Friends' burger is one of the world's best

Childhood friends Anthony Murphy, Daniel Mayo-Evans, Christian Williams and Lee Symonds

A burger, entered by childhood friends turned restaurent owners into an international competition, saw it come fourth in its category.

The Beefy Boys from Hereford entered their signature Oklahoma Onion Boy burger into the World Food Championships, held in Indianapolis.

"Obviously we would've loved to have won it but still being in the top five burgers in the world is incredible," co-founder Anthony Murphy said.

The Beefy Boys formed by cooking burgers at home and now have restaurants in Hereford, Cheltenham and Shrewsbury.

He added: "The competition was so much fun, getting to meet all these amazing burger restaurants from places like Dubai, Korea and all around the world.

"To be competing against them is just amazing, it's such an honour to be here and considered amongst all those burgers around the world."

The World Food Championships hosts more than 1,500 chefs and teams to battle in 12 culinary categories.

The category winners go on to compete at "the final table" competition to take home the title and $150,000 (estimated about £117,700 prize money).

To take part, the boys elevated their signature burger with bone marrow and truffle.

The Beefy Boys first competed in the competition in 2014 and came second.

"The world championships is such a huge part of the Beefy Boy's story, and coming second at the 2014 competition gave us the push to open out first restaurant," said Mr Murphy.

"Heading back in 2024, ten years later, felt like a homecoming."