KFC Australia is taking its breakfast menu beyond the terminal, confirming the morning range will roll out to additional restaurants only months after its low-key debut at Sydney Airport.
The fast-food chain is giving early risers a new way to kick off the day, with familiar breakfast favourites such as bacon and egg rolls, golden hashbrowns and avocado toast on the menu.
Following what KFC has described as a successful Sydney Airport trial, selected stores across the Gold Coast and Melbourne CBD will begin serving the breakfast items from 6am on Tuesday.
The expanded KFC breakfast range introduces ingredients not usually associated with the fried chicken giant, including fresh avocado lifted with lemon and pepper, alongside a sweet, smoky tomato relish designed to add a punch of flavour to the morning lineup.
Among the standout picks so far is the Bacon & Egg Roll, a customer favourite made with crisp bacon, soft egg and tomato relish, all packed into a toasted Turkish bun.
There’s an array of options to choose from, including BLAT, Chicken Toastie, and Bacon & Egg Pocket, which is a pocket-style toasted tortilla.
But if you’re craving KFC for breakfast, the Brekkie Tower might be what you’re looking for. It features Original Crispy fillet, crispy bacon, fluffy egg, cheese, tomato relish and a golden hash brown, all served in a soft burger bun.
The Ultimate Brekkie Wrap is another one to try. It’s wrapped in a toasted tortilla with the Original Crispy fillet) layered with crispy bacon, fluffy egg, cheese, mayo and tomato relish.
After a successful trial at Sydney Airport, the breakfast menu will be offered to select KFCs
Vanessa Rowed, CMO at KFC Australia said: ‘The next chapter for KFC is about staying true to the brand’s entrepreneurial spirit while continuing to reinvent for the next generation of customers and ever-changing consumer preferences and habits.
‘We know Australians love their breakfast, and following the successful trial of KFC morning meals at Sydney Airport, we’re excited to roll out our new menu and give customers even more ways to enjoy KFC throughout the day.’
And it’s not just breakfast food on the menu. Customers can enjoy a new range of hot beverages, all made to order.
Coffee fans can choose from a cappuccino, latte, flat white, mocha, long black or espresso, all made with a smooth, full-bodied coffee blend delivering bold, punchy flavour with rich notes of nut, chocolate and caramel.
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Not a coffee drinker? Black tea and hot chocolate are also on the menu, meaning there’s a hot drink to kick-start every kind of morning.
KFC quietly launched the breakfast menu at Sydney Airport earlier this year.
Many nostalgic diners pointed out that the fast food chain used to offer breakfast menu items.
‘They’ve trialled it a lot of times, my local trialled it probably 15-20 years ago? I wanna say sometime between 2005-2010?’ one recalled.
‘KFC did breakfast back in the 90s,’ another shared.
‘KFC used to have brekky in Ballarat about 10 years ago. It was unreal,’ one added.
‘Hold up… I oddly remember KFC doing breakfast in Melbourne,’ another revealed.
‘KFC had brekkie back in the 90s. It wasn’t like this, but it was ace,’ one said.
Many former KFC employees remembered serving breakfast at their stores.
‘Back when I worked at KFC 26 years ago, we used to be open early morning and did a breakfast menu,’ one recalled.
‘The KFC I worked at had breakfast right up until about nine to 10 years ago, it was bloody delicious,’ another said.
The breakfast menu will now be available from 6am at 16 participating restaurants on the Gold Coast and 13 restaurants across Melbourne CBD from September 8.