After a tough burger showdown, the Grand Prize Winner of the 2009 Kids' Cook-Off is 9-year-old Emma Potts from Bonney Lake, Wash. who created the "Spicy Honey Glazed Bacon Burger!" Emma’s burger will be sold in all U.S. Red Robin® restaurants during summer 2010. Fifty cents from each "Spicy Honey Glazed Bacon Burger" sold will benefit the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC).
The inaugural online Fan Favorite award went to 10-year-old Daphney Thomas from Hillsboro, Ore. with her "A DoubleDilly of a Burger." Three runners-up were also named including: 12-year-old Mike Smyth, Jr. from New Lenox, Ill. who created the "Bacon Hot Popper Burger;" 12-year-old Gabriel Byrne from Berryton, Kan. who created the "Seven Wonders Burger;" and 11-year-old Randi Lenard from Rifle, Colo. who created the "Chili Lime Chicken Roll."
To check out outtakes of the ten finalists and to watch an archived file of the Kids' Cook-Off, please click here.
In December, 50 recipes, including the ten finalists, will be chosen for the Kids' Cook-Off Cookbook along with safety tips from NCMEC. The cookbook will be available for free download online at redrobin.com during summer 2010. Cookbook winners will be notified via mail in December.