Canada’s Best Sandwich Contest

Chef Lynn Crawford and ACE Bakery start the search for Canada’s Best Sandwich!

There’s never been a better time for Canadians to put their culinary skills to the test - collect your favourite ingredients, slice up a loaf of ACE bakery bread and submit your most delicious sandwich recipe for a chance to win a the first ever Canada’s Best Sandwich Contest.

Canadians can submit their recipes from now through May 24, 2012 at acebakery.com. On June 4, 2012, one regional finalist from Western Canada, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada will be announced. Each regional winner will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize, as well as a $1,000 donation to their charity of choice.

The regional winners will then be invited to Toronto to participate in the contest finals on June 22, where they will prepare their own recipes in front of a live audience and panel of judges. The creator of the winning recipe will be awarded an additional $5,000 cash prize and $5,000 to donate to their charity of choice.

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“Versatility, portability and simplicity make sandwiches a summer staple,” explains celebrity Chef Lynn Crawford, of Ruby Watchco restaurant, and Ruby Eats, her gourmet store. “However, it can be easy to get stuck making the same sandwiches from day to day. Through Canada’s Best Sandwich Contest, ACE Bakery and I are hoping to inspire Canadians to think outside the bread box, and create innovative and original sandwich recipes that also deliver on taste.”

It’s time to put your secret chipotle mayonnaise recipe to the test. Canada’s Best Sandwich Contest will be accepting recipes on the ACE Bakery website (acebakery.com) from now through May 24, 2012. Submissions will then be reviewed by Chef Lynn Crawford and ACE Bakery and scored based on their taste appeal, creativity, innovation and originality.

“Experimenting in the kitchen is one of my all time favourite things to do,” says Linda Haynes, ACE Bakery co-founder, and author of the ACE Bakery cookbooks. “If you’re new to creating recipes, sandwiches are a great place to start – simply choose a combination of fresh ingredients that you love and start building. Also be sure to take risks, you never know what will taste great together!”

On June 4, one regional finalist from Western Canada (including British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba), Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada (including New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland) will be announced. Each regional winner will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize, as well as a $1,000 donation to their charity of choice.

The regional winners will then be invited to Toronto to participate in the contest finals on June 22, where they will prepare their own recipes in front of a live audience. Chef Lynn Crawford, Linda Haynes, and Marcus Mariathas, ACE Bakery’s master baker, will judge the final creations and decide on the winning recipe. The creator of the winning recipe will be awarded an additional $5,000 cash prize and $5,000 to donate to their charity of choice.


I can’t wait to meet the four finalists at the Sandwich Showdown in Toronto! I’m sure we’re going to have some wonderful recipes. – Lynn Crawford, Celebrity Chef of Ruby Watchco restaurant, and gourmet store, Ruby Eats

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Disclosure: I received a gift basket of Ace Bakery products from the company/PR Company in exchange for my post. The opinions expressed in my review are my own personal and honest thoughts. No other compensation was given.