Local Biscuit Maker Named Champion for a Fifth Time over Hundreds of Other Biscuit Makers
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.– If the breakfast biscuits baked at the Hardee’s® restaurant at 701 Independence Blvd. taste delicious, that’s because they are made by a Biscuit Maker Champion.
Local Hardee’s biscuit maker Tony Robinson was named as the 2024 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 325 Hardee’s restaurants across four states to win the overall award.
No stranger to success in the biscuit making competition, this is Robinson’s fifth time being named Boddie-Noell’s overall Best Biscuit Maker in his 12 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.
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., Keilana Souza of Disputanta 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 consistently following the procedures and having a true love for making biscuits. His favorite Hardee’s biscuit is the Steak, Egg and Cheese 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 regional directors, vice presidents and other executives in the restaurant division of Boddie-Noell at the five levels of competition.
When he isn’t making biscuits, Robinson enjoys bowling, playing pool and swimming. Prior to his time with Hardee’s, 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 2024, 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 63 years. Family-owned, Boddie-Noell is the largest Hardee’s franchisee in the United States with 325 restaurant locations in four states. The company is based in Rocky Mount, N.C. For more information, visit www.bneinc.com.
