Major Wetherspoons update as pub chain makes huge change to menus with new gourmet food range
A MAJOR Wetherspoons update has shocked pubgoers as the popular chain drops a new "gourmet" food range.
Confirming the news to The Sun, the highly-anticipated menu items are set to be introduced on May 14 and are being swapped in for some less popular dishes.
A new range of three Gourmet Burgers will be introduced and offer a selection of unseen flavours to the iconic brand.
Up first is The Big Smoke which includes pulled BBQ beef brisket, American-style cheese and maple-cured bacon.
This sweet and salty burger is stacked high and packs a crunch in between two buns.
Next up is the Buffalo burger which serves up a fried buttermilk chicken breast, blue cheese and naga chilli sauce and American-style cheese.
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The crispy chicken dish arrives at your table with a spicy chicken wing skewered onto the top of the burger, giving you an extra snack with your meal.
Finally is the Cheese Meltdown which includes American-style cheese smothered with Emmental and Cheddar sauce.
Pictures show cheesy sauce dripping down the sides of the burger with the filling stacked on lettuce and tomato.
Both The Big Smoke and the Cheese Meltdown come with the choice of a 6oz beef patty or a fried buttermilk chicken breast.
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All three mouthwatering dishes are served with chips, onion rings and a drink to get that full burger joint experience.
As well as a new choice of gourmet burgers, Wetherspoon is offering a range of Korean-style chicken meals.
The chain hasn't gone into detail about the Korean-style meals yet but it's confident pubgoers will be keen to try a bite.
A spokesperson for the popular chain said: "Wetherspoon is making changes to its menu in May.
"This includes the removal of steaks, mixed grills and gammon on May 14.
"A new range of Gourmet Burgers will be introduced; The Big Smoke, Buffalo Burger and Cheese Meltdown, on Wed 14 May.
"There will also be a range of Korean-style chicken meals added."
The reveal comes as a few Wetherspoons favourites drop off the menu.
Steak, mixed grills and gammon are all set to be scrapped from the menu after being branded the "biggest loss-makers."
The spokesperson continued: "Wetherspoon is confident that its menu provides a variety of choices and value-for-money meals.
"We appreciate that some customers will be disappointed with the decision to remove steaks and grills."
The pub chain’s top brass John Huston told staff on Friday that the popular dishes would be disappearing in May after an increase in meat costs.
In an email sent to staff, Wetherspoons chief Mr Huston confirmed that the meats were being ditched “after much debate”, as part of a planned menu change, but supplemented the news by announcing the new “gourmet burger” would be served up in May.
He said: “Following the drinks launch, in May we will be making changes to the food menu.
“The main addition will be a new gourmet burger range and the introduction of a 6oz burger patty as the standard size burger.
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“After much debate, steaks, mixed grills and gammon are being removed from the menu.
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