BURGER lovers will have the chance to test a national brand as it comes to Southampton this month.

The Gourmet Burger Kitchen is coming to the city to serve hungry residents across Hampshire.

It will be the company’s 70th restaurant and to celebrate bosses are planning to giveaway 70 burgers a day to customers as part of their launch week.

The brand has become popular across the UK for the ‘upmarket’ gourmet buns and baps.

The restaurant will be housed in the Arts Centre on Guildhall Square and launches on February 22, bringing 30 jobs to Southampton.

Katie McDermott, from GBK said: “We can’t wait to open our 70th restaurant right in the heart of this buzzing city. We know Southampton is full of burger buffs, so an entire week of free burger joy seems the best way to celebrate our arrival.”

The company has been serving gourmet burgers since 2001, and kick-started the premium burger trend when it was first introduced into the London market scene.

Setting itself apart from the rest with a huge range of adventurous crafted burgers, GBK uses 100 per cent prime beef, hand selected and traditionally reared on independent farms across the South West counties, and GBK only ever uses the freshest ingredients and creates sauces from scratch every day in each kitchen.

As part of the restaurant launch the company will also be introducing something a little different to wash their burger down with, the JägerShake.

The milkshake will come in vanilla, banana or salted caramel flavour, all blended with a shot of Jägermeister for an added kick.

The Southampton branch has been designed with an industrial feel, with high ceilings and exposed concrete features and in the classic GBK style, the restaurant features comfy circular booths providing the perfect place to kick-back and enjoy all that the restaurant has to offer.

The restaurant will also work as a takeaway hub, with Southampton customers able to take advantage of the order and collect service, offering people the chance to pre-order burgers for collection at any suitable time.

To find out more about the new branch and offers, download the GBK app at http://www.gbk.co.uk/.