Foodies throughout Canada are feeling the hype, because Le Burger Week is just around the corner! Taking place between September 1st and September 7th, 2015 the Toronto edition of Le Burger Week promises to be juicier and tastier than ever! With over 20 participating restaurants, burger lovers are encouraged to chow down like never before, because, when it comes to a great burger, Toronto has you covered….in lots and lots of toppings!

Making its grand debut in 2012, Le Burger Week is a weeklong festival, which has evolved from one city, 30 restaurants and 10,000 participants, into a festival spanning five cities, over 150 restaurants, and 150, 000 participants! Every year, the participating restaurants, who are carefully selected, each create a unique burger consistent with their overall concept and cuisine. These participating restaurants offer a special “burger price”; where their burger lovers are then encouraged to vote, in hopes that they will be crowned the winner in one of the following categories – “The Imposter”, which is the “best” fake burger – “Judges Choice”, the most popular burger, and, finally, the “Best Veggie”.

Voting is simple. All one needs to do is try a burger at one of the participating restaurants and then vote on www.leburgerweek.com or, off of the brand new “Le Burger Week App”, which will be launching on August 20th 2015; available on both iOS and android. This year, Tab Payments will be the official sponsor of Le Burger Week Toronto.

Le Burger Week will be offering prizes for their burger lovers as well. Participants are encouraged to try as many burgers as they can at each of the participating restaurants. They gain participation points based on the number of burgers eaten. At the end of the festival, the burger lover with the most participation points will win a handful of gift certificates from the participating restaurants. Furthermore, this year, Le Burger Week will be launching their #LeBurgerSelfie initiative – a fun and interactive way that will encourage participants to post a picture of themselves with a burger in their face across their social media platforms. The winner of the best #LeBurgerSelfie will be gifted a FitBit (www.fitbit.com), because, let’s be honest - after a week of burger-indulgence, working out will be a priority!

Created by Montreal entrepreneurs (and burger-lovers) Na’eem Adam and Thierry Rassam, Le Burger Week, began as a fun foodie festival in Montreal, and, in 2015, has expanded to Winnipeg, Toronto, Quebec City, and as far away as Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.

Get ready to savour Burgers Priest’s Top Secret Burger Feast; Cafe Bar Pasta’s Carbonara Burger with a generous helping of salt'n'malt macaroni "fries"; Thoroughbred Food and Drink’s The LTO (Limited Time Only) served with bone marrow, blue cheese & fig jam; Bareburger’s El Matador featuring a Bison Burger with Cheese Curds, Pickled Jalepenos, Guacamole, and more; and these are only a fraction of what Le Burger Week has in store!

For more information regarding Le Burger Week, please visit www.leburgerweek.com