The Vancouver Foodster Cookie Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at bakeries and cafes around Vancouver. Each establishment featured their creation on their menu from April 20 – May 12, 2018. 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.
Each media judge scored each creation with a maximum of 40 points as follows: Overall Taste 20 points, Originality and Uniqueness 10 points, Presentation and Appearance 10 points. The highest number of points a challenge creation could have been awarded is 120 points.
Our Media judges for this challenge were: Louisa Chan, Karl Kliparchuk and Jacqueline Chui
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{95 points}
Sweet Somethings
Cinnamon Bun Cookie
Price: $2.50
Created by: Emma Irvine
Description: This cinnamon bun cookie is inspired by our best selling baked good… our cinnamon buns. A chewy sugar cookie with a cinnamon filling and our cream cheese icing come together to create the perfect treat.
Available: all the time
Sweet Somethings
4321 Dunbar Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 842-0261
Web: https://www.sweetsomethingsvancouver.com/
Instagram @sweetsomethingsvancouver
Emma Irvine
2nd Place (tie):
{93 points}
Fratelli Bakery
Almond Apricot Empire Cookie
Price: $2.85
Created by: Loredana Hibbert
Description: The cookie has a really nice crunchiness to it and blends well with the apricot flavour
Available: all the time
Fratelli Bakery
1795 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 255-8926
Web: http://fratellibakery.com/
Twitter: @fratellibakery
Instagram @fratellibakery
And
Fratelli Bakery
459 E. Columbia Street, New Westminster
Tel: (604) 777-2524
Web: http://fratellibakery.com/
Twitter: @fratellibakery
Instagram @fratellibakery
Loredana Hibbert
2nd Place (tie):
{93 points}
Small Victory Bread & Coffee
Coconut White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie
Price: $2.95
Created by: Mark Mockler and the SV pastry team
Description: Soft, chewy and oh so delicious. This classic White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie is made with a blend of flour including an organic coconut flour. Mix in some roasted macadamia nuts and some sweet white chocolate… this cookie is a cookie lovers dream.
Offered: All day, everyday
Small Victory Bread & Coffee
1088 Homer Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-899-8892
Twitter: @sv_bakery
Instagram: @sv_bakery
3rd Place:
{89 points}
Half Baked Cookie Co.
Malaysian Malted cookie
Price: $2.40
Created by: Chef Cheryl Low
Description: Chocolate malted cereal cookie
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
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Cookie 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.
Malaysian Malted cookie
Price: $2.40
Created by: Chef Cheryl Low
Description: Chocolate malted cereal cookie
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:
Small Victory Bread & Coffee
Coconut White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie
Price: $2.95
Created by: Mark Mockler and the SV pastry team
Description: Soft, chewy and oh so delicious. This classic White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie is made with a blend of flour including an organic coconut flour. Mix in some roasted macadamia nuts and some sweet white chocolate… this cookie is a cookie lovers dream.
Offered: All day, everyday
Small Victory Bread & Coffee
1088 Homer Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-899-8892
Twitter: @sv_bakery
Instagram: @sv_bakery
3rd Place People’s Choice (tie):
Italia Bakery
Cannoli Macarons
Price: $1.99
Description: Two chewy sides of cannoli flavoured macrons with the filled center of a mascarpone and cream cheese filling, roasted almonds and chocolate chips, light dust of icing sugar.
Created by: Chef Bozena / chef Michelle
Offered: All the time
Italia Bakery
2828 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604.251.6800
Web: http://www.italiabakery.ca/
Twitter: @italiabakery
Instagram @italiabakery
3rd Place People’s Choice (tie):
Tartine Bread and Pies
Mystery Cookie
Price: $2.95
Created by: Executive Baker Moriah Lutley
Description: The Mystery Cookie is a play on the “Compost Cookie” from Christina Tosi, Momofuku Milk Bar. We tweaked the ratios and added a couple more of our favorite ingredients. We called it the Mystery Cookie because you would never be able to guess all the ingredients. It’s unassuming in appearance and you can’t tell which ingredients are in each bite. We would never have thought that this combination of flavors would taste quite so delicious and become slightly addictive. It’s salty, sweet, crunchy and chewy all at once. They pair well with a glass of cold milk or a strong coffee.
Offered: All the time
Tartine Bread and Pies
1069 Davie Street, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 685-7437
Twitter: @tartinebnp
Instagram @tartinebreadandpies
and
Tartine Bread and Pies
770 Beach Avenue, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 685-7437
Twitter: @tartinebnp
Instagram @tartinebreadandpies
Thank you to all the bakeries and cafes that accepted my invitation and featured the Cookie Challenge creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their Cookie creations! See all the Cookie Challenge Entries Here.
By: Richard Wolak