Who makes the best Mac and Cheese? Well you can be the judge during The Vancouver Foodster’s Mac and Cheese Challenge from March 20-April 10, 2014. Team Good Life Vancouver has been asked to weigh in as a media judge so follow @chefgoodlifevan and @goodlifevan on twitter and you can check out our photos and cheesy adventures. We won’t be judging until the end so you’ve got to make up your own minds!
Voting for us is based on originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the mac and cheese in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best mac and cheese creation for thePeople’s Choice award winners.
Share your experiences: Tweet (and don’t forget to tweet or instagram your photos) throughout the challenge, our twitter and instagram address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #MacChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite mac and cheese creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
Get some friends together and make a night of it, visit 3 restaurants or more to share and taste the different mac and cheese or go solo or with a friend – just remember to VOTE for your favourites
Watch – – > the Vancouver Mac & Cheese Showdown on CTV BC News with Keri Adams and Brent Shearer on March 19, 2014
Here are the 10 Mac and Cheese dishes in this challenge
Burgundy Restaurant
Stewie’s Cheesey Adventure
Stewie’s Cheesey Adventure
Price: $14
Created by: Chef Stewart Ehrecke
Description: Fresh Macaroni, goat gouda, parmesan, garlic cream reduction, panko crust, tomato chutney
Offered: Lunch & Dinner
Burgundy Restaurant
47 West Hastings Street
Tel: (604) 428-4100
Web: http://www.burgundyvancouver.com/
Twitter: @BurgundyVan
Fable Kitchen
Mushroom Truffle Mac & Cheese
Mushroom Truffle Mac & Cheese
Price: $15
Created by: Chef Trevor Bird
Description: With cremini & porcini mushrooms, aged white cheddar.
Offered: Lunches Mon to Friday 11:30 am to 2pm.
Fable Kitchen
1944 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: 604-732-1322
Twitter: @FableKitchen
Web: http://fablekitchen.ca/
Meinhardt
I HARDT Mac & Cheese
I HARDT Mac & Cheese
Price: $3.99
Created by: Chef Lim Teng Tong
Description: Cheesy perfection – a medley of three artisan cheeses & pennette pasta baked to precision.
Offered: Lunch & Dinner
Meinhardt
3002 Granville Street
Tel: 604-732-4405
Web: http://www.meinhardt.com/
Twitter: n/a
Seventeen 89 Restaurant
S-Mac Cheese
S-Mac Cheese
Price: $11
Description:Classic Carbonara Meets Spicy Chorizo Mac Cheese
Created by:Chef Daryle Nagata
Offered: Evenings 4 pm to Close
Seventeen 89 Restaurant
1789 Comox Street, Vancouver
Tel:604.428.0705
Web: http://www.1789.ca/
Twitter: @1789Restaurant
Dunn’s Famous
Jalapeno Mac & Cheese Poutine
Jalapeno Mac & Cheese Poutine
Description- An ooey gooey Dunn’s Famous inspired dish. The Jalapeño Mac & Cheese Poutine is a signature jalapeño cheese sauce covered over macaroni noodles, cheese curds, fresh cut French fries and topped with our famous smoked meat. Melt in your mouth goodness!
Price- $12.99
Offered: All day, everyday
Dunns Famous
827 Seymour Street,Vancouver
Tel: 604-682-8938
Twitter: @DunnsFamousBC
Web: http://www.dunnsfamousbc.com
Milestones Grill & Bar
Howe Sound my Orecchiette?
Howe Sound my Orecchiette?
Description: Chorizo and double smoked bacon in a creamy cheddar cheese and beer sauce. Featuring Vancouver’s own Howe Sound IPA.
Price: $8
Created by: Chef Jason Rosso
Offered day and night (all day).
Milestones Yaletown
1109 Hamilton Street, Vancouver
Web: http://www.milestonesrestaurants.com/
Twitter: @MilestonesYale
Milestone’s Robson
1145 Robson Street, Vancouver
Web: http://www.milestonesrestaurants.com/
Twitter: @MilestonesRBSN
Kessel & March
Tony’s Northern Italian Macaroni & Cheese
Tony’s Northern Italian Macaroni & Cheese
Saffron & Truffle Macaroni & Parmesan Cheese
Price: $16.00
Created by: Chef: Tony Marzo
Offered: Lunch 12-2 Tue-Fri / Dinner 5-10 Wed-Sat.
109-1701 Powell Street Vancouver
Tel: (604) 874-1196
Web: http://www.kesselandmarch.com/
Twitter: @KesselandMarch
Lift Bar & Grill
Ocean Wise Crab Mac & Cheese
Ocean Wise Crab Mac & Cheese
Fresh West Coast Ocean Wise Dungeness Crab Meat with Macaroni and Fresh Mascarpone and Podano Cheeses. Topped with Panko bread crumbs.
Price: $12.00
Created by: Chef George Koay
Offered: All day, every day.
Lift Bar and Grill
333 Menchions Mews, Vancouver
Tel: 604-689-5438
Web: http://liftbarandgrill.com/
Twitter: @Liftbarandgrill
Graze Vegetarian Restaurant
Smoked Mushroom and Truffle Macaroni
Smoked Mushroom and Truffle Macaroni
Smoked Mushroom and Truffle Macaroni in cauliflower ricotta sauce
Price: $15.00
Created by: Chef Karen McAthy
Offered: Dinner nightly
Graze Vegetarian Restaurant
3980 Fraser St., Vancouver
Tel: (604) 620-8822
Web: http://grazerestaurant.ca/
Twitter: @grazevegetarian
Gramercy Grill
Hoisin Duck Confit Mac & Cheese
Hoisin Duck Confit Mac & Cheese
White cheddar Macaroni & Cheese with a topping of five spice, star anise, hoisin duck confit with green onion
Price: $14
Created by: Chef Dennis Huang
Available: Nightly after 5pm
Gramercy Grill
2685 Arbutus Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-730-5666
Web: http://www.gramercygrill.ca/
Twitter: @gramercygrill
Make sure you pick up one of the Mac and Cheese Challenge postcards available at each of the participating restaurants and keep a record of your favourite Mac and Cheese. Remember to Vote for your favourites daily, all the voting details are at http://vancouverfoodster.com/mac-and-cheese-challenge/
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
