The Vancouver Foodster Sundae Challenge was a huge success featuring 4 sundae creations from restaurants around Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their sundae creation from August 5-29, 2015. 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: Zahra Alani, Drex and Sean Neild.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
Beyond Coffee
Red Velvet Volcano Sundae
Created by: Pastry Chef Andrea Fletcher
Description: All the best parts of a red velvet cupcake with a warm ganache center and house made cream cheese gelato.
Offered: Monday – Sunday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Beyond Coffee
1015 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-687-0575
Web: http://www.century-plaza.com/beyond-coffee/
Twitter @dine_at_beyond
2nd Place:
Bella Gelateria
Strawberry Delight
Description: Strawberry Gelato, fior de latte soft serve, granola, strawberry lime sorbet with house-made strawberry pochée (sauce), and a shot of Italian Prosecco
Created by: Gelaterie Maestro James Coleridge
Offered: All day, everyday
Bella Gelateria
1001 W Cordova St, Vancouver
Tel: 604-569-1010
Web: http://www.bellagelateria.com/
Twitter: @bellagelateria
3rd Place (tie):
Styo Dessert
Twisted Pop
Created by: Dorothy Tam
Desctiption: composed of popcorn, strawberry, blueberry, cereal, wafer stick over the green tea & original twisted frozen yogurt.
Offered: All day, everyday
Styo Dessert
907 Denman Street
Tel: 778-737-7896
Twitter: @StyoDessert
3rd Place (tie):
Bella Gelateria Yaletown
Lemon Meringue Delight
Description: lemon sorbetto, toasted marshmallow, graham wafer with burnt caramel sauce
Created by: Gelaterie Maestro James Coleridge
Offered: All day, everyday
Bella Gelateria Yaletown
1089 Marinaside Crescent, Vancouver
Tel: 778-737-7890
Web: http://bellagelateria.com/yaletown/
Twitter @BellaYaletown
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Sundae creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Styo Dessert
Twisted Pop
Created by: Dorothy Tam
Desctiption: composed of popcorn, strawberry, blueberry, cereal, wafer stick over the green tea & original twisted frozen yogurt.
Offered: All day, everyday
Styo Dessert
907 Denman Street
Tel: 778-737-7896
Twitter: @StyoDessert
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Beyond Coffee
Red Velvet Volcano Sundae
Created by: Andrea Fletcher Pastry Chef
Description: All the best parts of a red velvet cupcake with a warm ganache center and house made cream cheese gelato.
Offered: Monday – Sunday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Beyond Coffee
1015 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-687-0575
Web: http://www.century-plaza.com/beyond-coffee/
Twitter @dine_at_beyond
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Bella Gelateria
Strawberry Delight
Description: Strawberry Gelato, fior de latte soft serve, granola, strawberry lime sorbet with house-made strawberry pochée (sauce), and a shot of Italian Prosecco
Created by: Gelaterie Maestro James Coleridge
Offered: All day, everyday
Bella Gelateria
1001 W Cordova St, Vancouver
Tel: 604-569-1010
Web: http://www.bellagelateria.com/
Twitter: @bellagelateria
Thank you to all the chefs and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured their Sundae on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their Sundae creations! See all the 4 entries here.
By: Richard Wolak