The Vancouver Foodster Crazy Fries Challenge was a success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from February 7 – March 3, 2019. and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the challenge.
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: Deanna Woo, Josh Boettcher and Tara Lee
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 sandwich creation could earn is 120 points.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{109 points}
BCD Academy
Coco-Frites
Price: $12
Created by: Chef Parinya Loptson and Chef Sadapphin Phothong
Description: Long, coconut fries topped with salted coconut caramel sauce garnish with chocolate net and serve along side with avocado ice cream.
Offered: Lunch only.
Bcd Academy
20542 Fraser Hwy #107
Langley
Tel: (778) 242-1344
Instagram @bcdacademy
chef Parinya Loptson and chef Aew Sadapphin
2nd Place:
{91 points}
Hopcott Meats
Chicken Pot Poutine
Price: $9.75
Description: House cut fries, topped with cheese curds, gravy & Chicken Pot Pie filling with locally raised rotisserie chicken. No Added Gluten
Created by: Chef Jesse Ho
Offered: Every day from 10:30 to 4:00
Hopcott Meats
18385 Old Dewdney Trunk Road, Pitt Meadows
Tel: 604.465.7799
Web: http://www.hopcottmeats.ca/
Twitter @HopcottFarms
Instagram @hopcottfarms
3rd Place:
{75 points}
Donnellan’s Chipper
Irish Chip Trio
Price: $12
Description: House cut fries, 3 signature chips (fries) creations from Ireland combined into one dish, that includes curry cheese fries, garlic cheese fries and taco fries.
Created by: the team
Offered: All the time
Donnellan’s Chipper
1224 Granville Street, Vancouver
Tel:
Web: https://www.facebook.com/donnellanschipper/
Instagram @donnellanschipper
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Crazy Fries 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
Chicken Pot Poutine
Price: $9.75
Description: House cut fries, topped with cheese curds, gravy & Chicken Pot Pie filling with locally raised rotisserie chicken. No Added Gluten
Created by: Chef Jesse Ho
Offered: Every day from 10:30 to 4:00
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:
Donnellan’s Chipper
Irish Chip Trio
Price: $12
Description: House cut fries, 3 signature chips (fries) creations from Ireland combined into one dish, that includes curry cheese fries, garlic cheese fries and taco fries.
Created by: the team
Offered: All the time
Donnellan’s Chipper
1224 Granville Street, Vancouver
Tel:
Web: https://www.facebook.com/donnellanschipper/
Instagram @donnellanschipper
3rd Place People’s Choice:
BCD Academy
Coco-Frites
Price: $12
Created by: Chef Parinya Loptson and Chef Sadapphin Phothong
Description: Long, coconut fries topped with salted coconut caramel sauce garnish with chocolate net and serve along side with avocado ice cream.
Offered: Lunch only.
Bcd Academy
20542 Fraser Hwy #107
Langley
Tel: (778) 242-1344
Instagram @bcdacademy
Thank you to the chefs and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured their Fries creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their Crazy Fries creations! See the entries here.
By: Richard Wolak