Potato Chip Showdown: Darryl Francispillai finalist in national contest

Mississauga’s Darryl Francispillai hopes he will win-over Canadian taste buds with his Butter Chicken flavour, the Ontario finalist in a national Lay’s contest. (Lay’s Photo)

Mississauga’s Darryl Francispillai hopes he will win-over Canadian taste buds with his Butter Chicken flavour, the Ontario finalist in a national Lay’s contest. (Lay’s Photo)

Will Lay’s Butter Chicken flavour become a permanent fixture in Canadian supermarket shelves?

Mississauga’s Darryl Francispillai hopes he will win-over Canadian taste buds with his Butter Chicken flavour, the Ontario finalist in a national Lay’s contest.

He is one of four finalists selected from some 950,000 flavour submissions.

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The 33 year-old, who is getting married in November, says his fiancée is excited about the contest, he tells Lanka Reporter.

A win would be handy for the couple, as the flavour finalist that garners the most votes will win the $50,000 grand prize plus one per cent of their flavour’s future sales once the voting period ends.

The Lay’s Do Us a Flavour contest has been held in numerous countries around the world and has generated an incredible response with millions of flavour submissions. Since 2013, the Canadian contest has received more than 2.7 million flavour ideas from fans across the country. Voting this year ends on Sept. 30, 2015. A longtime food lover, Francispillai jumped at an opportunity to select Lay’s Canada next flavour of potato chips. “Butter chicken has been one of my favorite dishes,” he says.

The Finalists

The Finalists

Finalists

Inspired by Western Canada: Cowboy BBQ Beans on Lay’s Wavy by Brenda Boghean
Inspired by Ontario: Butter Chicken on Lay’s Original by Darryl Francispillai
Inspired by Que-bec: Montreal Smoked Meat on Lay’s Original by Zdravko Gunjevic
Inspired by Atlantic Cana-da: PEI Scalloped Potatoes on Lay’s Original by Jordan
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Canadians can vote once per day on each of the following platforms: Lays.ca/Flavour

Text VOTE to 101010 Tweet using one of the flavour finalist voting hashtags Instagram one of the flavour finalist voting hashtags.

Voting hashtags for Twitter and Instagram are: #VoteCowboyBBQBeans, #VoteButterChicken, #VoteMontrealSmokedMeat and #VotePEIScallopedPotatoes.