Welcome to the 6th Vancouver Foodster Pizza Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their pizza into this challenge, some of the restaurants have created a special pizza just for this challenge and others have entered their top choice off their existing menu. Each restaurant will be featuring their pizza on their menu from May 7-31, 2020.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to order any or all of the pizza creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best pizza creation for the People’s Choice award winners.
Share your experiences: Social share your photos and details by twitter and instagram throughout the challenge; our twitter and instagram address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #PizzaChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets, instagram stories and instagram posts during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite pizza creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste. Just remember to VOTE for your favourites between May 7-31, 2020.
NOTE: Due to the current Covid-19 inside dining restaurant restrictions, the pizza creations in this challenge will be offered by Takeout and Delivery as noted.
Here are the Pizza creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Hearthstone Tap & Forno
The Little Lambo
Price: $22
Created by: Chef Lee Cotterall
Description: A savory traditional Lamb Sauce, topped with tender New Zealand Lamb Shank, seasoned Portobello Mushroom Mix, Red Onion and Cherry Tomatoes, shredded Grana Podano Cheese and finished with fresh mint
Ingredients: pureed lamb Sauce, braised New Zealand Lamb Shank, seasoned sauteed Portobello Mushroom Mix, Red Onion, Cherry Tomatoes and Grana Podano Cheese finished with fresh mint
Takeout/Pickup: Not available currently.
Delivery: Yes – through Skip the Dishes and Uber Eats 3pm – 9pm Wednesday – Sunday.
Hearthstone Tap & Forno
1015 Marine Drive, North Vancouver
Tel: (604) 984-1842
Web: http://www.hearthstonebrewery.ca/
Twitter: @hearthstonebeer
Instagram: @hearthsonebeer
Backcountry Brewing
It could be wurst
Price: $18
Created by: Chef Artie McGee
Description: whole grain mustard cream sauce, pilsner braised red cabbage with apples and bacon, beer sausage, mozzarella cheese, and green onions.
Ingredients: whole grain mustard cream sauce, pilsner braised red cabbage with apples and bacon, beer sausage, mozzarella cheese, and green onions.
Takeout/Pickup: Daily from 12pm-7pm .Orders need to be in by 6:30 pm. People can place orders over the phone or come in and order.
Delivery: not available currently.
Backcountry Brewing
405-1201 Commercial Way, Squamish
Web: https://www.backcountrybrewing.com/
Tel:(604) 567-2739
Twitter @Backcountry604
Instagram @backcountrybrewing
Spacca Napoli Pizzeria
Cafonata
Price: $22
Created by: Antonio Lanzetta, Pizzaiolo
Description: As we spend time at home with our families during this pandemic, we are inspired to bring you a new pizza creation! It is a celebration of the days spent cooking with our Nonna in the kitchen, enjoying the warm aromas and smiles. It starts with simple ingredients grown in the garden like basil and tomatoes, including roasted potatoes with sausage and a table filled with everyone’s favourite- hand-cut salami and cheese. We hope our new Cafonata pizza is your choice of food for comfort, to be enjoyed by the whole family.
Ingredients: Tomato sauce DOP, ’Nduja (Spicy Salame), Salsiccia di Chinghiale (Wild Boar Sausage), Oven Roasted Potatoes, Fior de Latte Mozzarella, Provolone Auricchio, Ricotta stuffed crust.
Takeout/Pickup: Tuesday – Sunday after 3:30pm for takeout.
Delivery: not available currently.
Spacca Napoli Pizzeria
2801 St Johns Street, Port Moody
Tel: (604) 939-5800
Web: https://pizzeriaspaccanapoli.com/
Instagram: @pizzeriaspacca
Sprezzatura
Prosciutto & Pear Pizza
Price: $24
Created by: Chef Alex Coxon
Description: Prepared in the true Neapolitan style, all Sprezzatura pizzas are made with “Verace Pizza Napoletana” dough, certified by their in-house VPN pizzaiolo. This highly specialized flour must pass a rigorous 100 hour fermentation process, and is designed for high heat only, necessitating a custom designed 900-degree oven. This time-honoured technique uniquely roasts the toppings from the top down, while preventing the underside from being overcooked, resulting in an unrivalled crust that is both crispy and mouth-wateringly soft. Our tasty Prosciutto & Pear Pizza is comprised of white sauce, fior di latte, pear, arugula, prosciutto, gorgonzola, roasted walnuts, balsamic reduction & finished with black pepper.
Ingredients: White sauce, fior di latte, pear, arugula, prosciutto, gorgonzola, roasted walnuts, balsamic reduction, black pepper.
Takeout/Pickup: Sunday – Thursday 12 noon – 9pm; Friday – Saturday 12 noon -9:45pm, order through the Ritual app or link on website or by phone.
Delivery: Can be ordered online through one of the delivery (DoorDash/UberEats/SkipTheDishes) apps.
Sprezzatura
265 Kingsway, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 876-6333
Instagram @sprezzatura_van
Pastameli
The Pickled Frenchman
Price: Small 10inch $18.00/ Medium 12inch $25.00 / Large 14inch $31.00/ Party 18inch $39.00
By the slice $4.00 or 2/$6.00
Created by: Owner Colin Taylor and Chef Trevor Heal.
Description: Our pizza rendition of a smoked meat pub style sandwich. Our dough is slathered with an in house made, rich tomato BBQ sauce, Pilsner beer braised Montreal smoked beef brisket, sauerkraut, chopped dill pickles, and a mixture of Swiss and Mozzarella cheese, baked to perfection then finished with a three mustard honey sriracha drizzle and pretzel crumbles. Cheers!
Ingredients: House made BBQ tomato sauce as base, Pilsner beer braised Montreal smoked beef brisket, chopped dill pickles, sauerkraut, a blend of Swiss and Mozzarella cheese, three mustard honey sriracha drizzle, topped with a pretzel crumble.
Takeout/Pickup: Daily 11am – 9pm, orders can be placed over the phone only at 604-922-9333.
Delivery: Daily from 12pm-9pm, orders can be placed over the phone only at 604-922-9333. Will take credit card over the phone for no touch delivery. Delivery only to West Vancouver addresses.
Pastameli Restaurant
5369 Headland Drive, West Vancouver
Phone: (604) 922-9333
Web: www.pastameli.com
Instagram @pastameli_restaurant
Firecrust Custom Salads + Pizzas
Pizza My Heart
Price: $18
Created by: Mark Medalla
Description: The pizza that gives back! Our heart-shaped Neapolitan style pizza is hand-crafted and made with creamy tomato sauce, double prosciutto (placed before and after baking), fior di latte, grape tomatoes and finished with fresh basil. $1 from every Pizza My Heart sold will be donated to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Share the love today! Optional: Make it a calzone.
Ingredients: Creamy tomato sauce, prosciutto, fior di latte, grape tomatoes, fresh basil.
Takeout/Pickup: Sunday – Thursday 11am – 11pm; Friday – Saturday 11 am – 12 am.
Delivery: Can be ordered online through Skip the Dishes or Uber Eats.
Firecrust Custom Salads + Pizzas
808 Davie Street, Vancouver
Tel: (778) 379-9646
Web: https://www.firecrustpizzeria.com/
Twitter @firecrustdavie
Instagram @firecrustdavie
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Firecrust Custom Salads + Pizzas
20160 Langley Bypass #40, Langley
Tel:604-427-4338
Web: https://www.firecrustpizzeria.com/
Twitter @Firecrustpizza
Instagram @firecrustlangley
Takeout/Pickup: Sunday – Thursday 11am – 8pm; Friday – Saturday 11 am – 9pm.
Delivery: Can be ordered online through Skip the Dishes or Uber Eats.
Alberello Pizzeria
Barbabietole e Asparagi
Price: $18
Created by: Sean & Azin Etesami
Description: colorful pizza with seasonal vegetables at center stage.
Ingredients: Made with balsamic roasted beets, sautéed asparagus with bacon & roasted walnuts, on a creamy base with mascarpone and aged mozzarella topped with fresh mint leaves.
Takeout/Pickup: Daily from 5pm – closing. Order online from our website or by phone.
Delivery: Daily from 5pm – closing. Order online through their website or from the other delivery services which include Doordash, Skip the dishes and Uber Eats for delivery within North Vancouver only.
Alberello Pizzeria
115 W 15th Street, North Vancouver
Tel: 604-770-4484
Web: http://www.alberellopizzeria.com/
Twitter @Alberellopizza
Instagram @alberellopizzeria
Make sure you check out the Pizza Challenge postcards which will be either at the restaurants for pickup of the Takeout orders at each of the participating restaurants or with your delivered order. Remember to Vote for your favourites daily, all the voting details are at https://vancouverfoodster.com/pizza-challenge/
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Tara Lee
Writer for Inside Vancouver and other publications.
Twitter: @VanGlutton
Instagram @vanglutton
Hanson Do
Blogger for his own Nosh and Nibble blog
Twitter: @hansondee
Instagram @noshandnibble
Yuki No
Blogger for Pekopekolife
Twitter: @Pekopekolife
Instagram: @pekopekolife