The most epic celebration of pork,
Cochon555, is on the road again with its next stop at Washington DC’s Union Market on Sunday, March 22nd where a
culinary competition between the brightest regional culinary stars create
dishes based on heritage pigs to feed attendees
and notable culinary judges in a battle for the Prince or Princess of Porc. The
2015 tour has already been in New York City, Houston, Boston, Minneapolis, and
Denver with upcoming celebrations in Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Miami and Chicago – each city crowns a “Prince of Porc” with a grand heritage
pig cook-off at the Aspen Food and Wine Show where the King of Porc will reign
for the coming year.
Five chefs, five heritage pigs
and five winemakers make up this one-of-a-kind traveling culinary competition
promoting sustainable farming of heritage breed pigs, one whole pig at a time.
The tour is aligned with the modern-day good food movement — notable chefs,
barrier-breaking women, artist-like butchers, spirited bartenders, top
winemakers, brewers, distillers and brazen pastry talent working together to
prepare an epic feast celebrating responsible family farming.
The weekend of gastronomy
culminates Sunday in a must-do culinary experience featuring five
chefs cooking five pigs in a friendly competition for a cause. This year’s Washington
DC competing chefs include Spike Mendelsohn of Bearnaise, Victor Albisu
of Del Campo & Taco Bamba, Jeffrey Buben of Vidalia, Danny Lee of Mandu and
Jonah Kim of Yona. The five chefs, champions of whole hog utilization, will
prepare a maximum of six dishes with hopes to win votes from a crowd of hungry
gourmands and celebrated judges.
Read the full story, watch the slideshow and video HERE.
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