The Vancouver Foodster Meatball Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Vancouver, Burnaby, Langley and Pitt Meadows. Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from April 1-26, 2015. and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the challenge for their People’s Choice favourites.
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 were: Cassandra Anderton, Art Factora, Tara Lee and Stephanie Yuen
The Winners are:
1st Place:
Cioffi’s Cucina
The Angelo
Created by: Chef Jason Symington & Chef Josh McWilliams
Description: Delicious House-Made Meatballs with Mamma Cioffi’s Tomato Sauce, on a Toasted Ciabatta Baguette with Roasted Garlic Mayonnaise and Fresh Arugula
Cioffi’s Cucina
4150 E Hastings Street, Burnaby
Tel: (604) 291-9373
Web: http://www.cioffisgroup.
Twitter @cioffiscucina
2nd Place:
Meinhardt
I HARDT Espresso Meat Ball
Created by: Francis Vicente
Description: Meaty perfection – ground beef with pork combined with a medley of espresso, cardamom & sriracha baked to tender perfection.
Meinhardt
3002 Granville Street
Tel: 604-732-4405
Web: http://www.meinhardt.com/
Twitter: n/a
3rd Place (tie):
Argan Bistro
Quail You Try My Cheesy Meatballs
Created by: Chef Nourdine Majdoubi
Description: Quail egg and emmental cheese stuffed Moroccan meatballs baked in homemade taktouka sauce.
Argan Bistro
795 Jervis Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-563-8466
Twitter: @ArganBistro
3rd Place (tie):
The Copper Chimney
Mumbai Spiced Lamb Meatballs with Pasta Dumplings
Created by: Executive Chef Jaroslaw Faryna
Description: Roma tomato sauce, ground lamb, Indian Spices, onion, garlic
The Copper Chimney
567 Hornby Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-689-8862
Web: http://www.copperchimney.
Twitter: @CopperChimney_1
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Meatball Creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Siddarthas Indian Kitchen
Royal India
Created by: Chef Siddharth Choudhary
Description: Paneer stuffed cardamom flavoured herbed chicken balls served with roasted tomatoes and garlic blended perfectly with rich cream with mint, cilantro and smooth smoky flavour.
Siddarthas Indian Kitchen
2066 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 215-7556
Web: http://
Twitter: @ChefSiddharthas
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Argan Bistro
Quail You Try My Cheesy Meatballs
Created by: Chef Nourdine Majdoubi
Description: Quail egg and emmental cheese stuffed Moroccan meatballs baked in homemade taktouka sauce.
Argan Bistro
795 Jervis Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-563-8466
Twitter: @ArganBistro
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Ban Chok Dee
Surf & Turf on a Bed of Pad Ped
Created by: Executive Chef Parinya and Chef Ladda
Description: Beef and pork blended with Thai herbs (including ginger; kaffir lime skin; grated coconut; basil; and glass noodles) wrapped around a single prawn. Served on a nest of crunchy and soft egg noodles with asparagus stalks, shitake mushrooms, pepper slices and fresh peppercorn. Topped with a thick, rich pad ped sauce harmonized with coconut milk.
Ban Chok Dee
20563 Douglas Crescent, Langley
Tel: 778-278-3088
Web: http://www.banchokdee.com
Twitter: @BanChokDeeThai
The full list of participating restaurants can be found here
http://vancouverfoodster.com/
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Founded in 2009 by Richard Wolak, Vancouver Foodster is Vancouver’s premier online “Essential Food & Drink Intelligence” guide. The site offers expert advice on the hottest restaurants, parties, and openings this city has to offer, as well as the most interesting dining trends and newest cuisines and food around the region. Vancouver Foodster also runs a series of food and drink challenges with restaurants and chefs throughout the year!
