Last Monday, March 11th the heat was brought to Heritage Hall in Vancouver with our 6th Annual Curry Cup Competition. This year there were 10 competitors including three culinary student teams.
The winner of the 2019 Curry Cup Competition is Chef Tim Evans from The Cascade Room! His King Rama Thai Green Curry. Smoked wild boar shoulder, belly and jowl. Coconut rice, Miang of peanuts, crispy shallot, pork skin & pomelo won the judges over.
2019 winner Chef Tim Evans with 2018 winner/2019 judge Chef Alessandro Vianello. Photo Credit: Kathleen Beveridge
The winning dish from Chef Tim Evans. Photo Credit: Kathleen Beveridge
2nd Place was the student team from the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts led by Chef & Coach Ben Kiely with their Japanese Curry with Prawns, egg parcel, and mussels
3rd Place was Vancouver Lawn Tennis & Badminton Club Chef Brian Fowke's Pemberton Meadow's Beef Short Rib Curry.
People's choice was a tie for the first time in Curry Cup history.
3rd place Chef Brian Fowke and Fable Diner's Chef Josef Driemal's Yellow Coconut Curry with lemon grass and chilis were crowd pleasers and took the title together.
As well, like every year, a cheque was presented to Project CHEF Education Society to help them continue to bring food education to elementary schools in Vancouver.
Barb Finley accepting the cheque with the winning team from The Cascade Room and the judges Tim Pawsey, Meeru Dhalwala, Alexandra Gill, Alessandro Vianello and Councillor Michael Wiebe. Photo Credit: Kathleen Beveridge
We look forward to seeing you at next year's event or at the upcoming Spot Prawn Festival on May 19th!