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Tart Wins Supreme At Inaugural Vegan Pastry Awards
It was a close contest for the Vegan Society Pastry Awards, with some very excellent entries in this first year of operation. The Award-winning Pastry judges had several difficult decisions to make but eventually, the Supreme Winner is Tart Bakery’s Pain au Chocolat. The judges were impressed by the lamination, puff, height and glaze, which gave this tasty morsel its rightful winning place.
‘We were impressed by the high quality of entries for this first year of running the awards,” Spokesperson Claire Insley said, “The vegan food awards continue to show how impressive vegan food is and we are excited for the future of this new award category. Far from veganism being over, it is continuing to feed people in both nutritious and tasty ways,”
Other category winners across the board are:
Plain Croissant
Winner: Fairlie Bakehouse
Judges said “Superb lamination, very even with great foxy brown colour. Very successful traditional styling.”
Runner up: Tart Bakery
Judges said “Great shape and light glaze. Very good vegan execution”
Savoury Croissant
Winner: Richoux Patisserie
Judges said “Generous quantity of filling. Really nice colour and lamination. Interesting filling”
Runner up: Fairlie Bakehouse
Judges said “Great crunch and shape. Attractive and tasty garnish. Nice colour.
Almond Croissant
Winner: Tart Bakery
Judges said “Generous presentation with lots of almond paste and garnish. Very delicious.”
Runner up: Bohemian Bakery
Judges said “Rustic appearance and character. Intense and lovely almond taste.”
Pain au Chocolat
Winner: Tart Bakery
Judges said “Good lamination and puff with great height. Attractive glaze and very nice mouth feel.”
Runner up: Bohemian Bakery
Judges said “Interesting shape and colour. Great for a smaller appetite or on a buffet table. A very modern presentation.”
Danish
Winner: Richoux Patisserie with Berry Custard
Judges were wowed by passionfruit custard. “A generous and lovely product.”
Runner up: Tart Bakery with Apricot Custard
Judges said “Excellent presentation. Beautiful. Elegant and petite with a lovely foxy-brown colour.”
Custard Square
Winner: Richoux Patisserie
Judges enjoyed the real vanilla and traditional Florentine decoration. “Great wobble and generous size. Nice mouth feel and pleasant colour.”
Runner up Fairlie Bakehouse
Judges said “Nice real vanilla flavour. Fun and playful passionfruit flavour”
For more information on the awards visit https://vegansociety.org.nz/nz-vegan-pastry-awards/
More about the Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand:
The Vegan Society supports and facilitates a vegan lifestyle and plant-based eating by creating a vibrant, visible and influential community, and by providing resources and information.
For more information see our website www.vegansociety.org.nz
Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VegSocNZ
Interact on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vegansocietynz
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