WATCH ABOVE: Calgarian Brenda Boghean joins Global Calgary with details on her submission for Lay’s Canada’s annual Do Us a Flavour contest.
CALGARY – A Calgarian is among the final four in Lay’s Canada’s annual Do Us a Flavour Tastes of Canada contest.
Contestants were asked to come up with a potato chip recipe idea based on their favourite food and the Canadian region that inspired it.
Brenda Boghean says the inspiration for her Cowboy BBQ Beans flavour was rodeo food from the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.
“I was trying to think of something that would inspire me, and I thought what better than the Calgary Stampede,” said Boghean. “I starting thinking of foods that you would eat during Stampede time, and I thought ‘beans… barbeque sauce… beef… sounds good to me.'”
Boghean said she discovered she was a finalist in the contest back in April, but was sworn to secrecy.
“I could only tell one person, so I told my husband. I’ve had to keep it a secret since then.”
“I actually took a trip to Toronto in July to meet the other finalists,” added Boghean. “I wasn’t able to tell anyone why I was going to Toronto, so I told my work I was going to go visit friends, and I told my family that I was going to for work.”
The Calgary mother says she is proud of how her flavour turned out.
“They have a huge process that they go through to create the chips.. they actually create the dish, and then they try to mimic the flavours.”
“I think they got it pretty much bang on.”
The three other flavours which are currently available in stores for a limited time, are:
- Butter Chicken on Lay’s Original by Darryl Francispillai of Mississauga, Ont.
- Montreal Smoked Meat on Lay’s Original by Zdravko Gunjevic of Waterloo, Ont.
- PEI Scalloped Potatoes on Lay’s Original by Jordan Cairns of Burlington, Ont.
Voting to determine the top chip flavour runs until September 30. Canadians can vote at Lays.ca/Flavour, on Twitter or Instagram, or by text.
The finalist garnering the most votes will win $50,000 plus one per cent of their flavour’s future sales.
The winning flavour will be announced and available across Canada in late November.
In 2014, the contest winner was Randall Litman of Calgary with his Jalapeno Mac N’ Cheese flavour. In 2013, the winner was Tyler LeFrense of Isle Aux Morts, N.L. with a Maple Moose flavour.
– With files from The Canadian Press
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