Say what you will about plant-based proteins, but they have long become a fixture on the fast food and fast casual restaurant scene, locally and nationally.
With that, Dog Haus, with two original shops in Pasadena, announces its fifth annual Chef Collaboration Series.
The gourmet hot dog, sausage and burger concept teams up every couple months with the chefs and celebrity mixologists to create limited-time items showcasing their own styles.
To kick off the 2022 series, Würstmacher Adam Gertler and Dog Haus’ team will launch the Impossible™ Nug Life Sando – featuring plant-based nuggets, smashed avocado, ginger-lime slaw and plant-based chipotle crema on a grilled, plant-based brioche bun – developed with help from Impossible Foods Head of Culinary, Chef J. Michael Melton.
The limited-time item is available at Dog Haus locations nationwide now through March 31. But it’s not just about the Dog. For each purchase of an Impossible™ Nug Life Sando, Dog Haus will donate $1 to its national charity partner, No Kid Hungry, whose mission is to end childhood hunger in America.
“Dog Haus is proud to feature Impossible™ products as part of our fifth consecutive Chef Collaboration Series,” said Dog Haus Partner Hagop Giragossian. “We’ve featured Impossible products on our menu for several years now, so it makes perfect sense that our next move is to work with Impossible Foods’ Chef J. Michael to debut a new, one-of-a-kind plant-based protein creation as we continue raising funds for No Kid Hungry.”
Over the past year, Dog Haus worked with chef collaborators Sam The Cooking Guy, chef, restaurateur and TV personality Chris Oh, King’s Hawaiian’s Executive Chef Bert S. Agor Jr., and James Beard award-nominated chef Issac Toups. As a result of partnering with the four acclaimed chefs, Dog Haus raised $110,000 for No Kid Hungry, which has helped to provide one million meals to children in need in 2021 alone.
Founded by longtime friends Hagop Giragossian, Quasim Riaz and André Vener, the first Dog Haus opened in Pasadena in 2010. Dog Haus has been honored with Nation’s Restaurant News’ prestigious MenuMasters Award, and has been named in Fast Casual’s Top 10 Movers and Shakers list since 2020.
The brand has also helped raise enough funds from its collaboration with high-profile chefs to feed over two million kids in need through its national charity partner No Kid Hungry. No Kid Hungry is a campaign of Share Our Strength, an organization committed to ending hunger and poverty.
Dog Haus is at 105 North Hill Ave Suite 104, Pasadena, CA., and 93 East Green St, Pasadena, CA www.doghaus.com
