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
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
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