The Vancouver Foodster Pie Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at bakeries and restaurants around Vancouver, and Fort Langley, Each establishment featured their creation on their menu from March 9-April 2, 2017. and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the challenge for their People’s Choice favourites.
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: Steph Wan, Art Factora and Joyce Lam
The Winners are:
1st Place:
Half Baked Cookie Co.
Island Time
Island Time (slice)
Island Time
Price: $26 whole / $5 slice
Created by: Chef Cheryl Low
Description: Passion fruit and Coconut pie in signature coconut shortbread crust.
Ingredients: Shortbread: Flour, butter, unsweetened coconut, sugar, salt.
Filling: Coconut Cream, passion fruit puree, condensed milk, cream cheese, eggs, cornstarch, salt, cream, icing sugar, milk powder.
Available: All the time
Half Baked Cookie Co.
1211 Nanaimo Street, Vancouver
Tel: 778-848-0105
Web:http://halfbakedcookiecompany.com/
Instagram: @halfbakedcookieco
Chef Cheryl Low
2nd Place:
Aphrodite’s Organic Pie Shop
Chocolate Banana Cream Pie
Chocolate Banana Cream Pie
Price: $48 whole/ $9.25 per slice
Created by: the team
Description: Dark chocolate mousse, piled high on a layer of fresh organic bananas and topped with organic whipped cream and dark callebaut chocolate shavings.
Ingredients: Organic bananas, organic heavy cream, dark chocolate, organic eggs, organic corn starch, organic cane sugar, organic icing sugar, sea salt. Crust: Organic non-hydrogenated palm shortening, organic unbleached flour, organic eggs, sea salt.
Offered: All the time
Aphrodite’s Organic Pie Shop
3605 W 4th Ave, Vancouver
Tel:604-738-5879
Web:http://www.organiccafe.ca/
Twitter @aphroditescafe
Instagram: @aphroditesorganiccafe
Peggy and her chefs team
3rd Place:
East Village Bakery
Salty Dog
Salty Dog Crostata
Salty Dog
Price: $18 whole/ $4.25 crostata
Created by: East Village Bakery team
Description: Salted Tequilla Apple with caramel
Ingredients: Apple, lemon zest, coarse sea salt, cane sugar, cornstarch, salt, nutmeg, butter, xan gum, eggs, milk, vanilla, tequilla, Rice flour, Sorghum flour, Tapioca starch, Potato starch
Available: all the time everyday (closed on Mondays) reservations recommended!
East Village Bakery
2166 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 568-5600
Web:http://www.eastvillagebakery.com/
Twitter: @EastVillageBake
Instagram: @eastvillagebakery
Pastry Chefs Team
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Pie Creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Half Baked Cookie Co.
Island Time
Island Time (slice)
Island Time
Price: $26 whole / $5 slice
Created by: Chef Cheryl Low
Description: Passion fruit and Coconut pie in signature coconut shortbread crust.
Ingredients: Shortbread: Flour, butter, unsweetened coconut, sugar, salt.
Filling: Coconut Cream, passion fruit puree, condensed milk, cream cheese, eggs, cornstarch, salt, cream, icing sugar, milk powder.
Available: All the time
Half Baked Cookie Co.
1211 Nanaimo Street, Vancouver
Tel: 778-848-0105
Web:http://halfbakedcookiecompany.com/
Instagram: @halfbakedcookieco
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Lime and Moon Pie Co.
Pretty in Pink Peppercorn
Pretty in Pink Peppercorn (slice)
Pretty in Pink Peppercorn
Price: $47 whole/ $9 slice
Created by: Francesca Canatta-Bowman
Description: Beautiful beety custard topped with lemon curd and crushed pink peppercorns hugging dollops of whipped cream in pink peppercorn pastry.
Ingredients: Beets, Sugar, Egg, Lemon juice, Butter, Tapioca starch, Cream, Flour, Pink peppercorns
Available: All the time
Lime and Moon Pie Co.
1066 Mainland Street, Vancouver
Tel:604) 889-6426
Twitter @limeandmoon
Instagram: @limeandmoonpieco
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Small Victory Bread & Coffee
Dark Chocolate Pecan Pie
Dark Chocolate Pecan Pie
Price: $8 Small Pie, $21 Large Pie
Created by: Qasim Nathoo
Description: At Small Victory, we have wistful affection for the simple things. Our pie is made with a flaky butter crust filled with loads of pecans and dark chocolate.
Ingredients: Pie Crust: Flour, Butter, sugar, salt. Filling: Pecans, bittersweet chocolate, brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, eggs, vanilla, salt
Offered: All day, everyday
Small Victory Bread & Coffee
1088 Homer Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-899-8892
Twitter: @sv_bakery
Instagram: @sv_bakery
Thank you to all the chefs, bakeries and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured the Pie Challenge creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their Pie creations! See all the Pie Challenge Entries Here.
By: Richard Wolak