The 2nd Vancouver Foodster Grilled Cheese Challenge was a huge success featuring creations from restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each restaurant and foodtruck featured their Grilled Cheese creation from February 24 – March 19. 2017. 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: Ed Lau, Hanson Do and Jay Minter
The Winners are:
1st Place:
Melt City Grilled Cheese
Price: $8
Description: The “so Gouda” combines caramelized apples, smoked bacon and melted Gouda. Yum. Served on fresh sourdough and topped with our Brinjal pickle spread.
Created by: Chefs : Yasmin Ghaffari and Elizabeth Carr
Offered: all the time
Melt City Grilled Cheese
Tel: n/a
Twitter: @MeltCitygc
Instagram: @meltcity
Yasmin Ghaffari
2nd Place:
West Village Cafe
The Village Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Price: $7.99
Created by: Paul Bhangoo and Tim Cuff
The Village Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Melted Cheddar & Swiss Cheese, Sweet Garlic, Fresh Basil & Black Pepper on Grilled Sour Dough
Offered: Daily, all the time.
West Village Cafe
#160 – 5620 152nd Street, Surrey
Tel: (604) 372-2083
Web: https://www.facebook.com/West-Village-Cafe-618382875024012/
Twitter: n/a
Instagram: @west_village_cafe_
Jas and Paul Bhangoo and Tim Cuff
3rd Place:
Cheeses Crust Food Truck
CHEESES STEAK SUPREME Holy Smoked
Price: $15
Created by Cheeses Crust (aka Larry Jordan)
Description: Grilled Cheeses Crust Sandwich, triple layered with Canadian AAA Steak, Bacon, 3 Cheese blend of cheddar, jack and mozzarella, grilled onions and sweet red peppers melted deliciously with diced jalapenos on sour dough bread.
Offered all the time. Lunch time and festival favourite.
We are at Broadway Tech Centre on Renfrew on Friday and Kit and Ace on Tuesday and will be at Celtic Festival on Robson for St. Pattys day weekend.
Cheeses Crust Food Truck
Tel: n/a
Web: http://www.cheesescrust.ca/
Twitter: @_cheesescrust
Instagram: n/a
Noah and Larry Jordan
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Grilled Cheese creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
West Village Cafe
The Village Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Price: $7.99
Created by: Paul Bhangoo and Tim Cuff
The Village Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Melted Cheddar & Swiss Cheese, Sweet Garlic, Fresh Basil & Black Pepper on Grilled Sour Dough
Offered: Daily, all the time.
West Village Cafe
#160 – 5620 152nd Street, Surrey
Tel: (604) 372-2083
Web: https://www.facebook.com/West-Village-Cafe-618382875024012/
Twitter: n/a
Instagram: @west_village_cafe_
2nd Place People’s Choice:
La Grotta Del Formaggio
The Eye of the Tiger Grrrrilled Cheese
Price: $7.95
Created by: Sandra Raines
Description: Canadian Cheddar, Parmigiano Grana Padano, Blue Cheese sauce, Balsamic roasted Gala Apples, sweet caramelised onions, and toasted chopped walnuts between two slices of Country Marbled Rye, grilled with garlic butter.
Offered: during business hours at both La Grotta Del Formaggio and The Drive Coffee Bar (until sold out of daily batches).
La Grotta Del Formaggio
1791 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 255-3911
Web: http://www.lgdf.ca/
Twitter: @LaGrottaDelForm
Instagram: @lagrottadelform
Same creation is also available at:
The Drive Coffee Bar
1670 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Web: https://thedrivecoffee.com/
Twitter: @TheDriveCoffee
Instagram: @thedrivecoffeebar
Offered: Every day after 9AM,
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Melt City Grilled Cheese
Price: $8
Description: The “so Gouda” combines caramelized apples, smoked bacon and melted Gouda. Yum. Served on fresh sourdough and topped with our Brinjal pickle spread.
Created by: Chefs : Yasmin Ghaffari and Elizabeth Carr
Offered: all the time
Melt City Grilled Cheese
Tel: n/a
Twitter: @MeltCitygc
Instagram: @meltcity
Thank you to the chefs, foodtrucks and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured their Grilled Cheese sandwiches on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their Grilled Cheese creations! See the entries here.
By: Richard Wolak