The Vancouver Foodster 4th Annual Best Burger Challenge was a huge success featuring creations from restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their burger creation from October 19 – November 12, 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: Sherman Chan, Ed Lau and Hanson Do.
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 burger creation could earn is 120 points.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{102 points}
Fresh Window by Drew’s Catering

Burger Noir
Created by: Chef Sekihata Katsuyuki
Price: $12
Description: 24 hour braised beef short rib, savoy cabbage coleslaw, horseradish aioli, shoestring potato & black brioche bun – Add shaved black truffles ($15 supplement)
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef
Offered: 11am-3pm Monday – Friday.
Fresh Window at Drew’s Catering
1312 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver
Web: https://drewscatering.com/
Instagram @freshwindowvan

Chef Sekihata Katsuyuki
2nd place:
{100 points}
Falconetti’s

Falconetti’s Smokehouse Steakburger
Created by:Chef Joseph and Chef Billy
Price: $17
Description: Using Canada’s best sirloin beef, we top it with carefully chosen ingredients to complement this beefy bliss. Starting with a smoky gouda cheese and house cherry-wood smoked bacon that is accented by sweet pickle red onion, and chopped romaine, this defining burger is slathered with a Tennessee whisky tomato jam and our grainy mustard aioli on each side of a custom created Cabernet bun. Served with our special hand cut fries.
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef
Offered: Served from 5 pm everyday
Falconetti’s
1812 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Twitter:@Falconettis
Instagram: @falconettis

Chef Joseph
3rd Place (tie):
{99 points}
H2 Rotisserie Bar

Hot Jill Meats Huckleberry B.C. Bison Burger
Created by: Chef Caitlin Mark
Price: $19
Description: 6 oz. grass fed pasture raised BC bison, huckleberry relish, Little Qualicum hot jill monterey cheddar, crisp barnston island red frill lettuce, garlic aioli, served on an artisan challah bun.
Main Protein Ingredient: Bison
Offered: Lunch and dinner meal-times (12:00pm – 10:00pm, daily)
H2 Rotisserie Bar
1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 691-6966
Twitter: @H2restaurant
Instagram @h2restaurant

Chef Caitlin Mark
3rd Place (tie):
{99 points}
The Ellis

The Mediterranean
Created by: Chef Tyler Dallner
Price: $17
Description: One pork and one beef patty, roasted peppers and onions, ricotta and provolone cheeses, pickled chillies and dried tomatoes
Main Protein Ingredient: Pork and Beef
Offered: All the time
The Ellis
2204 York Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 428-2456
Instagram @theelliskits

Chef Tyler Dallner
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Burger creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Hopcott Meats

Farmer Bob’s Burger
Created by: Christina Sepidoza
Price: $12.50
Description: 6oz Hopcott prime rib patty, topped with pickled and panko breaded jalapeno peppers, cheddar & monterey jack cheese, Hopcott’s honey chipotle sauce, lettuce & tomato on a pretzel bun. Served with house cut fries or green salad with Hopcott Mandarin Dill dressing
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef
Offered: Offered for lunch. Available 10:30am to 4pm, 7 days a week.
Hopcott Meats
18385 Old Dewdney Trunk Road, Pitt Meadows
Tel: 604.465.7799
Web: http://www.hopcottmeats.ca/
Twitter @HopcottFarms
Instagram @hopcottfarms
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Falconetti’s

Falconetti’s Smokehouse Steakburger
Created by:Chef Jo and Chef Billy
Price: $17
Description: Using Canada’s best sirloin beef, we top it with carefully chosen ingredients to complement this beefy bliss. Starting with a smoky gouda cheese and house cherry-wood smoked bacon that is accented by sweet pickle red onion, and chopped romaine, this defining burger is slathered with a Tennessee whisky tomato jam and our grainy mustard aioli on each side of a custom created Cabernet bun. Served with our special hand cut fries.
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef
Offered: Served from 5 pm everyday
Falconetti’s
1812 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Twitter:@Falconettis
Instagram: @falconettis
3rd Place People’s Choice:
The Ellis

The Mediterranean
Created by: Chef Tyler Dallner
Price: $17
Description: One pork and one beef patty, roasted peppers and onions, ricotta and provolone cheeses, pickled chillies and dried tomatoes
Main Protein Ingredient: Pork and Beef
Offered: All the time
The Ellis
2204 York Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 428-2456
Instagram @theelliskits
Thank you to the chefs and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured their burgers on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their Burger creations! See the entries here.
By: Richard Wolak