Local Biscuit Maker Named Champion over Hundreds of Other Biscuit Makers
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. – If the breakfast biscuits baked at the Hardee’s® restaurant at 701 Independence Boulevard taste delicious, that’s because they are made by a Biscuit Maker Champion.
Local Hardee’s biscuit maker Tony Robinson was named as the 2025 Best Biscuit Maker of Boddie-Noell Enterprises, the largest Hardee’s franchise operator in the nation. Robinson advanced beyond more than 700 other biscuit makers at more than 300 Hardee’s restaurants across four states to win the overall award.
Contestants in Boddie-Noell’s annual Biscuit Maker Challenge represented Hardee’s restaurants across North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Kentucky. In addition to Robinson, the three best biscuit maker regional winners were Geraldine McCaskell of Bamberg, S.C., Shakiem Hermon of Hampton and Argelia Soarez of Roanoke.
Boddie-Noell honored the four regional winners during a banquet at the company’s Rose Hill Conference Center near Nashville, N.C.
Robinson says the key to creating the best Hardee’s Made from Scratch™ biscuit begins with “truly loving what you do.” His favorite Hardee’s biscuit is a steak biscuit.
The competition started in October, and each biscuit maker was evaluated based on the quality of his or her biscuits, knowledge of proper biscuit equipment, cleanliness and care of the biscuit equipment, knowledge and execution of company procedures, grooming and appearance. The competition’s judges included general managers, district managers, regional directors, vice presidents and other executives in the restaurant division of Boddie-Noell at the five levels of competition.
No stranger to success in the biscuit making competition, this is Robinson’s sixth time being named Boddie-Noell’s overall Best Biscuit Maker in his 15 years of baking biscuits for Hardee’s. He was also named the top Hardee’s biscuit maker nationwide in 2023, competing against biscuit makers from the brand’s more than 1,700 restaurant locations across the United States.
When he isn’t making biscuits, Robinson enjoy shooting darts and playing pool. Prior to making biscuits, Robinson spent 20 years in the Navy.
Hardee’s Made from Scratch™ biscuits, which have been served at Boddie-Noell restaurants since 1977, are a vital part of the restaurant’s menu.
In 2025, Hardee’s restaurants owned and operated by Boddie-Noell used more than 6,300,000 pounds of biscuit mix, 448,000 pounds of flour and 4,800,000 pounds of buttermilk to make the golden brown biscuits.
About Boddie-Noell Enterprises
Boddie-Noell is proud to have been a Hardee’s franchise operator for 64 years. Family-owned, Boddie-Noell is the largest Hardee’s franchisee in the United States with 317 restaurant locations in four states. The company is based in Rocky Mount, N.C. For more information, visit www.bneinc.com.
