The Vancouver Foodster Pasta Challenge was a huge success featuring creations from restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their Pasta creation from October 5-29, 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: Areta Wong, Bethany Ho and Joyce Lam
Each media judge will have scored the creation with a maximum of 40 points as follows: Overall Taste 20 points, Originality and Uniqueness 10 points, Presentation and Appearance 10 points). The total number of points a pasta creation could earn is 120 points.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{106.5 points}
Novo Pizzeria & Wine Bar
Price: $22
Description: Crab Ravioli with mascarpone, corn and a citrus beurre blanc
Created by: Carmine Paradiso
Offered: available all the time
Novo Pizzeria & Wine Bar
2118 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 736-2220
Web: http://www.novopizzeria.com/
Twitter: @NOVOPizzeria
Instagram: @novopizzeriayvr
2nd Place:
{102 points}
Mosaic Grille
Price: $29
Created by: Mosaic team
Description: Smoked Fraser valley Duck Tortellini
Offered: Dinner only
Mosaic Grille
655 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-639-4768
Web: https://vancouver.regency.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html
Twitter: @HyattVancouver
Instagram: @HyattVancouver
3rd Place:
{100 points}
Apero Kitchen and Wine Bar
Rigatoni Vecchia Romagna
Price: $20
Created by: Chef Haymo Elzenbaumer
Description: Rigatoni with garlic, braised radicchio tossed in a brandy cream sauce and topped with crispy prosciutto and parmigiano.
Offered: Tuesday – Sunday dinner after 5pm
Apero Kitchen and Wine Bar
1735 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
Tel: (604) 921-2583
Web: https://aperokitchen.wordpress.com
Twitter @apero_kitchen
Instagram: @aperokitchen
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Pasta creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Apero Kitchen and Wine Bar
Rigatoni Vecchia Romagna
Rigatoni Vecchia Romagna
Price: $20
Created by: Chef Haymo Elzenbaumer
Description: Rigatoni with garlic, braised radicchio tossed in a brandy cream sauce and topped with crispy prosciutto and parmigiano.
Offered: Tuesday – Sunday dinner after 5pm
Apero Kitchen and Wine Bar
1735 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
Tel: (604) 921-2583
Web: https://aperokitchen.wordpress.com
Twitter @apero_kitchen
Instagram: @aperokitchen
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Novo Pizzeria & Wine Bar
Crab Ravioli
Price: $22
Description: Crab Ravioli with mascarpone, corn and a citrus beurre blanc
Created by: Carmine Paradiso
Offered: available all the time
Novo Pizzeria & Wine Bar
2118 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 736-2220
Web: http://www.novopizzeria.com/
Twitter: @NOVOPizzeria
Instagram: @novopizzeriayvr
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Mangia e Scappa Italian Foods
Tagliatelle Paglia e Fieno
Tagliatelle Paglia e Fieno
Price: $19
Created by: Chef Angela
Description: Fresh herb Rose Sauce with Proscuitto Cotto, and fresh mushrooms served with our homemade spinach and egg Tagliatelle! Buonissimo
Offered: From 11AM – 9PM, Tuesday through Saturday
Mangia e Scappa Italian Foods
23238 Mavis Ave, Fort Langley
Phone: 604.888.4104
Twitter: @mangiaescappaif
Instagram: @mangiaescappaif
Thank you to the chefs and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured their pasta on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their pasta creations! See the entries here.
By: Richard Wolak