Burger Challenge Winners 2022

The Vancouver Foodster 9th Annual Best Burger Challenge was a success featuring creations from restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their burger creation from November 3-27, 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 (Tie):

{105 points}

C Prime Modern Italian Steakhouse & Wine Bar

Un-Foiegettable Burger

Price: $32.00

Created by: Chef Behshad Zolnasr

Description: Grilled ½ lb. Patty with bacon, Cheese, Caramelized onion, with a torchon of foie gras, and a brioche bun and crispy onions.

Ingredients: Caramelized onions, Wisconsin Cheddar, Bacon, Crispy onions, Demi-glace, 63-Acre 1/2 lb Burger patty, Mayo, Brioche bun, Rouge A Foie Gras- Whiskey Cured

.Offered: Daily 12pm – 10pm

Available: Dine-in only.

C Prime Modern Italian Steakhouse & Wine Bar

1015 Burrard Street

Tel: 604-684-3474

Web: https://www.cprime.ca/

Instagram @cprimesteak

1st Place (Tie):

(105 Points)

Parallel 49 Brewing Street Kitchen

Sweet ‘n Spam

Price: $16

Created by: Chefs Mike Brace and Julianna Holt

Description: all beef smash patty, chili & beer glazed grilled pineapple, sweet & spicy rubbed spam, pickled slaw, togarashi mayo, toasted brioche bun

Ingredient List: beef, pineapple, thai chili, P49 Craft Pilsner, chili flakes, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, salt, togarashi, cabbage, onion, white wine vinegar, sugar (note: brioche bun contains egg/dairy and togarashi contains sesame)

Availability: all-day everyday during Street Kitchen hours (Sun-Mon 11am-12am and Fri-Sat 11am-1am)

Parallel 49 Brewing Street Kitchen

1950 Triumph Street, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 558-2739

Web:http://parallel49brewing.com/

Instagram @parallel49beer

2nd Place:

{100 points}

Stock & Supply

The Stocked Smash Burger

Price: $22

Created by: Lucas Rosenberg

Description: This burger is stocked full of flavor. Hand-made smashed beef patty topped with delicious pork belly to give it a nice crisp. Extra flavor from the curried zucchini pickles and a touch of sweet and smoky from the Smoked Chili Remoulade. Don’t forget about the cheese!

Simple made Awesome!

Ingredients: Smashed Beef Patty, House Pork Belly Crisp, Curry Zucchini Pickles, Smoked Chili Remoulade, Crispy Onions, Sharp Cheddar, Shredded Lettuce

Offered: Lunch + Dinner Monday to Friday 11 am – 10 pm, Saturday & Sunday 3pm – 10 pm

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:

{95 points}

Holt’s Cafe

Bistek Burger

Price: $ 21 with a choice of side

Created by: Alen Villaluz

Description: Inspired by his Filipino roots, I challenged a team member to create a burger for this challenge. He came up with the Bistek Burger. Bistek is made of thinly sliced sirloin braised in a mixture of citrus(Calamansi), soy sauce, onions, and garlic.

Ingredients: 6oz 80/20 Ground Chuck, Soy & Calamansi Glaze, Grilled Onions, Bacon & Tomato Marmalade, Mayo, Shredded Iceberg Lettuce, Brioche

Offered: All the time

Available for dine-in and takeout

Holt’s Cafe

(inside Holt Renfrew)

737 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver

Tel: 604-681-3121

Web: www.holtrenfrew.com

Instagram @holtscafe

In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Burger creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.

The Winners are:

1st Place People’s Choice:

The Peri Peri Shack

Original Fire Grilled Chicken Sandwich

Price: $15.50

Created by: the team

Description: Flamed grilled boneless chicken breast topped with peri peri mayo, red onions, crisp shredded lettuce & slice of tomato on a brioche bun. 

Offered: all the time

The Peri Peri Shack

724 Kingsway, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 875-1651

Web: https://theperiperishack.com/

Instagram @theperiperishack

And

The Peri Peri Shack

6691 Hastings Street, Burnaby

Tel: (604) 294-1064

Web: https://theperiperishack.com/

Instagram @theperiperishack

2nd Place People’s Choice:

Black Kettle Brewing

Drunken Kettle Smash Burger

Price: $14.50

Created by: Peter Allen

Description: A melt in your mouth burger and beer pairing all in one.

Ingredients: 5oz chuck patty, smoked white cheddar, bacon, lights out stout braised

mushrooms and onions

Offered: All the time

Available for dine in and take out

Black Kettle Brewing

720 Copping St, North Vancouver

Tel: (604) 969-1501

Web:http://www.blackkettlebrewing.com/

Instagram @blackkettlebrewing

3rd Place People’s Choice:

Win Win Chick-N

Fried Chicken Tenders Burger Sandwich

Price: $8.99 + tax   marinated with our secret sauce hand breaded with our in house spices, try it it’s simply delicious

Created by: the team

Description: We are serving our team recipe Win Win Chick-n hand breaded chicken tenders served on a brioche bun with our special sauce it’s simple and delicious with a choice upgrade for an additional $4.50  small side of our fresh hand cut french fries.

Offered: all the time

Win Win Chick-N

12160 First Ave, Richmond

Tel: 778 297 5818

Web: https://www.winwinchick-n.com/

Instagram @winwinchickn2018

And

Win Win Chick-N

8197 Main Street, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 423-4818

Web: https://www.winwinchick-n.com/

Instagram @winwinchickn2018

Our Media judges for this challenge were: Tara Lee, Rick Green and Rei Van.

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 cake creation could earn is 120 points.

Thank you to the chefs and establishments that accepted my invitation and featured their burgers on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.

I encourage you to visit the winning places to try their burger creations! See the entries here.

By: Richard Wolak