20th Annual Q u a d y  D e s s e r t  C o m p e t i t i o n   CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BEST COMPETITORS EVER!

The Top 10 (shown in random order)             Top 3 will be announced after February 29th.

       
Steve Hodge - Thomas Haas Fine Chocolates   Sam Shem - Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver
& Patisserie - Crispy macadamia-manjari      Bliss - Tonka bean mousse with dried fruit
napoleon with cassis & sun-dried kalamata       puree, almond crunch and almond
figs                                                                 frangipane, served with apricot sorbet &
                                                                      raspberry decor

       
Tomiko Mayede - Deuce Restaurant               Celeste Mah - West Restaurant
Horizon - Chocolate, hazelnut, fig, raisin          Figgy & The Blue Pear - Chocolate fig
cassis, creme fraiche                                       cake, molten Fourme d'Ambert centre, pear,
                                                                      fig, pecan compote with Fourme d'Ambert
                                                                      mousse. Pear and peppered port sorbet

      
Wendy Boys - Lumiere Restaurant                  Anna Yeh - Fairmont Vancouver Airport
Almonds and Winter Flavours                     Temptation - Raspberry macarron with
Soft almond cake with crispy praline, dark         blue cheese butter cream, chocolate pate
chocolate mousse, puree of prune d'agen,         with candied walnut, vanilla & fig semifreddo
blood orange ice cream and caramel                 orange coulis
sabayon

      
Elmo B. Pinpin - Blue Water Cafe & Raw      Kim Collishaw - Culinary Capers Catering
Bar - C4 = (Chocolate +  Cheddar +          Dark Chocolate Caramel Brownie
Cranberry + Caramel)                              Port soaked raisins and walnut brownie served
Dark chocolate marquis, aged cheddar          with a caramel foam, dark chocolate
cheesecake, dried cranberry layer cake &     semifreddo
cranberry ice cream, salted caramel sauce

      
Slavita Johnson - Northwest Culinary         Lela Selmo - Salt Tasting Room
Academy of Vancouver                                Stichelton Cheesecake
Cherries & Right Angles - Cherry and       Stichelton* cheesecake with fig compote,
chocolate entremet accompanied by cherry   walnut croquant, gelato and almond tuiles
cubes and pecan ice milk                             * Classic blue cheese made from unpasteurized
                                                                 milk