Oh Shit! It's Baconfest!
Baconfest Chicago
April 10, 2010
Noon - 6:00 PM
Logan Square's Stan Mansion
Baconfest Chicago
April 10, 2010
Noon - 6:00 PM
Logan Square's Stan Mansion
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- Location:
- Chicago, IL, 60647
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Baconfest Chicago Like the great grizzly bear, Baconfest has hibernated for the last few weeks. Soon, however, we shall return. And we shall be hungry!
Baconfest Chicago Medill Reports has a slideshow and article about Baconfest
Source: news.medill.northwestern.edu
Story URL: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=143695 Story Retrieval Date: 10/28/2009 6:03:51 PM CST
Baconfest Chicago The Trib talks Bacon
Source: www.chicagotribune.com
From the sublime to the ridiculous, bacon has the entire spectrum in tow these days. As cured pork belly reaches new heights of popularity, pop culture homages to this most tasty of treats are slamming head-on into parody.Bacon-flavored rolling papers giving new meaning to smoked bacon? Check. ...
Baconfest Chicago Serious Eats comes through with an amazing recap and lots of pictures:
Source: www.seriouseats.com
"If any attendees walked out of Baconfest disappointed, 100% of the blame falls on their defective palates." Inside-out pig in a blanket from David Burke's Primehouse. [Photographs: Daniel Zemans] You never know when inspiration is going to hit. For Michael...
Baconfest Chicago Who won the Golden Rashers? We all did. We all did. Also, Chris Pandel and Troy Graves.
Source: baconfestchicago.com
During our video shoots, we tried to get the chefs to act macho and competitive about the Golden Rasher competition. We thought it would make good Baco-TV. But almost to a one, the chefs declined to crow and posture.
Baconfest Chicago Mike Sula's cook off recap for the Chicago Reader:
Source: www.chicagoreader.com
The results of the Baconfest Pro Cookoff are in. Food Chain and Food & Drink blog post by Mike Sula
Baconfest Chicago Chicagoist's recap of the cookoff!
Source: chicagoist.com
Baconfest Chicago proper won't be for another six months, but if Saturday's VIP pro cookoff is any indication organizers Seth Zurer, Michael Griggs and Andre Pluess might want to have some ambulances at the ready. ...
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Here's a start to some photo documentation of the cook off at the Publican which happened on October 24 2009.
We couldn't have done it without the chefs and our sponsors: The Publican, Fig Catering, Tablescapes, Tabletoppers, Nueske's and Yelp.
I'm missing my chef photo of Michael McDonald of one sixtyblue - will add soon. Same with Nathan Sears' unreal bacon boudin blanc.
Baconfest Chicago Time for Cookoff Sponsor Love: Thank you to the Publican, Fig Catering, Tablescapes, Tabletoppers, Yelp and Nueske's!
Baconfest Chicago Can't forget the swag bags - we're very grateful to these folks for providing goodies:
Source: baconfestchicago.com
CSA time has come and gone. Was @MikeSula so traumatized by the baco-dog that he dares not show up to negotiate this week? 2009-09-16
Baconfest Chicago I have never eaten as much porkbelly as I ate today. Check out the dishes that our genius bacon chefs prepared,
Source: baconfestchicago.com
We’ll be posting much more info in the days to come, but for now feast your eyes on the delicious dishes and tasty beer pairings that our intrepid chefs put together for today’s wildly awesome cook-off:
Baconfest Chicago These Baconfest swag bags are going to be awesome!
Baconfest Chicago Chef Langlois cops to burning toast and hints at what dish he’ll present that features “the candy of meats!”
Source: www.youtube.com
Chef Gil Langlois whispers the sweet secrets of the candy of meats.
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Executive Chef Pat Sheerin compares bacon to sex, quotes “Pulp
Fiction,” and gives us a new slogan: “Festivous Baconous Maximus!”
Source: www.youtube.com
Chef Partrick Sheerin tells us why he LOVES bacon.
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Chef Rick Gresh of Primehouse holds his own mini-cookoff to choose which chef will
accompany him at Baconfest and discusses the fundamental allure of
bacon.
Source: www.youtube.com
Chef Rick Gresh and his team present a bacon-lovers nirvana
