{"id":582301,"date":"2026-05-13T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582301\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:02:09","slug":"tom-youngs-ex-england-leicester-rugby-star-on-his-burger-stall-in-norfolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582301\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Youngs: Ex-England & Leicester rugby star on his burger stall in Norfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking to BBC Radio Norfolk, he admitted he had never dreamed of going from international rugby to burgers but had found it “a really nice way to spend the weekend”.<\/p>\n

“That’s the way of the world, and farming at the moment – diversification is the key thing to our business,” he added.<\/p>\n

“It’s been fantastic welcoming so many families enjoying the countryside.<\/p>\n

“There’s a bit of a disconnect in the countryside at the moment, and I think getting kids on farms is really important. <\/p>\n

“If we can get them down here and enjoy a good local burger from a conversation with a parent, that leads on to good examples of what we’re doing on our farm to help nature and all sorts of things.” <\/p>\n

The new venture is a partnership with cousin George and a professional caterer, with “all the family” helping out with the stall, the bar and chatting with customers.<\/p>\n

That included England’s most-capped player<\/a> Ben, 36, who retired from Leicester Tigers last season.<\/p>\n

“He usually pops down and has a look, has a burger and brings the kids,” said Tom.<\/p>\n

“It’s been nice for kids who love rugby to come down and get an autograph.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking to BBC Radio Norfolk, he admitted he had never dreamed of going from international rugby to burgers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-582301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}