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Six restaurants, top BC chefs, and a beautiful, historic venue (Terminal City Club) equalled a morning of delicious brunch eats at this year’s Food Fight: The Battle for Brunch.
[Eric Edwards, Chef Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort]
The third annual event was again hosted by the lively and beloved Vancouverite, Fred Lee. He did an excellent job as auctioneer, fielding bids for four great lots: A combined BC chef experience worth $500, two return airfare tickets for anywhere that WestJet flies, a two night stay at Tinhorn Creek’s Guest House, and a signed Trevor Linden Canucks jersey.
[Host Fred Lee]
As well, there was a silent auction table with items from Skoah, Bard on the Beach, Semperviva Yoga studios, and more.
It was a lovely morning to get out and socialize with fellow food lovers, all for a worthy cause.
[EBO Restaurant: Bread pudding French toast with maple glazed pork belly]
[EBO Restaurant: House-candied steelhead, aerated goat cheese, sweet corn blini, green pea crumb]
[Save On Meats: Quail egg and corned beef eggs benny]
[Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa: West coast seafood salad]
[Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa: Cedar room banana brownie, marbled chocolate cheesecake brownie, tempura banana, maple roasted walnuts]
[Abercorn Hotel & Restaurant: Stewed exotic fruit crepe, Contreau sauce, rose perfumed cream]
The six participating restaurants were EBO Restaurant (Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre), Save On Meats, Terminal City Club, The Abercorn Hotel & Restaurant, Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort, and YEW restaurant + bar.
[YEW Restaurant’s coconut mango-lime white chocolate pops]
Attendees were given a ballot and a 12:30 deadline to vote on their favourite dish. Congrats to Chef Ned Bell of YEW Restaurant + Bar, this year’s winner (for the second year in a row!). His team’s dish was dubbed Reverse Eggs Benedict.
[YEW’s winning dish]
It was served in a mini mason jar and contained crab and hand peeled shrimp salad, pickled ramps, quail eggs, topped with a warm preserved lemon scone.
[Battle for Brunch 2012 winner Ned Bell]
[Terminal City Club: Fried bannock, salmon bacon, labrador tea poached hens egg, huckleberry hollandaise; Apple boar bacon fritter with maple caramel]
The winning runner-up was Chef Ben Pernosky of the Terminal City Club.
[Abercorn Hotel and Restaurant]
[Delta Burnaby (EBO Restaurant)’s Chef Brian Wong]
[Fred Lee and Ned Bell]
I’m already looking forward to next year’s event. More photos from Food Fight – The Battle for Brunch can be found here.
