The Vancouver Foodster Pasta Challenge was a success featuring creations from restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their Pasta creation from October 6-30, 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.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{102 points}
Robba Da Matti (Yaletown)
Paccheri alla Laura
Price $28
Created by: Laura
Description: Paccheri pasta with chopped tiger prawns in a white wine, garlic, cherry tomatoes & herbs sauce.
Offered: Lunch and Dinner
Available: for dine-in & Take-out
Robba Da Matti
1127 Mainland Street, Vancouver
Phone:(604) 558-1174
Web: http://www.robbadamatti.com/
Twitter: @Robba_daMatti
Instagram: @robba_damatti
2nd Place:
{99 points}
Lift Bar and Grill
Mare E Monti Cannelloni
Price: $45
Created by: Chris Andraza, Ross Macleod, Kelvin Julia
Description: A play on Surf and Turf (Mare E Monti), Handmade braised short rib cannelloni, butter poached lobster tail, blistered tomatoes, lobster velouté, flat leaf parsley
Offered: Dinner menu nightly
Available: for dine-in only
Lift Bar & Grill
333 Menchion Mews, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 689-5438
Web: https://www.liftbarandgrill.com/
Instagram @liftbarandgrill
3rd Place (tie):
{97 points}
C Prime Modern Italian Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Fettuccine Fungi
Price: $26
Created by: Chef Behshad Zolnasr
Description: House made Fettuccine with foraged mushrooms and winter herbs
Offered: Daily for lunch and dinner
Available: Dine-in only.
C Prime Modern Italian Steakhouse & Wine Bar
1015 Burrard Street
Tel: 604-684-3474
Robba Da Matti (GASTOWN)
Ravioli di Rahul
Price: $32
Created by: Rahul
Description: Lobster & Crab ravioli with a heavy cream Pecorino Romano sauce, infused basil oil & tomato caviar.
Offerd: lunch and dinner daily
Available for dine-in & Take-out
Robba Da Matti
112 Powell Street, Vancouver
Web: http://www.robbadamatti.com/
Twitter: @Robba_daMatti
Instagram: @robba_damatti
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Pasta creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Nellos Restaurant
Cefalopodi Pasta Verde
Price: $24
Created by: Head Chef Adam Foster
Description: A squid ink pasta tossed in a thai basil pesto cream sauce and blistered gem tomato; served with prawns and topped with toasted pine nut and grated parmesan cheese.
Offered: Thursday – Sunday 5-10pm
Available: for takeout and dine-in
Nellos Restaurant
925 Brunette Avenue, Coquitlam
Tel: (604) 777-0300
Web: http://barrestaurantnellos.ca/
Instagram @restaurantnellos
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Casereccio Foods
Under the Sea
Price $26
Created by: the team
Description: Squid ink ravioli, local dungeness crab, roasted cherry tomato emulsion, micro greens
Offered: Lunch and Dinner daily
Available: for dine-in only
Casereccio Foods
2480 Vine Street, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 734-4440
Web:https://www.caserecciofood.com/
Instagram @casereccio_foods
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Robba Da Matti (KITSILANO)
Fusili with Mushroom Melange
Price: $30
Created by: Dolly
Description: Fusilli with mushroom melange in creamy truffle sauce topped with shaved pecorino Romano cheese.
Offered: Lunch and dinner daily
Robba da Matti
1898 West 1st Avenue, Vancovuer
Tel: (604) 428-1565
Web: http://www.robbadamatti.com/
Twitter: @Robba_daMatti
Instagram: @robba_damatti
Our Media judges for this challenge were: Maggi Mei, Jacqueline Chui and Emma Clark.
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 pasta creation could earn is 120 points.
Thank you to the chefs and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured their pasta on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their pasta creations! See the entries here.
By: Richard Wolak