Prime Minister Bill English has tried a new "Bill Burger" at the Backbencher pub opposite Parliament.
The proper title of the burger is a "Bill's sheared sheep burger" and it is the pub's culinary invention for the burger section of the annual food festival Wellington on a Plate.
It is not the kind of burger you'd find in Dipton, however, where English honed his shearing skills.
![The new Bill English burger at the Back Bencher pub in Wellington. Photo / Marty Melville](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VDPYC2FKJ3U5YCKFWSV4YSG3KM.jpg?auth=b996a0964ff4563359fca439b242ff0021337656723f5fce1a35df185802957e&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
The patty has been fashioned from braised pulled Wairarapa lamb, and is accompanied by a dollop of pea, mint and coriander mush in a Pandora beer and barley bun, and served with hand-cut skin-on chips.