The second Annual Vancouver Foodster Poutine Challenge was a huge success featuring 21 poutine from 21 restaurants around Vancouver, Burnaby, Ladner, New Westminster, North Vancouver and White Rock. Each restaurant featured their poutine from February 5-28th, and then the public voted between February 26th – March 3rd. The poutine dishes ranged from the traditional to non-traditional.

The Winners are:

1st Place: Spud Shack Fry Co for their Porktine

Spud Shack Fry Co

352 – 800 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster

Tel: 604-553-2582

Twitter: @SpudShackca

Web: http://www.spudshack.ca

2nd Place: Fishworks for their Halibut Poutine

Fishworks

91 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver

Tel: 778-340-3449

Twitter: @FishworksLOLO

Web: http://www.fishworks.ca/

3rd Place: Corduroy Restaurant for their Chorizo and Guinness Jus Poutine

Corduroy Restaurant

1943 Cornwall Avenue

Tel: 604-733-0162

Twitter: @Corduroylounge

Web: http://www.corduroyrestaurant.com/

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

I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their poutine! See all the 21 Poutine entries here.

Looking forward to the 3rd annual Poutine Challenge next year where I challenge chefs and their restaurants to concoct more exciting poutine dishes!

By: Richard Wolak