The Vancouver Foodster 2nd Pizza Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Vancouver, Burnaby and North Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from March 5-28, 2015. and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the challenge for their People’s Choice favourites.
Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners of the challenge, and this was quite the task as each judge who tasted each creation with a rigorous process based on taste, originality/uniqueness and presentation/appearance.
Our Media judges for this challenge were: Thor Diakow, Jennifer Thomson, Jay Minter and Adrian Harris
The Winners are:
1st Place:
Alberello Pizzeria
Verde Noce
Description: Verde Noce translates green walnut. House-made pesto base with toasted walnuts, roasted red and yellow peppers, caramelized onion, oyster mushroom sautéed in garlic oil, and aged mozzarella topped with fresh soft goat cheese & basil.
Created by: Azin Etesami (Owner/pizza lover) and Cristina Marianetti (Chef)
Alberello Pizzeria
115 W 15th Street, North Vancouver
Tel: 604-770-4484
Web: http://www.alberellopizzeria.com/
Twitter @Alberellopizza
Chef Cristina Marianetti and Azin Etesami (Co-Owner)
2nd Place:
Pizza Carano
Spicy Coconut Kale
Description: coconut cream, kale, peanut satay marinated mushrooms, fior di latte, coconut flakes, chili oil
Created by: Chef Trevor Hagenbuch
Pizza Carano
4241 Fraser St, Vancouver
Tel: 604-877-1270
Web: http://www.pizzacarano.com/
Twitter: @PizzaCarano
Chef Trevor Hagenbuch
3rd Place:
Cotto Enoteca Pizzeria
Pizza Pomo Verde
Description: Urbani’s Spicy Fennel Sausage, Carozzi Tellagio Fromaggio, Fior di Latte, Fresh Fennel, Green Apple Chive Slaw
Created by: Executive Chef Will Lucas
Cotto Enoteca Pizzeria
6011 Hastings Street, Burnaby
Tel: 604-299-8002
Twitter: @CottoEnoteca
Web: http://cotto.ca/
Chef Will Lucas
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Pizza Creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Cotto Enoteca Pizzeria
Pizza Pomo Verde
Description: Urbani’s Spicy Fennel Sausage, Carozzi Tellagio Fromaggio, Fior di Latte, Fresh Fennel, Green Apple Chive Slaw
Created by: Executive Chef Will Lucas
Cotto Enoteca Pizzeria
6011 Hastings Street, Burnaby
Tel: 604-299-8002
Twitter: @CottoEnoteca
Web: http://cotto.ca/
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Pizza Carano
Spicy Coconut Kale
Description: coconut cream, kale, peanut satay marinated mushrooms, fior di latte, coconut flakes, chili oil
Created by: Chef Trevor Hagenbuch
Pizza Carano
4241 Fraser St, Vancouver
Tel: 604-877-1270
Web: http://www.pizzacarano.com/
Twitter: @PizzaCarano
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Pizza Barbarella
The Hawaiian Punch
Description: Brown sugar-glazed and house-smoked fresh pineapple and hot capicollo, with bocconcini and aged mozzarella, tomato, finished with grana padano, served on our organic, sourdough crust. Softens the cynicism of even the most ardent pizza purist.
Created by: n/a
Pizza Barbarella
654 East Broadway, Vancouver
Tel: 604-210-6111
Web: http://www.pizzeriabarbarella.com/
Twitter: @PizzaBarbarella
Thank you to all the chefs and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured the Pizza Challenge creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their Pizza creations! See all the 14 Pizza Challenge Entries Here.
By: Richard Wolak