Umami Burger's Latest Creation Raises Money for Charity

From a press release:

Umami Burger announced today the latest collaboration in its Artist Series, The Samberger by Andy Samberg benefitting The Center for Early Intervention on Deafness in Berkeley, California.

“Andy is one of the funniest men in Hollywood and I’m one his fans,” said Adam Fleischman, Founder and Chairman of Umami Restaurant Group.

Samberg hails from Berkeley, rose to notoriety in New York and now lives in Los Angeles filming hit FOX comedy series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” set in Brooklyn. Though he has no personal connection to Chicago, he has always loved Chicago-style hot dogs, which served as his inspiration for the burger.

The Samberger features Umami Burger’s signature beef patty topped with sport peppers, roasted tomatoes, chopped Umami dill pickles, a kombu relish, roasted garlic aioli, poppy seeds and yellow mustard on Umami Burger’s signature bun. It will be available for $13 starting Sept. 23, 2014, at participating Umami Burger locations nationwide.

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Andy Samberg added, “I worked tirelessly ‘munchin around’™ with the Umami Burger team to design a burger that would best represent everything I stand for. We tried many combinations and flavors, and ultimately landed on a Chicago Dog-themed burger that has literally nothing to do with me. But it tasted really good so we went with it.”

$1 from each burger will be donated to CEID in Berkeley. For over 30 years the CEID has been maximizing communication potential through early education, family support and community audiology services for young children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

“CEID’s work with young children who are deaf would not be possible without the support of people like Andy Samberg and the folks at Umami Burger,” said Cindy Dickeson, executive director for CEID.