The Vancouver Foodster Fried Chicken Challenge was a huge success featuring creations from restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their Fried Chicken creation from November 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: Tara Lee, Sherman Chan and Stephanie Yuen.
The Winners are:
1st Place
Chewie’s Steam and Oyster Bar
Chewies Southern Fried Chicken
Price: $21
Description: Our Southern fried chicken is marinated in buttermilk for 2 days, fried then lightly dusted with Cajun spices and served with green beans, mashed potatoes then topped with a Cajun honey butter drizzle.
Created by: Chef Tyrel Branvold
Offered: Both locations for dinner service. Coal Harbour starting at 3pm, Kits starting at 5pm.
Chewie’s Steam and Oyster Bar
2201 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 558-4448
Web: http://chewies.ca/
Twitter: @ChewiesOysters
and
Chewie’s Steam and Oyster Bar
110-1055 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 620-7634
Web: http://chewies.ca/
Twitter: @ChewiesOysters
2nd Place:
Ban Chok Dee
BCD Nahm Gai Tord
Price: $12
Description: Cured, fried chicken wings on a spicy ginger caramel sauce with ground peanuts, served with fresh Jicama root slices complimented with a pineapple / coconut sticky rice / sweet & sour crunchy rice noodle side.
Created by: Executive Chef Parinya Lopston
Offered: All the time
Ban Chok Dee
20563 Douglas Crescent, Langley
Tel: 778-278-3088
Web: http://www.banchokdee.com
Twitter: @BanChokDeeThai
3rd Place
The Pressure Box
Not Your Grandmas Fried Chicken
Price: $8 for 1 piece with fries and slaw, $10 for 2 pieces with slaw and $12 for 2 pieces fries and slaw.
Description: Buttermilk brined, double dusted , honey caraway coleslaw, house cut kennebec fries.
Created by: Chef Scott Lesko
Offered: Available lunch Tuesday to Friday and Saturday nights at 33 acres … We do move around during the wee a bit but are at 5th and Quebec Wednesday lunch , 33 acres Wednesday lunch, and Georgia and burrard Tuesday and Friday.
The Pressure Box Food Truck
Location: For the exact location daily click here
Tuesday to Friday lunch at Georgia and Burrard and Saturday nights at 33 acres brewery. 5th and Quebec Wednesday lunch , 33 acres Wednesday lunch.
Web: http://thepressurebox.ca/
Twitter: @ThePressurebox
Chef Scott Lesko
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Fried Chicken creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Bao Down
Bao Chicka Bao Bao
Price: $6
Description: Garlic & lemongrass fried chicken, carrot and daikon in a Thai vinaigrette, garlic scape mayo, fish sauce glaze and crispy garlic in a steamed Bao bun
Created by: Chef Greg Edwards
Offered: All the time.
Bao Down
12 Powell Street, Vancouver
Tel: (778) 379-3611
Twitter: @baodowngastown
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Chewie’s Steam and Oyster Bar
Chewies Southern Fried Chicken
Price: $21
Description: Our Southern fried chicken is marinated in buttermilk for 2 days, fried then lightly dusted with Cajun spices and served with green beans, mashed potatoes then topped with a Cajun honey butter drizzle.
Created by: Chef Tyrel Branvold
Offered: Both locations for dinner service. Coal Harbour starting at 3pm, Kits starting at 5pm.
Chewie’s Steam and Oyster Bar
2201 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 558-4448
Web: http://chewies.ca/
Twitter: @ChewiesOysters
and
Chewie’s Steam and Oyster Bar
110-1055 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 620-7634
Web: http://chewies.ca/
Twitter: @ChewiesOysters
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Ban Chok Dee
BCD Nahm Gai Tord
Price: $12
Description: Cured, fried chicken wings on a spicy ginger caramel sauce with ground peanuts, served with fresh Jicama root slices complimented with a pineapple / coconut sticky rice / sweet & sour crunchy rice noodle side.
Created by: Executive Chef Parinya Lopston
Offered: All the time
Ban Chok Dee
20563 Douglas Crescent, Langley
Tel: 778-278-3088
Web: http://www.banchokdee.com
Twitter: @BanChokDeeThai
Thank you to the chefs and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured their Fried Chicken on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their Fried Chicken creations! See the entries here.
By: Richard Wolak