The chosen bun: Ormond Brewing Company wins Ormond Burger Week 2025

Ormond Brewing Company sold 550 of its 'M/C Burger' — a 6-ounce angus beef smash burger with fried Velveeta — during the 10-day competition, which raised $3,000 for Provision Packs.

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Who has the best burger in town? Ormond Brewing Company does.

The local brewery was crowned the champions of Ormond Burger Week 2025 on Tuesday, May 13. The third annual competition was the biggest yet, with 20 restaurants taking part and over 7,000 burgers sold overall. 

Ormond Brewing's entry, the "M/C Burger" — a 6-ounce angus beef smash burger with fried Velveeta, Ormond Brewing Company stout onion marmalade, bacon jam, pepper jack cheese, Lettuce and house pickles — was the brainchild of the brewery's four chefs, with input from their Mug Club members.

"We just had a good time doing it," Chef John Michael said. "We've got a great crew."

Ormond Brewing Company owner Justin Robinson credited their win to Michael, and thanked the community for their support.

"John headed this whole thing on," Robinson said.

With a tagline of "Meat the Need," this year's competition also benefitted a local charity: Provision Packs, an Ormond Beach nonprofit that supplies food to children and families in need on the weekends and during extended school breaks in Volusia and Flagler counties. Ormond Burger Week presented Provision Packs with a $3,000 check.

Ormond Brewing will also make a donation of its own — $550, a dollar for every burger they sold during the 10-day competition.

With 20 restaurants competing, the Ormond Burger Week committee, which is composed of members of Realty Pros Assured and Realty Pro Title, said it was a busy week. 

Carly Krajewski, of Realty Pros Assured, one of the founders of Ormond Burger Week, said a lot of the restaurants who had not participated in the past benefitted from the competition's publicity.

"All the restaurants have been so good," she said. "They are so appreciative and it's a long week. It's hard for that week, because they are busy. That's just burgers on top of their normal menu."

The publicity also extended to social media.

"A lot of people took to social media and shared pictures and just their reviews on different restaurants," committee member Skye Russell said. "I feel like that was very helpful."

The competition, as well as the Bingo game on the voting card, also put some restaurants on the map for residents that otherwise wouldn't have known about them, added committee member Yana Marchenko.

"I think that's the main purpose of Ormond Burger Week is to bring more business to the local restaurants," she said.

Some one the newer restaurants were apprehensive about entering the competition, but after seeing the community engagement, they've already begun planning for next year's competition, said committee member Kristen Robbins. 

"I think something we can say is it's community supporting community," she said.

 

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