The Vancouver Foodster Brownie Challenge was a success featuring brownie creations from bakeries and cafes around Vancouver. Each spot featured their brownies creation from April 14 – May 7, 2023. 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:
(108 points}
Just Cakes Bakeshop
Rocher Brownie
Price: $5.25
Created by: the team
Description: Their classic brownie dipped in a roasted hazelnut and chocolate glaze, topped with ganache.
Ingredients: sugar, butter, cocoa powder, buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, roasted hazelnuts, milk chocolate, cream
Just Cakes Bakeshop
#5-7548 120 Street, Surrey
Tel: 604 503 5577
Web: https://www.justcakesbc.com/
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
And
Just Cakes Bakeshop
17767 64 Ave Unit #103, Cloverdale
Tel:
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
2nd Place:
{107 points}
Mann & Co Bake Shop
I want s’more brownie
Price: $6.99
Created by: Team Mann & Co
Description – A graham crumb base with a fudgy brownie with milk chocolate chips, topped with a hickory smoked Italian meringue, Graham crumbs, and crushed cocooa sable. Everything including the graham cracker base for our brownie creation is made from scratch (Gluten-Friendly)
Ingredients: butter, sugar, eggs, egg whites, vanilla, GF flour, baking powder, cornstarch, cocoa, salt, cinnamon, Belgian Milk chocolate chips, water, natural hickory smoke concentrate
Offered:- Tuesday – Sunday
Available: for pre-order, takeout and delivery by Uber eats, and Skip the dishes.
Mann & Co Bake Shop
13411 71a Ave, Surrey
Tel:(604) 503-1353
Web:https://mannandcobakeshop.com/
Instagram @mannandcobakeshop
3rd Place:
{106 points}
Vanilla Bean Bake Shop
Biscoff Brownie
Price $6.50 (including the milk), $5.50 (without)
Created by: Taylor
Description: Our extra large original fudgy chocolate brownie baked with biscoff cookie butter, topped with lotus biscoff cookies and a final drizzle of biscoff cookie butter, served with a class of cold milk.
Ingredients:
Available: all the time
Takeout and delivery: Take out available, however dine in is most ideal for the best experience
Vanilla Bean Bakeshop
11900 Haney Pl, #101, Maple Ridge
Tel: (604) 463-0662
Web: https://www.vanillabeanbakeshop.ca/
Instagram @vanillabean.bakeshop
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Brownie Creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Mann & Co Bake Shop
I want s’more brownie
Price: $6.99
Created by: Team Mann & Co
Description – A graham crumb base with a fudgy brownie with milk chocolate chips, topped with a hickory smoked Italian meringue, Graham crumbs, and crushed cocooa sable. Everything including the graham cracker base for our brownie creation is made from scratch (Gluten-Friendly)
Ingredients: butter, sugar, eggs, egg whites, vanilla, GF flour, baking powder, cornstarch, cocoa, salt, cinnamon, Belgian Milk chocolate chips, water, natural hickory smoke concentrate
Offered:- Tuesday – Sunday
Available: for pre-order, takeout and delivery by Uber eats, and Skip the dishes.
Mann & Co Bake Shop
13411 71a Ave, Surrey
Tel:(604) 503-1353
Web:https://mannandcobakeshop.com/
Instagram @mannandcobakeshop
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Vanilla Bean Bake Shop
Biscoff Brownie
Price $6.50 (including the milk), $5.50 (without)
Created by: Taylor
Description: Our extra large original fudgy chocolate brownie baked with biscoff cookie butter, topped with lotus biscoff cookies and a final drizzle of biscoff cookie butter, served with a class of cold milk.
Ingredients:
Available: all the time
Takeout and delivery: Take out available, however dine in is most ideal for the best experience
Vanilla Bean Bakeshop
11900 Haney Pl, #101, Maple Ridge
Tel: (604) 463-0662
Web: https://www.vanillabeanbakeshop.ca/
Instagram @vanillabean.bakeshop
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Just Cakes Bakeshop
Rocher Brownie
Price: $5.25
Created by: the team
Description: Their classic brownie dipped in a roasted hazelnut and chocolate glaze, topped with ganache.
Ingredients: sugar, butter, cocoa powder, buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, roasted hazelnuts, milk chocolate, cream
Just Cakes Bakeshop
#5-7548 120 Street, Surrey
Tel: 604 503 5577
Web: https://www.justcakesbc.com/
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
And
Just Cakes Bakeshop
17767 64 Ave Unit #103, Cloverdale
Tel:
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
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: Corey Lee, Jacqueline Chui and Rose Lin.
Thank you to all the bakeries and cafes that accepted my invitation and featured the Brownie Challenge creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning bakeries and cafes to try their Brownie creations! See all the Brownie Challenge Entries Here.
By: Richard Wolak