Editing Burger Chef (section)

{{Short description|Defunct American fast food restaurant chain}}
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{{Infobox company
| name           = Burger Chef
| logo           = Burger Chef Logo.svg
| logo_size = 150
| slogan         = 
| type           = [[Subsidiary]]
| fate           = Sold to [[Hardee's]] 
| successor      = [[Hardee's]]
| foundation     = 1954
| defunct        = {{end date and age|1996}}
| location       = [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| industry       = [[Restaurant]]
| products       = [[Hamburgers]], [[fast food]]
| key_people     = 
| num_employees  = 
| owner = 
| parent         = [[General Foods]] (1968–1982) {{nowrap|[[Imasco]] (1982–1996)}}
| subsid         = 
| brands = 
| website =
}}
'''Burger Chef''' was an American [[fast-food restaurant]] chain. It began operating in 1954 in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], expanded throughout the United States, and at its peak in 1973 had 1,050 locations, including some in Canada.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NEoUacBq55gC&q=burger+chef+history |title=Lost Indianapolis |first1=John F. |last1=McDonald |first2=John P. |last2=McDonald |name-list-style=amp |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |year=2002 |series=Images of America |isbn=978-0-7385-2008-7}}</ref> The chain featured several signature items, such as the Big Shef and Super Shef hamburgers.

In 1982, the [[General Foods Corporation]], owners of the Burger Chef trademark and name, divested itself of the restaurant chain, gradually selling to the owners of [[Hardee's]]. 

The final restaurant to use Burger Chef's branding and signage closed in 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dodds |first1=Eric |title=Mad Men: A Brief History of the Real-World Burger Chef |url=https://time.com/104799/burger-chef-mad-men-history/ |access-date=October 21, 2022 |magazine=Time |date=May 19, 2014 |language=en |quote=In 1996, the final Burger Chef franchise in Cookeville, Tenn. was converted into a "Pleasers" restaurant.}}</ref> Three former locations (in [[Cleveland, Tennessee]], [[South Charleston, West Virginia]], and [[Reidsville, North Carolina]]) continue to sell Burger Chef menu items, but no longer operate under that name.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/p/Suzis-Hamburgers-100063718084788/ |title=Suzi's Hamburgers |via=Facebook |access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/THECHEFCLEVELANDTENN/ |title=The Chef |via=Facebook |access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://petesburgers-nc.com/ |title=Pete's Burgers and More |access-date=April 29, 2025}}</ref>