Welcome to the 4th Vancouver Foodster Croissant Challenge. Bakeries and cafes from all over the city were invited to enter their Croissant creations into this challenge. Each bakery and cafe will be featuring their croissant creations on their menu from March 7-31, 2024.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the croissant creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best croissant creation for the People’s Choice award winners.
Share your experiences: Social media share your photos and messages by instagram, twitter, facebook, tiktok and other platforms throughout the challenge, our twitter and instagram address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #CroissantChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your social sharing during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite croissant creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
Remember to VOTE for your favourites during the challenge.
Here are the Croissant creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
L’atelier Patisserie
Crunchy Sesame Chocolate Croissant
Price: $7.50
Created by: The team
Description: Cross laminated dough with heart-warming feeling of melting sesame chocolate, just like L’Atelier a classic French with a Japanese twist .
Offered: Available all the time
NOTE: For orders of 4 or more please pre-order on our website (2 days in advance) at https://www.latelierpatisserie.com/s/order
– Pre-orders highly encouraged so we know how many to make! Will have limited quantities available for walk-in.
L’atelier Patisserie
599 E. Broadway, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 329-6153
Web:https://www.latelierpatisserie.online/
Instagram @l_atelier_patisserie
Davie Village Bakery
Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Croissant
Price: $7.99
Created by: The team
Description: Smoked salmon cream cheese croissant is light and airy, delectable and full of pizzazz
Available: all the time
NOTE: pre-order details (for 3+ units)-Pre-orders for more than three items can be done via phone 604-683-2911.
Davie Village Bakery
1216 Davie Street, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 683-2911
Web: https://linktr.ee/dvbakery
Instagram @davievillagebakery
Livia
(details and photo to come)
Price: $
Created by:
Description:
Available:
Livia
1399 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: 604-423-3869
Web:https://www.liviasweets.com/
instagram @liviasweets
Make sure you check out the Croissant Challenge postcards which will be either at the bakeries and cafes. Remember to Vote for your favourites daily, all the voting details are at https://vancouverfoodster.com/croissant-challenge/
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Hanson Do
Blogger for his own Nosh and Nibble blog
Twitter: @hansondee
Instagram @noshandnibble
Joyce Lam
Food Blogger for her own Vanfoodies
Instagram: @vanfoodies
TikTok @vanfoodies
Yuki No
Blogger for Pekopekolife
Instagram: @pekopekolife