Vancouver Pizza Challenge

Welcome to the 12th Annual Vancouver Foodster Pizza Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their pizza into this challenge, some of the restaurants have created a special pizza just for this challenge and others have entered their top choice off their existing menu. Each restaurant will be featuring their pizza on their menu from April 2-26, 2026.

How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the Pizza creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best creation for the People’s Choice award winners. 

Share your experiences: Share your photos on Instagram and TikTok throughout the challenge, our instagram and TikTok address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #PizzaChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your social media sharing during the challenge.

Voting criteria –  some things to help you judge your favourite pizza creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.

How to VOTE :

  1. Look for our Pizza challenge posters at each of the participating restaurants.
  2. Scan the QR code and Vote for your favourites from April 2-26, 2026.

Get some friends together and visit 2 places or more to taste the different Pizza creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites

Here are the Pizza creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.

Locanda dell’Orso

Carbo-nera pizza

Price: $29

Created by: the team

Description: Carbo-nera pizza, where a staple Italian pasta is redesigned to come as a pizza, finished off with black truffle.

Ingredients: Fior di latte, provolone cheese, mushrooms, crispy guanciale, pecorino egg yolk Carbo crema mix, fresh shaved black truffle

Available: Daily, all the time

Offered: take out, no delivery

Locanda dell’Orso

350 W Pender Street, Vancouver

Tel:  (604) 336-3151

Web: https://locandadellorso.com/

Instagram @locandadellorso

Little Devils Wood Fire Food Truck

Crab & Pesto

Price: $19

Created by: Quentin Kayne and the Little Devils Team

Description: Hand-Stretched, House made dough, Cooked in the Wood-Fire Oven

Ingredients: Basil/Miso Pesto Base, Blue Crab, Fior di Latte, Fennel & Ginger, Fresh Basil, finished with Yuzu-Kewpie mayo, Flaked Nori, and Parmesan.

Truck Schedule Currently:

THURSDAYS IN APRIL

April 2,9,16,23 – 4pm to 730pm

Pandora Park on Franklin Street

April 10-12 – Food Truck Wars 

Offered: Available for pickup anywhere the truck is (check the website). Delivery available through Uber Eats, Doordash and Fantuan when we are in the River District!

Little Devils Wood Fire Food Truck

Mobile locations (tba) schedule can be found on their social media platforms and the street food app.

Web: https://littledevilspizza.com/

Instagram @littledevilspizza

Ragazzi Pizza

Pizza Sbagliato (The Perfect Mistake)

Price:  $36 17” XL and $18 10” SM 

Created By: Paul Teixeira

Description:  A creamy garlic basil base layered with fior di latte, topped with rendered pancetta and sweet sun-dried tomatoes, finished with fresh arugula, extra virgin olive oil, and Grana Padano.  Inspired by the idea that sometimes the best creations come from mistakes — this one found the perfect balance.

Ingredients List:  Fior di latte, Sun-dried tomatoes, Pancetta, Arugula, Garlic basil cream sauce, Grana Padano, Extra virgin olive oil  

Availability:  Daily, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Ragazzi Pizza

2996 E. 22nd Avenue, Vancouver

Tel: 604-433-2235

Web: http://www.ragazzipizza.com/

Instagram: @ragazzipizza

Osteria al Centro

Pizza Con Mortadella e Pistashio

Created by: Chef James

Price: $23

Description: Thin Mortadella, Toasted Pistachio, Fior Di Latte, Balsamic Glaze

Available: Wednesday – Sunday.

Offered: for dine-in

Osteria al Centro

3087 Slocan Street, Vancouver

Tel: (604) 430-9696

Web: https://www.opentable.com/r/osteria-al-centro-vancouver

Instagram @osteria_al_centro 

Our Media judges for this challenge are:

Crissa Koh

Influencer/Writer for MyVanCity

Instagram @gottahaveeats

Jacqueline Chui

Food and Travel Blogger

Instagram @jacquelinechui

Tara Lee

Writer for Montechristo Magazine and other publications.

Instagram @vanglutton