The Vancouver Foodster 8th annual Sundae Challenge was a success featuring sundae creations from cafes around Vancouver. Each cafe featured their sundae creation from August 3-28, 2022. 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: AJ Heraghty, Jay Minter and Shelley Hayashi.
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 sundae creation could earn is 120 points.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{110 points}
Blue Hawaiian Sundae
Food by Fanta
Price $18
Created by: Chef Sadapphin Phothong
Description: Combining the Tropical flavours into the fresh coconut with a freshness of coconut butterfly pea jello, pineapple, mangoes in syrup, Coconut icecream and Topped with banana bruleé and taro Mont Blanc
Ingredients: Whole Fresh Young coconut, coconut meat , Agar Agar, sugar, fresh coconut juice, butterfly pea flower, Mango, pineapple, Strawberries, Banana bruleé, taro Mont Blanc, coconut ice cream and Rum.
Food by Fanta
20542 Fraser Hwy, Langley
Tel; (604) 530-6803
Web: https://foodbyfanta.com/
Instagram @foodbyfanta
2nd Place:
{102 points}
The Pink Panther
Beyond Coffee
Price: $9.50
Created by: Behshad Zolnasr, Diana v. Kalnassy, Lawrence Low-nang
Description: A delectable combination of vanilla and pink peppercorn infused gelato, summer peaches and crispy meringue, served in a waffle bowl.
Ingredients: eggs, cream, milk, sugar, glucose, pink peppercorn, vanilla, peaches, flour, cornstarch
Beyond Coffee
1015 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 697-5326
Web: https://www.instagram.com/beyond_coffee_vancouver/
Twitter @dine_at_beyond
Instagram @beyond_coffee_vancouver
3rd Place:
{101 points}
PC’s Special HALO-HALO
Pampanga’s Cuisine
Price: $9.00
Created by: J
Description: A Filipino shaved iced dessert with various toppings/ evaporated milk, ice cream & crème caramel.
Ingredients: leche flan (crème caramel), coconut strips, caramelized banana, jackfruit, sugar, evaporated milk, shaved ice, butterscotch ice cream , caramel bits, caramel drizzle & chocolate bits on top
Pampanga’s Cuisine
6094 Fraser Street, Vancouver
Tel:(778) 379-7003
Web:https://pampangascuisine.ca/menu
Instagram @pampangascuisineca
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Sundae creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
True Blue Sundae Bliss
Sprinkles Gelato and Dessert House
Price: $9.50
Created by: the team
Description: Our True Blue Sundae Bliss is the definition of an authentic BC Summer.
We start it all off with a delightful hand formed blueberry lavender rustic tart made with a hint of fresh lemon. We top that off with the perfect scoop of our Vanilla Bean Gelato and a dollop of fresh whipped cream. To finish it all off we delicately drizzle our in house made blueberry lavender compote and a slice of candied lemon to entice all of your taste buds.
Ingredients: Fresh local blueberries and lavender from Richmond BC, a delicate hand formed rustic tart made with real butter and topped with lavender sugar, fresh whipped cream and a slice of candied lemon.
Sprinkles Gelato and Dessert House
12231 First Ave, Richmond
Tel:(604) 370-0330
Web:https://www.instagram.com/sprinkles.gelato
Instagram @sprinkles.gelato
2nd Place People’s Choice:
PC’s Special HALO-HALO
Pampanga’s Cuisine
Price: $9.00
Created by: J
Description: A Filipino shaved iced dessert with various toppings/ evaporated milk, ice cream & crème caramel.
Ingredients: leche flan (crème caramel), coconut strips, caramelized banana, jackfruit, sugar, evaporated milk, shaved ice, butterscotch ice cream , caramel bits, caramel drizzle & chocolate bits on top
Pampanga’s Cuisine
6094 Fraser Street, Vancouver
Tel:(778) 379-7003
Web:https://pampangascuisine.ca/menu
Instagram @pampangascuisineca
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Chocolate Banana Candy Cookie Sundae
Hype Chocolate Co.
Price: $15
Created by: Scott Symons
Description: An explosion of bananas, chocolate, cookies and candy with whip cream and a cherry on top
Ingredients: Dark Chocolate sauce, White chocolate sauce, Oreo cookies, Bananas, Chips ahoy cookies, Banana chocolate fudge ice cream, Chocolate ice cream, Cookie dough ice cream, Banana marshmallows, Whip cream and Maraschino cherry.
Hype Chocolate Co.
855 E Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel:
Web:https://linktr.ee/hypechocolate.co
Instagram @hypechocolate.co
Thank you to all the cafes that accepted my invitation and featured their Sundae on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning cafes to try their Sundae creations! See all the entries here.
By: Richard Wolak