The Vancouver Foodster Negroni Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Metro Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from September 9 – October 2, 2022 and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the challenge for their People’s Choice favourites. 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.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{114 points}
Resurrection Spirits
Il Post Pisolino Negroni [The Post Nap Negroni]
Price: $15
Created by: Shawn Bachynski
Description: Soft coconut aromatics, with espresso undertones mixed with the bittersweet Campari, then perfectly rounded out and complimented with the blend of the herbaceous, floral, roasted notes of the Amaro, and the bittersweet notes of vanilla and orange from the Carpano Antica Vermouth. Perfect as a tasty pick me up after a pleasant afternoon nap, easing into a calm fall evening.
Ingredients: Coconut fat washed Resurrection Gin, Espresso infused Campari, Amaro Montenegro, Giuseppe Carpano Antica Vermouth
Garnish: Toasted Coconut and Espresso Beans
Available: Thursday – Saturday all day.
Resurrection Spirits
1672 Franklin Street
Tel:(604) 253-0059
Web: https://www.resurrectionspirits.ca/
Instagram @resurrectionspirits
2nd Place:
{99 points}
Stock & Supply
The Butterfly Effect
Price: $19.50
Created by: William Wong
Description: We wanted to feature an exciting take on a Negroni by using our house-made butterfly pea syrup to display a vibrant hue of purple. It has bright and delicate floral notes that emphasizes the flavors of Gin.
Ingredients: Long Table London Gin, Martini Bianco, Martini Dry, Grapefruit infused Butterfly Pea Flower Syrup
Available: Daily 3pm until 11pm
Stock & Supply
(inside the Delta by Marriott Vancouver Suites Hotel)
550 W. Hastings St., Vancouver
Tel: (604) 899-3049
Web:https://stockandsupplyvancouver.com/
Instagram @stockandsupplyvan
3rd Place:
{98 points}
16 West Restaurant
Negroni Bastardo
Price: $13
Created by: Created by John Morris (goes by Morris)
Description: The style and character of the Caparinet with the playfulness and humour of the Sbagliato!
Ingredients: London Dry Gin, Campari, Vermouth Rosso, Vermouth Bianco, Prosecco, Orange Bitters, Orange, lemon
Available: Tuesday – Sunday from 4-10pm
16 West Restaurant
140 16th St W, North Vancouver
Tel: (604) 988-7561
Web: https://www.16westrestaurant.com/
Instagram @16westrestaurant
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Negroni Creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Diva at the Met
Negroni Blues
Price: $19
Created by: bartender Karolina Sliwinska
The Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver is proud to offer the Negroni Blues, crafted with Canadian-made, butterfly pea blossom infused, Empress 1908 Gin to create colour and softness, Aperol to add an herbal touch, and finished with white Vermouth for balance.
Ingredients: Empress Gin, Aperol, Bianco vermouth, sugar cube, blueberries, blueberry bitters
Garnish: sugared blueberries, Lemon twist
Available: all the time.
Diva at the Met
(inside the Metropolitan Hotel)
645 Howe St, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 602-7788
Web: https://www.opentable.ca/r/diva-at-the-met-metropolitan-hotel-vancouver
Instagram @diva_met
2nd Place People’s Choice (tie):
16 West Restaurant
Negroni Bastardo
Price: $13
Created by: Created by John Morris (goes by Morris)
Description: The style and character of the Caparinet with the playfulness and humour of the Sbagliato!
Ingredients: London Dry Gin, Campari, Vermouth Rosso, Vermouth Bianco, Prosecco, Orange Bitters, Orange, lemon
Available: Tuesday – Sunday from 4-10pm
16 West Restaurant
140 16th St W, North Vancouver
Tel: (604) 988-7561
Web: https://www.16westrestaurant.com/
Instagram @16westrestaurant
2nd Place People’s Choice (tie):
Resurrection Spirits
Il Post Pisolino Negroni [The Post Nap Negroni]
Price: $15
Created by: Shawn Bachynski
Description: Soft coconut aromatics, with espresso undertones mixed with the bittersweet Campari, then perfectly rounded out and complimented with the blend of the herbaceous, floral, roasted notes of the Amaro, and the bittersweet notes of vanilla and orange from the Carpano Antica Vermouth. Perfect as a tasty pick me up after a pleasant afternoon nap, easing into a calm fall evening.
Ingredients: Coconut fat washed Resurrection Gin, Espresso infused Campari, Amaro Montenegro, Giuseppe Carpano Antica Vermouth
Garnish: Toasted Coconut and Espresso Beans
Available: Thursday – Saturday all day.
Resurrection Spirits
1672 Franklin Street
Tel:(604) 253-0059
Web: https://www.resurrectionspirits.ca/
Instagram @resurrectionspirits
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Stock & Supply
The Butterfly Effect
Price: $19.50
Created by: William Wong
Description: We wanted to feature an exciting take on a Negroni by using our house-made butterfly pea syrup to display a vibrant hue of purple. It has bright and delicate floral notes that emphasizes the flavors of Gin.
Ingredients: Long Table London Gin, Martini Bianco, Martini Dry, Grapefruit infused Butterfly Pea Flower Syrup
Available: Daily 3pm until 11pm
Stock & Supply
(inside the Delta by Marriott Vancouver Suites Hotel)
550 W. Hastings St., Vancouver
Tel: (604) 899-3049
Web:https://stockandsupplyvancouver.com/
Instagram @stockandsupplyvan
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: Maggi Mei, Shelley Hayashi and Yuki No.
Thank you to all the chefs, bartenders and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured the Negroni Challenge creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their Negroni creations!
By: Richard Wolak