What is the Brunch Challenge Burger at Revive Cafe?

It is our brunch-sized food challenge in Norwich: six 1/3lb beef patties with cheese, four sausages, four rashers of bacon, a double smashed brown and a fried egg in a toasted sesame bun with our house burger sauce - plus a full breakfast on the plate beside it: four more sausages, four more rashers, two eggs, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, two hash browns, two slices of toast and a serving of our seasoned house fries.

How much does the burger challenge cost?

£35 - unless you finish everything within 30 minutes, in which case it is completely free. Winners also get a free t-shirt and their place at the top of the Victory Wall in the cafe. And because Revive is a 100% volunteer-run charity cafe, every £35 from an unsuccessful attempt goes to community work in Norwich.

How do I book an attempt at the food challenge?

Give us a heads-up before you come - message @revive.coffee.hut on Instagram, TikTok or Facebook, email office@alive.me.uk, or ask at the counter to book a slot. It takes the kitchen a while to build, so booking ahead means it arrives hot and ready for the clock.

What happens if I fail the challenge?

You pay the £35, you keep your dignity (mostly), and you still go on the Victory Wall - just in the section below the winners. Because we are a charity cafe with no paid staff, your £35 goes to funding emergency food, wellbeing support and youth work in Norwich. It is possibly the only food challenge in Norfolk where losing still does some good.

Can I bring friends to watch the challenge?

Please do - a challenge needs witnesses. Bring your mates, order them coffees and breakfasts, and film the whole thing. Tag @revive.coffee.hut so we can share your triumph or your downfall.

Burger Challenge in Norwich - The Brunch Challenge Burger (£35, 30 Minutes)

What You're Up Against

The burger is only half the problem

Our regular Brunch Burger is one of the best things we make. So we asked our kitchen a simple question: what if it was six times the burger, and it came with a full breakfast anyway? This is the answer. We're a little afraid of it.

In the bun 🍔

Toasted sesame bun
House burger sauce
Fried egg ×1
Bacon rashers ×4
Sausages ×4
Double smashed brown ×2
1/3lb beef patties, each topped with cheese ×6
Toasted sesame bun

On the plate 🍳

×4more sausages

×4more bacon rashers

×2fried eggs

×2hash browns

×2slices of toast

+beans, mushrooms & tomatoes

+seasoned house fries

The Brunch Challenge Burger at Revive Cafe Norwich - a six-patty burger tower with a full English breakfast and seasoned fries on one tray, with a challenger ready to attempt it — The Brunch Challenge Burger, in the flesh. And no, that's not a standard tray - it's a massive one, and it's still barely coping.

The Deal

Five rules. One clock. No hiding.

£35 buys your attempt. That covers the whole build - burger, sides, the lot - and a table for your witnesses.
You get 30 minutes. The clock starts when the plate lands. Everything on it - bun, patties, sides, toast - has to go.
It's a solo mission. No sharing, no doggy bags, no slipping sausages to your mates (or an actual dog, and yes, we're dog-friendly, so we're watching).
Beat the clock and you pay nothing. The £35 is waived, the t-shirt is yours, and your name goes at the top of the Victory Wall.
Fall short and you've still fed someone - we're a 100% volunteer-run charity cafe, so your £35 goes straight to community work in Norwich. You also still go on the wall. Just... lower down.

Immortality, Laminated

The Victory Wall

Every attempt goes up on the wall in the cafe: champions above the line, the fallen below it. Winners look down on the losers for as long as the wall stands. We didn't say it was a kind wall. Just an honest one.

🏆 Champions

Nobody. Yet.
The top of the wall is empty and waiting for its first name.

——— the line ———

The fallen will be remembered here. Fondly, and at some length.

Think You've Got It In You?

Book your attempt

The kitchen needs warning to build this thing, so give us a heads-up first: message @revive.coffee.hut on Instagram, TikTok or Facebook, email office@alive.me.uk, or ask at the counter. Bring witnesses - a challenge without an audience is just a very big lunch. Got allergies? Tell us when you book and we'll talk you through everything in it.

Book by Email DM on Instagram

Sensible Questions

Before you sign up

Is it actually beatable?

We believe so - it's designed to be hard, not impossible. It's the same food we serve every day, just a heroic amount of it, and it tastes like it should, which honestly might be the most dangerous thing about it. The wall is waiting for its first champion. Curious how it stacks up against the county's other monsters? We ranked every food challenge in Norfolk - including the ones that terrify us.

What happens if I fail?

You pay the £35, you go below the line on the wall, and - because we're a 100% volunteer-run charity cafe - your money goes straight to community work in Norwich: emergency food, wellbeing support, youth work. As far as we know it's the only food challenge in Norfolk where losing still feeds somebody.

Do I need to book?

Yes please - the kitchen needs notice to build it. Message @revive.coffee.hut on Instagram, TikTok or Facebook, email office@alive.me.uk, or ask at the counter and we'll sort a slot.

Can my mates come and watch?

Bring them all. Sit them down with coffees and £6 breakfasts and let them witness history, or at least a very entertaining twenty-eight minutes. Filming is encouraged - tag us.

I have allergies - can I still attempt it?

Talk to us when you book. We'll go through exactly what's in every component before you commit to eating three pounds of it.

This sounds like too much food. Can I just have a normal one?

Wise. The regular Brunch Burger starts at £7.99 with seasoned fries and contains a civilised number of patties. Nobody will put your name on any wall, but you'll leave under your own power.