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Is Bleecker Burger Halal?

It depends on where you bought it.

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Bleecker, the London burger chain, has a Halal page.

Next step Bleecker says its Westfield, Baker Street, Soho, Victoria and Camden sites serve burgers made with Halal-certified beef, and its other sites do not. The beef is stunned, the restaurants also serve bacon and alcohol, and bacon is cooked on the same grill before service. Go to one of the five named sites and ask to see the current certificate for the beef. How to verify
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How to verify

  1. Check the site: Westfield, Baker Street, Soho, Victoria or Camden.
  2. Ask to see the current Halal certificate for the beef.
  3. The beef is stunned before slaughter.
  4. Bacon is cooked on the same grill before service, then the grill is cleaned; decide whether that is enough for you.

Quick checks

  • Halal beef at five named London sites.
  • Beef is stunned before slaughter.
  • Bacon and alcohol at every site.

What decides the answer

  • Westfield, Baker Street, Soho, Victoria or Camden

    Halal-certified beef, per Bleecker

  • Any other Bleecker site

    the beef is not Halal, per Bleecker

  • If you only eat meat from unstunned animals

    Bleecker says all its beef is stunned

  • Bacon and alcohol are served at every site

Why this ruling

Bleecker is a London burger chain. It answers the Halal question on a page of its own, site by site.

Which sites serve Halal beef

Bleecker says its Westfield, Baker Street, Soho, Victoria and Camden sites serve burgers made with Halal-certified beef from its butcher, Aubrey Allen. "In all other sites, the beef is not halal." It gives the reason: it cannot get enough Halal beef for every site, and chose these five from customer requests.[1]

What it says about the kitchen

None of the sites is fully Halal: they also serve bacon and alcohol. Bacon is cooked on the grill before service; then the grill is shut down, cleaned and sanitised, and "no bacon is cooked again for the rest of the day". During service only Halal beef goes on the grill, with dedicated utensils. All Bleecker beef, Halal included, is stunned before slaughter.[1]

The certificates

The certificate file Bleecker links holds four documents, all for abattoirs and meat suppliers: a Halal Quality Control confirmation for Foyle Food Group's beef sites, valid to 31 October 2026; an HCO certificate for Woolley Brothers in Sheffield, with no date legible; a certificate J.A. Jewitt (Meat) Ltd issued itself, stamped by the Abu Bakr Mosque in Middlesbrough, valid to 17 November 2026; and a Halal Monitoring Board certificate for Alec Jarrett Ltd in Bristol, valid to 30 September 2027.[2] None of them names Aubrey Allen or Bleecker, so the file does not show which supplier's beef is on your plate. That is why this page says Halal if verified: go to one of the five sites and ask which certificate covers the beef that day.

For other burger chains, see Five Guys and Burgers.

Where you'll find it

  • Burger restaurants in London
  • Beef burgers and sides

Frequently asked questions

Is Bleecker Burger Halal?
Partly. Bleecker says its Westfield, Baker Street, Soho, Victoria and Camden sites serve Halal-certified beef, and the beef at its other sites is not Halal. No site is fully Halal, because all of them serve bacon and alcohol.
Which Bleecker sites serve Halal beef?
Westfield, Baker Street, Soho, Victoria and Camden, according to Bleecker's Halal page. At all its other sites the beef is not Halal.
Is Bleecker's Halal beef stunned?
Yes. Bleecker says all its beef is stunned before slaughter, including the Halal beef.
Is bacon cooked on the same grill at Bleecker?
Before service, yes. Bleecker says bacon is cooked first, then the grill is shut down, cleaned and sanitised, and no bacon is cooked again that day; during service only Halal beef goes on the grill, with dedicated utensils.

Scholarly view

A certificate for the beef answers the slaughter question only for the sites that use that beef, and only while it is current. Bleecker's beef is stunned before slaughter; some Muslims accept meat from stunned animals and others do not.

Its Halal sites also cook bacon on the same grill before service, which some diners will want to avoid even after cleaning.

Sources

Named Islamic, certifier, manufacturer, and regulatory sources used on this page. Inline markers like [1] jump here. Retrieval dates show when we last checked the live URL. Editorial methodology.

Certifier / jurisdiction

  1. Bleecker Halal certificates (four documents)

    Bleecker Burger, linked from its Halal page Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

    1) Halal Quality Control (HQC) 'Halal confirmation' for five Foyle Food Group abattoirs and production sites, bovine slaughter and processed beef products, issued 1 November 2025, expiry 31 October 2026, covering only batches with a Halal batch certificate. 2) Halal Certification Organisation (HCO) certificate for Woolley Brothers (Wholesale Meats) Ltd, Sheffield, beef slaughter and carcasses; no date legible in the file. 3) J.A. Jewitt (Meat) Ltd, Spennymoor, Halal certificate JAJM/HAL001 signed by the company, with the stamp of the Abu Bakr Mosque (Muslim Federation Cleveland) as approving the slaughterman, issued 17 November 2025, expiry 17 November 2026. 4) Halal Monitoring Board (HMB) certificate for Alec Jarrett Ltd, Bristol, registration HMB/AJL/18249-26, expiry 30 September 2027.

Manufacturer / product

  1. Halal Information

    Bleecker Burger Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

    'Our Westfield, Baker Street, Soho, Victoria and Camden locations now serve burgers made with halal-certified beef from the same butcher we've used for a long time, Aubrey Allen. These sites aren't fully halal, as we also serve bacon and alcohol.' 'In all other sites, the beef is not halal.' 'Yes, all our beef at Bleecker is stunned before slaughter, including our halal options.' Bacon is cooked on the grill before service; the grill is then shut down, cleaned and sanitised and 'no bacon is cooked again for the rest of the day'.

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