Creating for Cravings: Whistler’s Chefs Take on Vegan Dessert Challenge
Posted by: Pip Campbell
One thing you can say about Whistler’s restaurants – they rise to the occasion. Whether it’s hosting incredible multi course dinners at Cornucopia for 20 years running, feeding hungry skiers and boarders at après or providing holiday meals as good as home cooking – they’re up for the challenge.
So it’s not surprising that nine chefs have come on board to compete in the Earthsave Whistler’s Devilishly Decadent Vegan Dessert Challenge, running from November 1 – 14. Each venue was asked to create a unique vegan dessert to go on their menus for two weeks, and diners are invited to try the desserts and vote online for the winners in three categories – ‘Most Decadent’, ‘Most Creative’, ‘Best Overall’.
While vegan and vegetarian food are on the menu at many places in Whistler it wasn’t enough for Hayley Ingman, Co-Founder of Earthsave Whistler. She wanted to throw out the challenge for an oft neglected, but highly sought after portion of the menu – dessert. “We have such talented and creative chefs in Whistler,” Hayley notes. “But we seem to have a lack of vegan dessert options in restaurants, so this challenge gives chefs the opportunity to do something a little different and have fun with some new dessert options that they can present for the 2-week challenge.”
Anyone can hit up these venues before November 14 to sample the sweets and vote for their favourite (according to Earthsave ordering dessert alone is a-ok – hello dessert crawl!). What better way to spend a few nights than dipping into delicious, thoughtful and creative treats?
Check out the desserts below, get tasting and remember to vote online for your favourites:
Stonesedge Kitchen – Vegan Chocolate Mousse with salted coconut caramel, sponge cake, toasted coconut flakes macerated strawberries
Olives Community Market – Maple Marlenka – a traditional Armenian cake, with a vegan twist
Alta Bistro – Peach and Prune Trifle-Caramelized Panorama peaches, sherry cashew cream, prune purée, maple sourdough challah, house grown basil
Cure Lounge at Nita Lake Lodge – Vegan Pumpkin Spice Crème Brulee, with a Gingersnap
The Green Moustache – Raw vegan dark chocolate orange molten lava cake, served with caramel ice cream
Milestones – S’mores Vegan Cheesecake in a Jar
Cinnamon Bear Bar Grille – Bitter Chocolate Lava Cake with Caramel Sauce. Served with Coconut Ice Cream Matcha Green Tea Fudge
Nesters Market – White Chocolate Maqui Berry Square
Naked Sprout – Raw Cherry Cheezecake
In town for Cornucopia this weekend? This is a great excuse to discover a few more of Whistler’s restaurants, and there might even be a dessert crawl happening on Sunday Novebmer 13 – follow Earthsave Whistler on Facebook for more information. With more than 100 places to eat and drink, there’s a place to dine here that suits every taste – discover them at Whistler.com.
Article source: https://www.whistler.com/blog/post/2016/11/10/whistlers-vegan-dessert-challenge.aspx
