The Vancouver Sandwich Challenge was a success featuring creations from restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their sandwich creation from September 20 – October 13, 2024. 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. The Winners are: 1st Place (TIE) : {108 points} Pizza Rubato Napoletana Panuozzo alla Mortadella Price $14 Created by: Duman and Ilaria Description: Made with our “00” flour dough, this sandwich aims to bring back the classic mortadella sandwich and spice it up with some Rubato creation and trademarks. As always, we try to create something unique, where a mixture of flavors combine and explode in your mouth, while never compromising the quality of the ingredients we use. Despite the fact that mortadella has a strong, distinctive flavor, we balance it all out with the saltiness of pistachio and sea salt flakes, the creaminess and sweetness of stracciatella, and the spiciness of hot honey. Ingredients: Pistachio Pesto Sauce, Mortadella, Stracciatella, Crushed Pistachio, Chili Infused Honey, Sea Salt Flakes, Olive Oil. All wrapped in our fresh dough made with only the finest “00” flour from Italy. Available: all the time Offered: for dine-in, pick-up and delivery options are available besides dine-in. Pizza Rubato Napoletana 561 W. Broadway, Vancouver Tel:(604) 909-0773 Web: https://www.pizzarubato.com/ Instagram @pizzarubato 1st Place (TIE) : {108 points} Food by Fanta My Favourite Sandwich Price: $23 Created by: Chef Parinya and team Description: My Favourite Sandwich starts with a ciabatta bun spread with our zesty herbal pesto. We top it with smoked Montreal beef, Brie, mozzarella & Gruyère, red wine braised onions, drizzle of curry mango jam mixed with honey mustard and diced dill pickle. After a quick toast, we add sliced house pickled green beans and finish with crispy rice for the ultimate bite. Served with fries seasoned with Tom Yum seasoning and Sriracha mayo & honey mustard dipping sauce. Ingredients: herbal pesto (Thai basil, cilantro, thyme, Russian garlic, pine nuts, almonds, lime juice, lime zest, parmesan, Thai chili), Montreal Smoked Beef, Brie Cheese, mozzarella cheese, Gruyère cheese, curry mango jam, honey mustard, dill pickle, pickled green beans, and crispy rice. Available: Lunch and dinner Offered: dine-in, takeout and delivery Food by Fanta 20542 Fraser Hwy #107, Langley Tel: (604) 427-0166 Web: www.FoodbyFanta.com Instagram @foodbyfanta 2nd Place : {89 points} Stega Eatery Sandwich Al Pastor Price: $14.40 Created by: Mariia Minohina and Enrique Taracena Pacheco Description: Sandwich al Pastor opens with the exquisite scent of fresh ciabatta, enhanced by exotic notes of roasted pineapple. The fragrant annatto seeds of the Caribbean exude facets of earthy citrus, peppers, and sweet seduction for your palate and your palate only. Ingredients: House mayo, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, chicken al pastor, roasted pineapple, cheese on ciabatta. (Dairy Free, Gluten-Free alternative available) Available: All the time Offered: In-store and take-out Stega Eatery 301 W Cordova, Vancouver Tel: (778) 839-8088 & 1778 Colombia, Vancouver Tel: Web: https://www.stegaeatery.ca/ Instagram @stegaeatery 3rd Place: {76 points} Jamila’s Afghan Cuisine Ugly Afghani Sandwich Price: $12.99 Created by: Malik Description: One of our carefully created menu item is ugly Afghani sandwich, we have taken it from different angle with crafted flavour of ground meat, marinated with Afghan spices and pan cooked with fresh little green peppers and onions, placed in homemade Afghani bread that will blow you away, Ugly Afghani Sandwich comes with choice of beef or chicken. Available: all the time Offered: dine and take out Jamila’s Afghan Cuisine 2586 Commercial Drive, Vancouver Tel:(604) 620-7686 Web:https://thejamilas.com/ Instagram @jamilas_afghan_cuisine_ In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Sandwich creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge. The Winners are: 1st Place People’s Choice: Food by Fanta My Favourite Sandwich Price: $23 Created by: Chef Parinya and team Description: My Favourite Sandwich starts with a ciabatta bun spread with our zesty herbal pesto. We top it with smoked Montreal beef, Brie, mozzarella & Gruyère, red wine braised onions, drizzle of curry mango jam mixed with honey mustard and diced dill pickle. After a quick toast, we add sliced house pickled green beans and finish with crispy rice for the ultimate bite. Served with fries seasoned with Tom Yum seasoning and Sriracha mayo & honey mustard dipping sauce. Ingredients: herbal pesto (Thai basil, cilantro, thyme, Russian garlic, pine nuts, almonds, lime juice, lime zest, parmesan, Thai chili), Montreal Smoked Beef, Brie Cheese, mozzarella cheese, Gruyère cheese, curry mango jam, honey mustard, dill pickle, pickled green beans, and crispy rice. Available: Lunch and dinner Offered: dine-in, takeout and delivery Food by Fanta 20542 Fraser Hwy #107, Langley Tel: (604) 427-0166 Web: www.FoodbyFanta.com Instagram @foodbyfanta 2nd Place People’s Choice: Pizza Rubato Napoletana Panuozzo alla Mortadella Price $14 Created by: Duman and Ilaria Description: Made with our “00” flour dough, this sandwich aims to bring back the classic mortadella sandwich and spice it up with some Rubato creation and trademarks. As always, we try to create something unique, where a mixture of flavors combine and explode in your mouth, while never compromising the quality of the ingredients we use. Despite the fact that mortadella has a strong, distinctive flavor, we balance it all out with the saltiness of pistachio and sea salt flakes, the creaminess and sweetness of stracciatella, and the spiciness of hot honey. Ingredients: Pistachio Pesto Sauce, Mortadella, Stracciatella, Crushed Pistachio, Chili Infused Honey, Sea Salt Flakes, Olive Oil. All