The Vancouver Foodster 9th annual Sundae Challenge was a success featuring sundae creations from cafes around Vancouver. Each cafe featured their sundae creation from August 10-September 3, 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:
{102 points}
Le Parfait
Ice Candy Fusion
Price: $11
Created by: Gerard Daccache
Pistachio topped Ashta ice cream with Lebanese cotton candy
Ingredients: Ashta ice cream, pistachio, lebanese cotton candy
Offered: all the time
Le Parfait
812 Homer Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 428-8741
Web: https://www.leparfait.ca/
Instagram @leparfait.ca
2nd Place:
{100 points}
Casa Mia Gelato and Caffé collab with Mogiana Coffee
Eiscafè
Price: $8.50
Created by: the team
An evolution and decadent version of the traditional italian affogato
Ingredients: Mogiana Coffee flavoured gelato, vanilla gelato, chocolate sauce, whipping cream , Mogiana Coffee nibs
Offered: 12pm to 8pm – Wed to Sun
Casa Mia Gelato and Caffé
2452 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
Tel: (604) 281-3313
Web: https://www.casamiacucina.ca/gelato-popup
instagram @casamiacucina and Collab with @mogianacoffee
3rd Place
{99 points}
Le Parfait
Fruity Melon Bliss
Price: $8
Created by: Gerard Daccache
Symphony of refreshing flavors, melon ice cream topped with strawberry and peach chunks
Ingredients: Melon ice cream, peach and strawberry chunks
Offered: all the time
Le Parfait
812 Homer Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 428-8741
Web: https://www.leparfait.ca/
Instagram @leparfait.ca
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Sundae creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Le Parfait
Ice Candy Fusion
Price: $11
Created by: Gerard Daccache
Pistachio topped Ashta ice cream with Lebanese cotton candy
Ingredients: Ashta ice cream, pistachio, lebanese cotton candy
Offered: all the time
Le Parfait
812 Homer Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 428-8741
Web: https://www.leparfait.ca/
Instagram @leparfait.ca
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Tamaly Shop
Adelita
Price: $5.50
Created by: The team
Description: Your favourite concha (chocolate or vanilla) with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, cherry and chocolate. Concha (meaning “shell” in Spanish) is a traditional Mexican sweet bread roll and a crunchy topping.
Ingredients: flour, butter, sugar, vanilla ice cream, chocolate, whipped cream, cherry
Offered: All the time
Tamaly Shop
2525 Main Street, Vancouver
Tel:(604) 369-3446
Instagram @tamalyshop
3rd Place People’s Choice (tie):
Casa Mia Gelato and Caffé
Spaghetti Gelato
Price: $8.50
A playful ice cream treat resembling savory spaghetti.
Ingredients: Biscottino Gelato (Cookie Gelato), Strawberry Sauce, Shaved Coconut
Offered: from 12pm to 8pm – Wed to Sun
Casa Mia Gelato and Caffé
2452 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
Tel: (604) 281-3313
Web: https://www.casamiacucina.ca/gelato-popup
instagram @casamiacucina
3rd Place People’s Choice (tie):
Casa Mia Gelato and Caffé collab with Mogiana Coffee
Eiscafè
Price: $8.50
Created by: the team
An evolution and decadent version of the traditional italian affogato
Ingredients: Mogiana Coffee flavoured gelato, vanilla gelato, chocolate sauce, whipping cream , Mogiana Coffee nibs
Offered: 12pm to 8pm – Wed to Sun
Casa Mia Gelato and Caffé
2452 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
Tel: (604) 281-3313
Web: https://www.casamiacucina.ca/gelato-popup
instagram @casamiacucina and Collab with @mogianacoffee
Our Media judges for this challenge were: Corey Lee, Joyce Lam and Danny Hoa
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 sundae creation could earn is 120 points.
Thank you to all the cafes that accepted my invitation and featured their Sundae on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning cafes to try their Sundae creations! See all the entries here.
By: Richard Wolak