Sandwich Challenge Winners 2019

The Vancouver Foodster Sandwich Challenge  was another success featuring creations from restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their Sandwich creation from September 6-29, 2019. 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:  Jay Minter, Tara Lee, and David Grange 

Each media judge will have scored the creation with a maximum of 40 points as follows: Overall Taste 20 points, Originality and Uniqueness 10 points, Presentation and Appearance 10 points). The total number of points a sandwich creation could earn is 120 points.

The Winners are:

1st Place:

{107 points}

Food by Fanta

The Trans-Atlantic Sandwich

Price: $14

Created by: Chef Parinya Loptson and Chef Sadapphin Phothong

Description: The journey starts with a cucumber-wrapped Montreal smoked corned beef amuse-bouche and then travels across the ocean for a Paris-Brest pastry with a Thai-inspired herbal prawn filling with avocado and caramelized purple cabbage, a purple onion purée, grilled sweet corn and pomelo pulps, micro greens, edible flowers and Parmesan Tuiles.

Offered: Wednesday to Sunday 11-3 pm

Food by Fanta at BCD Academy

20542 Fraser Hwy #107, Langley

Tel: (604) 427-0166

Web: https://www.facebook.com/FoodbyFanta/

Instagram @foodbyfanta

Chef Sadapphin Phothong (right)

2nd Place:

{100 points}

Sprezzatura

Italian Meatball Panuozzo

Price: $12

Created by: Chef Jesse Jobin

Description: In house made meatballs, Calabarian Chili mayo, arugula, balsamic roasted red onions, fior di latte and parmiagano

Offered: Daily 11:30am-2:30pm

Sprezzatura

265 Kingsway, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 876-6333

Web: https://sprezzatura.ca/

Instagram @sprezzatura_van

the team

3rd Place (tie):

{98 points}

MixxBao

Stewed Pork Bao

Price: $6.80

Created by: MixxBao Kitchen

Description: Steamed Bao, Stewed Pork, Homemade Chilly Sauce, Peanut Powder, Pickled Mustard, Cilantro. MixxBao is a Taiwanese Eatery that was created to share the authentic flavours of Taiwan to our customers.

Offered: Tuesday-Friday 11:30am-7pm and Saturday 11:30am-8:00pm; Closed Sunday and Monday.

MixxBao Taiwanese Eatery

1426 West 8th Ave, Vancouver

Tel: (604)-800-0211

Web: https://mixxbao.com

Instagram @mixxbao

 

3rd Place (tie):

{98 points}

Do Chay Saigon Vegetarian

Deconstructed Vegan Meatball Banh Mi

Price: $14

Created by: Chef Yen Do and Patrick Do

Description: King Oyster Mushroom Meatballs in a traditional Tomato sauce. From scratch french baguette toast, vegan eggplant aioli, pickles, chili, lime.

Offered: All the time

Do Chay Saigon Vegetarian

1392 Kingsway, Vancouver

Tel:(604) 225-8349

Web: https://www.facebook.com/eatdochay/

Instagram @eatdochay

Chef Pat Do

In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Sandwich creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.

The Winners are:

1st Place People’s Choice:

MixxBao

Stewed Pork Bao

Price: $6.80

Created by: MixxBao Kitchen

Description: Steamed Bao, Stewed Pork, Homemade Chilly Sauce, Peanut Powder, Pickled Mustard, Cilantro. MixxBao is a Taiwanese Eatery that was created to share the authentic flavours of Taiwan to our customers.

Offered: Tuesday-Friday 11:30am-7pm and Saturday 11:30am-8:00pm; Closed Sunday and Monday.

MixxBao Taiwanese Eatery

1426 West 8th Ave, Vancouver

Tel: (604)-800-0211

Web: https://mixxbao.com

Instagram @mixxbao

 

2nd Place People’s Choice:

Do Chay Saigon Vegetarian

Deconstructed Vegan Meatball Banh Mi

Price: $14

Created by: Chef Yen Do and Patrick Do

Description: King Oyster Mushroom Meatballs in a traditional Tomato sauce. From scratch french baguette toast, vegan eggplant aioli, pickles, chili, lime.

Offered: All the time

Do Chay Saigon Vegetarian

1392 Kingsway, Vancouver

Tel:(604) 225-8349

Web: https://www.facebook.com/eatdochay/

Instagram @eatdochay

 

3rd Place People’s Choice:

Food by Fanta

The Trans-Atlantic Sandwich

Price: $14

Created by: Chef Parinya Loptson and Chef Sadapphin Phothong

Description: The journey starts with a cucumber-wrapped Montreal smoked corned beef amuse-bouche and then travels across the ocean for a Paris-Brest pastry with a Thai-inspired herbal prawn filling with avocado and caramelized purple cabbage, a purple onion purée, grilled sweet corn and pomelo pulps, micro greens, edible flowers and Parmesan Tuiles.

Offered: Wednesday to Sunday 11-3 pm

Food by Fanta at BCD Academy

20542 Fraser Hwy #107, Langley

Tel: (604) 427-0166

Web: https://www.facebook.com/FoodbyFanta/

Instagram @foodbyfanta

Thank you to the chefs and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured their sandwiches on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.

I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their sandwich creations! See the entries here.

By: Richard Wolak

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