A new burger van serving up homemade Suffolk-inspired food has officially opened its doors, with Game of Thrones and London's Burning actor Sean Blowers on hand to cut the ribbon at its grand opening.
The Suffolk N Good burger van celebrated its launch at the Limeburners pub in Offton on Saturday, September 5, marking the start of a new venture for founder Amanda Delabruyere.
Amanda said the idea began when she met her partner, Barry, whose favourite meal was burgers.
“I don’t particularly like burgers. I would never cook burgers,” she said.
“But because I wanted to impress him, I started cooking them.”
Barry’s love of Wendy’s then gave Amanda a challenge. She began experimenting with recipes, eventually settling on a 100% pure ribeye blend.
“I wanted to beat Wendy’s, so I kept trying different recipes, and eventually I came up with the 100% pure ribeye, and knocked Wendy off her perch,” she said.
The van’s menu and branding have been designed with Suffolk at their heart, with names inspired by local landmarks and historical places including the Sutton Hoo, the Holywells Halloumi and The Deben Devil.
Amanda also makes as much as possible herself, including the burger patties, pickles and pickled onions.
“Everything that I can do myself, I do it,” she said.
The venture has been a long time in the making, with Amanda saying she had spent years talking about wanting her own burger brand.
“I just thought, you know what? If I don’t do it now, I will never do it, and I don’t want to get to a point in my life where I sit and look back and think, why didn’t I do that?”
She said she was “really, really pleased” to finally be up and running, although she admitted to being nervous about the launch.
“Facebook has gone absolutely crazy,” she said, adding that the business had already attracted hundreds of followers before serving its first burger.
Amanda hopes to build the business into a full-time venture, starting with weekend venues and Friday night events.
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