The Vancouver Foodster Poutine Challenge was a success featuring creations from restaurants from around metro Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their poutine creation from February 6 – March 2, 2025.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{105 points}
Cockney Kings Fish & Chips
The Spice Bag Poutine
Price: $15.95
Created by: The team
Description: In honour of all our Irish friends in Kitsilano, Cockney Kings Kits presents our long awaited Spice Bag (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_bag) Poutine! Our take on this late night Irish chippy classic features our hand cut chips, chicken goujons (chicken strips/tenders for all of those not in the know), sautéed bell peppers and onions, all tossed in our super secret spice bag spice blend. Topped with cheese curds and curry sauce, a drizzle of garlic mayo, and garnished with green onions. We know we’re a British fish & chip shop, but come get a little Irish with us!
Ingredients: Hand Cut Chips (fried in beef tallow), Chicken Goujons/Strips, Sautéed Onions & Bell Peppers, Spice Blend (salt, five spice, cumin, cinnamon, and more)
Curry Sauce (tomato & onion base), Cheese Curds, Garlic Mayo, Green Onions
Offered: Monday-Sunday, 12pm-9pm. Available for delivery on DoorDash & UberEats. Exclusive to our Kitsilano location only!
Cockney Kings Fish & Chips
1935 Cornwall Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 566-3474
Instagram @cockneykings
2nd Place (TIE):
{97 points}
Hopcott Meats
Korean BBQ Tots
Price: $17.99
Created by: Chef Jesse Ho
Description: Tator Tots topped with Hopcott Roast Beef tossed in a house made Bulgogi Sauce, with a fried egg, kimchi and house made Gochujang Sauce.
Ingredients: Hopcott Roast Beef in Bulgogi Sauce, Fried Egg, Kimchi, Gochujang Mayo, Green Onion, Sesame Seeds
Offered: Daily from 10:30am – 4:00pm
Available for dine-in and take-out.
Hopcott Meats
18385 Old Dewdney Trunk Road, Pitt Meadows
Tel: 604.465.7799
Web: http://www.hopcottmeats.ca/
Instagram @hopcottfarms
2nd Place (TIE):
{97 points}
The Saigonville
Bo Kho Poutine
Price: $19.95
Created by: Chef Kevin
Description: We are using Bo Kho ( Beef Stew) to reduce the demi glaze and create sauce by red wine, mozzarella, butter. And we garnish this Poutine with 4oz beef cubes, laughing cow cheese, culantro, cilantro and basil. We could describe it: Bo Kho demi glaze with 4oz beef stew, laughing cow cheese.
Offered: All the time (closed on Wednesday night’s).
Available: Dine-in
The Saigonville
2129 E Hastings St, Vancouver
Web:https://www.thesaigonville.ca/
Instagram @thesaigonville
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Poutine creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Hopcott Meats
Korean BBQ Tots
Price: $17.99
Created by: Chef Jesse Ho
Description: Tator Tots topped with Hopcott Roast Beef tossed in a house made Bulgogi Sauce, with a fried egg, kimchi and house made Gochujang Sauce.
Ingredients: Hopcott Roast Beef in Bulgogi Sauce, Fried Egg, Kimchi, Gochujang Mayo, Green Onion, Sesame Seeds
Offered: Daily from 10:30am – 4:00pm
Available for dine-in and take-out.
Hopcott Meats
18385 Old Dewdney Trunk Road, Pitt Meadows
Tel: 604.465.7799
Web: http://www.hopcottmeats.ca/
Instagram @hopcottfarms
2nd Place People’s Choice:
The Saigonville
Bo Kho Poutine
Price: $19.95
Created by: Chef Kevin
Description: We are using Bo Kho ( Beef Stew) to reduce the demi glaze and create sauce by red wine, mozzarella, butter. And we garnish this Poutine with 4oz beef cubes, laughing cow cheese, culantro, cilantro and basil. We could describe it: Bo Kho demi glaze with 4oz beef stew, laughing cow cheese.
Offered: All the time (closed on Wednesday night’s).
Available: Dine-in
The Saigonville
2129 E Hastings St, Vancouver
Web:https://www.thesaigonville.ca/
Instagram @thesaigonville
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Cockney Kings Fish & Chips
The Spice Bag Poutine
Price: $15.95
Created by: The team
Description: In honour of all our Irish friends in Kitsilano, Cockney Kings Kits presents our long awaited Spice Bag (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_bag) Poutine! Our take on this late night Irish chippy classic features our hand cut chips, chicken goujons (chicken strips/tenders for all of those not in the know), sautéed bell peppers and onions, all tossed in our super secret spice bag spice blend. Topped with cheese curds and curry sauce, a drizzle of garlic mayo, and garnished with green onions. We know we’re a British fish & chip shop, but come get a little Irish with us!
Ingredients: Hand Cut Chips (fried in beef tallow), Chicken Goujons/Strips, Sautéed Onions & Bell Peppers, Spice Blend (salt, five spice, cumin, cinnamon, and more)
Curry Sauce (tomato & onion base), Cheese Curds, Garlic Mayo, Green Onions
Offered: Monday-Sunday, 12pm-9pm. Available for delivery on DoorDash & UberEats. Exclusive to our Kitsilano location only!
Cockney Kings Fish & Chips
1935 Cornwall Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 566-3474
Instagram @cockneykings
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.
Our Media judges for this challenge are: Corey Lee, Rick Green and Crissa Koh.
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 Poutine creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning places to try their Poutine creations! See the entries here.
By: Richard Wolak