK 23 new stores opened in 2008 which brings the total number worldwide to 50+. They introduce unusual items, such as wild boar, buffalo and venison burgers to their menu.
The Mighty Burger from the Edinburgh branch is highly recommended by a Mr. Rory Scurfield. He described the quality and taste in his own unique way; "Awesome!"
Gourmet Burger Kitchen is also expanding by way of franchising in the Republic of Ireland and there it is run by an Irish-owned restaurant group. They currently have seven restaurants trading with the bulk being in Dublin.
There are further franchised GBKs in Dubai, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Greece.
The South African chicken chain Nandos took full control of the company and its sister the Real Greek in 2010, offering 74 pence for each share to previous owners. Nandos has held 27% of shares in the chain's owner, Clapham House for many years.
