Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Cinnamon Bun Challenge. Bakeries and cafes from all over the city were invited to enter their Cinnamon Bun creations into this challenge. Each bakery and cafe will be featuring their cinnamon bun creations on their menu from October 7-31, 2020.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the cinnamon bun creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best cinnamon bun creation for the People’s Choice award winners.
Share your experiences: Social media share your photos and messages by instagram, twitter, facebook, tiktok and other platforms throughout the challenge, our twitter and instagram address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #CinnamonbunChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your social sharing during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite cinnamon bun creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
Remember to VOTE for your favourites during the challenge.
Here are the Cinnamon bun creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Covert Neighbourhood Cafe
The Deep Covert Classic Cinnamon Bun
Price: $5.25
Created by: J. Paul Mackenzie, developed from a family recipe
Description: A traditional hand made cinnamon bun, laced with butter, dark brown sugar, and rich cinnamon. Finished with fluffy cream cheese icing and love.
Ingredients: sugar, flour, butter, salt, yeast, milk, water, cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract and powder sugar
Available: Daily after 11am until 4pm
Covert Neighbourhood Cafe
4387 Gallant Ave, North Vancouver
Tel: (604) 984-2683
Web: https://www.covertcafe.ca/
Instagram @covertneighbourhoodcafe
Solly’s Bagelry
Solly’s Lollybun
Price: $5.25
Created by:Leah Markovitch
Our Solly’s Cinnamon Bun ‘Lollybun’ is made with a Thick layer of Solly’s Cream Cheese Icing sandwiched between two slim Delicious Solly’s Cinnamon Buns on a Lolly Stick ‘to go’!!
Available: All day, 7 days a week.
Solly’s Bagelry
368 West 7th Avenue
Phone:(604) 675-9750
4071 Main Street
Phone:(604) 229-2638
2873 West Broadway
Phone:(604) 738-2121
Web: http://www.sollysbagelry.com
Twitter: @SollysBagelry
Instagram @sollysbagelry
Italia Bakery
Maple Glazed Pumpkin Buns
Price: $5.99
Created by: Sam Pero
Description: Handcrafted pumpkin dough rolled out and filled with a pumpkin spice butter spread. Topped with a maple cream cheese icing.
Offered: All the time
Italia Bakery
2828 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604.251.6800
Web: http://www.italiabakery.ca/
Twitter: @italiabakery
Instagram @italiabakery
Hugo’s Churros & Tacos
Churro Cinnamon Bun
Price:
Created by: Dan Garcia
Description:
Offered: All the time
Hugo’s Churros
7899 Templeton Station Rd, Richmond
Twitter: @Hugoschurros
Instagram: hugoschurros
Make sure you check out the Cinnamon Bun Challenge postcards which will be at the bakeries and cafes. Remember to Vote for your favourites daily, all the voting details are at https://vancouverfoodster.com/cinnamon-bun-challenge/
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Deanna Woo
Blogger and Instagrammer
Instagram @deannawoo
David Grange
Blogger for BCFoodieBlogger
Twitter: @BCfoodieblogger
Instagram: @BCfoodieblogger
AJ Heraghty
Influencer
Instagram @ajfoodiesaiyan