CONGRATULATIONS MARC FORGIONE, See you in Aspen!
Please scroll below to see all the partners from 2012
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"high-end, local events like COCHON 555 feature some of the best chefs in town"
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"COCHON555 is a flavor conquest, aka the Christopher Columbus of Porc"
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"COCHON 555, a touring porcine bacchanalia-slash-competition"
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"That’s a lotta pig. Period. A MUST DO culinary experience"
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"A great celebration, the Ultimate pig Out"
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" Brings together chefs, farmers, winemakers and eaters”
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"Super Bowl of Swine, Bite after bite of swoonworthy swine, Epic food event"
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"Chefs brought their A-Game"
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"Raises the bar for dining festivals"
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"Stunning in its professionalism"
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"Nose-to-tail tasting"
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"Deliciously Decadent"
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"The event of the Year!"
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"Everyone's favorite pork-centric cooking competition"
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"One of the country's most prestigious culinary competitions"
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"Local pork enthusiasts, get ready to squeal..."
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"The porcine equivalent of Christmas"
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"high-end, local events like COCHON 555 feature some of the best chefs in town"
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"COCHON 555, a touring porcine bacchanalia-slash-competition"
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"This little piggy won a prize."
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"Delicious, exciting, lovely in everyway."
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"…over 300 pounds of porktastic goodness!"
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"COCHON 555...definitely flavor country"
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"Whole Heritage Pig Utilization at its finest!"
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"Preventing extinction through eating…"
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"Mental Gland Salivation"
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"Honoring chefs, saving farms and endangered breeds!"
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"Enough about bacon! Let's talk the whole hog."
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"The Pork Flowed Like Wine at COCHON 555"
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"high-end, local events like COCHON 555 feature some of the best chefs in town"
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"COCHON 555, a touring porcine bacchanalia-slash-competition"
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"That’s a lotta pig. Period. A MUST DO culinary experience"
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"A great celebration, the Ultimate pig Out"
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" Brings together chefs, farmers, winemakers and eaters”
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"Super Bowl of Swine, Bite after bite of swoonworthy swine, Epic food event"
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"Chefs brought their A-Game"
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"Raises the bar for dining festivals"
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"Stunning in its professionalism"
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"Nose-to-tail tasting"
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"Deliciously Decadent"
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"The event of the Year!"
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"Everyone's favorite pork-centric cooking competition"
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"One of the country's most prestigious culinary competitions"
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"Local pork enthusiasts, get ready to squeal..."
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"The porcine equivalent of Christmas"
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"high-end, local events like COCHON 555 feature some of the best chefs in town"
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"COCHON 555, a touring porcine bacchanalia-slash-competition"
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"This little piggy won a prize."
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"Delicious, exciting, lovely in everyway."
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"…over 300 pounds of porktastic goodness!"
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"COCHON 555...definitely flavor country"
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"Whole Heritage Pig Utilization at its finest!"
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"Preventing extinction through eating…"
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"Mental Gland Salivation"
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"Honoring chefs, saving farms and endangered breeds!"
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"Enough about bacon! Let's talk the whole hog."
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"The Pork Flowed Like Wine at COCHON 555"
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THE FIVE CHEFS & FIVE HERITAGE BREED PIGS<
FOURTH ANNUAL COCHON 555 COMES TO NEW YORK CITY
Culinary Competition and Tasting Event Celebrates Heritage Breed Pigs
January 22, 2012 at 5 pm
Cochon 555 – five chefs, five pigs, five winemakers – is a one-of-a-kind traveling culinary competition and tasting event to promote sustainable farming of heritage breed pigs. The event challenges five local chefs to prepare a menu created from heritage breed pigs, nose-to-tail, for an audience of pork-loving epicureans.
2012 NYC competing chefs include Marc Forgione of Restaurant Marc Forgione, Bobby Hellen of Resto & The Cannibal, Ralf Kuettel of Trestle on Tenth, Shaunna Sargent of Betto, and Damon Wise of The Monkey Bar.
Guests will be treated to an epic pork feast with wines from five different small wineries, including Elk Cove Vineyards, Scholium Project, Chase Cellars, Wind Gap Wines and Turley Wine Cellars, plus a special tasting of SALDO, Sokol Blosser, K Vintners and special tasting engagement with Domaine Serene and Iberico de Bellota imported by Fermin. The evening will include seven whole heritage pigs and butcher demonstrations from Cesare Casella (Salumeria Rosi), Thomas Schneller (CIA) and Joshua Applestone (Fleisher's). Guests can join the "Guess Five" interactive tasting contest with Le Creuset, stop by the Blackberry Farm table, enter a Beat the Winemaker Contest with Eater and Hipstamatic while sipping ice-cold Anchor Brew, and savor a welcome cocktail from The King’s Ginger or Chinaco Tequila courtesy of Anchor Distilling.
Experience the new C555 Perfect Manhattan Bar featuring Hirsch, Templeton Rye, Hudson Whiskey's Baby Bourbon and Luxardo. Don't miss Dan Ross from Fatty 'Cue serving one whole BBQ pig family-style in anticipation of our new event, Heritage BBQ, next Labor Day. Grab a glass as we kick off the award ceremony with a special 25th anniversary champagne toast to the James Beard Foundation, sponsored by Laurent-Perrier Champagne, now celebrating its 200th year. Following the awards, we invite you to experience swine & sweets with [3] Cochon Exclusive chocolate bars from Xocolatl de David and cold brewed coffee from Safari Cup Coffee Roasters.
At the end of the night, attendees and local judges will select the Prince or Princess of Porc. The winning chef will compete against other regional winners at the finale Grand Cochon event at the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen, June 17, 2012.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
4 pm VIP opening; 5 pm general admission
The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers
Pier 60, New York City
$125 per person for general admission; $200 for VIP (includes sustainable oysters, Black River Caviar, Murray’s Cheese, cocktails and a special tasting of wines, spirits and brews). VIP guests arrive an hour earlier, at 4 pm, and enjoy a limited tasting from three competing chefs. It’s VIP like never before and only $75 more. General admission is only better this year too--more food, more spirits, cheese and oysters...more flavor for every dollar. Only 225 tickets are available per city. Events typically sell out 10 days before each event. Buy tickets now!
MEDIA CONTACT Lori Lefevre
914.630.0961, lori@cochon555.com
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ABOUT COCHON 555
Created by Taste Network’s Brady Lowe in 2009 in response to the lack of consumer education around heritage breeds, COCHON is a national event series that takes place in 14 major markets. Every January, COCHON 555 embarks on a 10-city culinary competition and tasting tour where 50 chefs are selected to prepare a ‘snout -to-tail’ menu created from heritage breed pigs. The 10 winners of each regional event are flown to Aspen for the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen for the final competition, Grand Cochon. Cochon All-Star, Cochon Heritage Fire and a BBQ competition will be hosted as well in 2012. For more details about the events, visit www.cochon555.com or follow @cochon555 on twitter.
Culinary Competition and Tasting Event Celebrates Heritage Breed Pigs
January 22, 2012 at 5 pm
Cochon 555 – five chefs, five pigs, five winemakers – is a one-of-a-kind traveling culinary competition and tasting event to promote sustainable farming of heritage breed pigs. The event challenges five local chefs to prepare a menu created from heritage breed pigs, nose-to-tail, for an audience of pork-loving epicureans.
2012 NYC competing chefs include Marc Forgione of Restaurant Marc Forgione, Bobby Hellen of Resto & The Cannibal, Ralf Kuettel of Trestle on Tenth, Shaunna Sargent of Betto, and Damon Wise of The Monkey Bar.
Guests will be treated to an epic pork feast with wines from five different small wineries, including Elk Cove Vineyards, Scholium Project, Chase Cellars, Wind Gap Wines and Turley Wine Cellars, plus a special tasting of SALDO, Sokol Blosser, K Vintners and special tasting engagement with Domaine Serene and Iberico de Bellota imported by Fermin. The evening will include seven whole heritage pigs and butcher demonstrations from Cesare Casella (Salumeria Rosi), Thomas Schneller (CIA) and Joshua Applestone (Fleisher's). Guests can join the "Guess Five" interactive tasting contest with Le Creuset, stop by the Blackberry Farm table, enter a Beat the Winemaker Contest with Eater and Hipstamatic while sipping ice-cold Anchor Brew, and savor a welcome cocktail from The King’s Ginger or Chinaco Tequila courtesy of Anchor Distilling.
Experience the new C555 Perfect Manhattan Bar featuring Hirsch, Templeton Rye, Hudson Whiskey's Baby Bourbon and Luxardo. Don't miss Dan Ross from Fatty 'Cue serving one whole BBQ pig family-style in anticipation of our new event, Heritage BBQ, next Labor Day. Grab a glass as we kick off the award ceremony with a special 25th anniversary champagne toast to the James Beard Foundation, sponsored by Laurent-Perrier Champagne, now celebrating its 200th year. Following the awards, we invite you to experience swine & sweets with [3] Cochon Exclusive chocolate bars from Xocolatl de David and cold brewed coffee from Safari Cup Coffee Roasters.
At the end of the night, attendees and local judges will select the Prince or Princess of Porc. The winning chef will compete against other regional winners at the finale Grand Cochon event at the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen, June 17, 2012.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
4 pm VIP opening; 5 pm general admission
The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers
Pier 60, New York City
$125 per person for general admission; $200 for VIP (includes sustainable oysters, Black River Caviar, Murray’s Cheese, cocktails and a special tasting of wines, spirits and brews). VIP guests arrive an hour earlier, at 4 pm, and enjoy a limited tasting from three competing chefs. It’s VIP like never before and only $75 more. General admission is only better this year too--more food, more spirits, cheese and oysters...more flavor for every dollar. Only 225 tickets are available per city. Events typically sell out 10 days before each event. Buy tickets now!
MEDIA CONTACT Lori Lefevre
914.630.0961, lori@cochon555.com
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ABOUT COCHON 555
Created by Taste Network’s Brady Lowe in 2009 in response to the lack of consumer education around heritage breeds, COCHON is a national event series that takes place in 14 major markets. Every January, COCHON 555 embarks on a 10-city culinary competition and tasting tour where 50 chefs are selected to prepare a ‘snout -to-tail’ menu created from heritage breed pigs. The 10 winners of each regional event are flown to Aspen for the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen for the final competition, Grand Cochon. Cochon All-Star, Cochon Heritage Fire and a BBQ competition will be hosted as well in 2012. For more details about the events, visit www.cochon555.com or follow @cochon555 on twitter.
