On the website of the provincial government, it says that more than 1,700 people put in bids for the suit
The Alberta government’s donair costume has been sold to an Edmonton restaurant chain after a bidding war.
The outfit, which was made of latex, vulcanized rubber, and synthetic materials and stood 1.4 meters tall, caused a social media frenzy when it was first put up for auction in the middle of July.
Monday night, when the auction ended, the highest bid was $16,025 for Edmonton’s PrimeTime Donair & Poutine.
On the website of the provincial government, there were more than 1,700 bids.
The tasty outfit has shaved meat, sauce, tomatoes, onions, and, in a controversial move, lettuce.
It looks real because it is wrapped in tin foil and comes with a silver body suit to wear underneath.
Adil Asim, the owner of PrimeTime Donair & Poutine, told CBC’sEdmonton AMThe bid gave the company bragging rights across Canada.
Nicholas Nahas, co-owner of King of Donair in Halifax, saw the costume and liked it.Nahas and Asim talked back and forth about what should and shouldn’t be on a donair in the media.
Nahas wanted to bring the suit to the east coast so he could take the lettuce off. Asim, on the other hand, vowed to keep the lettuce on the costume.
He said, “We saw some of the guys from the other shops bidding. They’re from the Maritimes, and they were talking about how lettuce doesn’t belong in a donair.”
“Most of the people here like lettuce.”
Asim said he talked to the second-place auction winner, YouTube star Steve Wallis, to see if they could work together to raise money for Edmonton and Calgary food banks.
The Los Angeles-based special effects company Alterian Inc. designed and made the costume in 2015 for a traffic safety video about how dangerous it is to drive while high on cannabis.
After the campaign was canceled, the suit was never worn.
Asim is thinking about putting the PrimeTime logo on his costume of a donair.