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 March 14 – April 7, 2019. and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the challenge for their People’s Choice favourites.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{101 points}
The Bench Bakehouse
Salted Caramel Brownie Cookie
Price: $3.25
Created by: Tracy Steele
Description: a soft dark chocolate cookie with salted caramel and roasted nuts
Offered: all the time
The Bench Bakehouse
1641 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 251-0677
Web: https://www.thebenchbakehouse.com/
Instagram: @thebenchbakehouse
Tracy Steele and her staff
2nd Place:
{97 points}
Fratelli Bakery
Chocolate Lava Brownie Cookie
Price: $2
Created by: Loredana Hibbert
Description: with toffee, toasted pecans and a caramel drizzle!
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 and Marco Cornale
3rd Place:
{95 points}
Delish Gluten Free Bakery
PEA-Not Cookie
Price: $3.99
Created by: Jenna Perreault
Description: Our cookie will be a Vegan and Gluten Free PEA-Not Cookie. Tastes like a peanut butter with out the nuts! It has vegan marshmallows, dark chocolate and sea salt!
Offered: all the time
Delish Gluten Free Bakery
2166 E Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel:
Web: http://delishglutenfree.com/
Twitter @delishGF
Instagram @delishglutenfree
And
Delish Gluten Free Bakery
1730 Coast Meridian Rd #203, Port Coquitlam
Tel: (604) 945-9994
Web: http://delishglutenfree.com/
Twitter @delishGF
Instagram @delishglutenfree
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:
The Bench Bakehouse
Salted Caramel Brownie Cookie
Price: $3.25
Created by: Tracy Steele
Description: a soft dark chocolate cookie with salted caramel and roasted nuts
Offered: all the time
The Bench Bakehouse
1641 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 251-0677
Web: https://www.thebenchbakehouse.com/
Instagram: @thebenchbakehouse
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Bonus Bakery Café
Bonus Cookie
Price: $3.15
Created by: Monica Tang, Bonus Bakery Head Baker
Description: The Bonus Cookie is filled with the best childhood memories and is the perfect bite between sweet and salty.
Offered: all the time
Bonus Bakery Café
1185 West Georgia Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 620-5811
Web: https://www.instagram.com/bonus.bakery/
Instagram @bonus.bakery
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Delish Gluten Free Bakery
PEA-Not Cookie
Price: $3.99
Created by: Jenna Perreault
Description: Our cookie will be a Vegan and Gluten Free PEA-Not Cookie. Tastes like a peanut butter with out the nuts! It has vegan marshmallows, dark chocolate and sea salt!
Offered: all the time
Delish Gluten Free Bakery
2166 E Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel:
Web: http://delishglutenfree.com/
Twitter @delishGF
Instagram @delishglutenfree
And
Delish Gluten Free Bakery
1730 Coast Meridian Rd #203, Port Coquitlam
Tel: (604) 945-9994
Web: http://delishglutenfree.com/
Twitter @delishGF
Instagram @delishglutenfree
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: David Grange, Joyce Lam and Yuki No.
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 bakeries and cafes to try their Cookie creations! See all the Cookie Challenge Entries Here.
By: Richard Wolak