Cochon 555 will take place this Sunday, February 10th, at Pier Sixty. The traveling culinary competition and tasting event is coming to town and marking a culinary milestone with its 5th Anniversary Tour. Created to promote a national conversation around the sustainable farming of heritage-breed pigs, each event challenges local chefs (this year all female) to prepare a menu from the entirety of one 200 pound family-raised heritage breed of pig, nose-to-tail. Twenty judges and 400 guests help decide the winning chef by voting on the “best bite of the day”. The winner will be crowned the Princess of Porc and will compete at Grand Cochon event at the Classic in Aspen on Sunday, June 16.
Jaques Torres and Friends: Moving to Brooklyn Army Terminal
February 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Brooklyn Army Terminal is reaching out to food and beverage companies across the boroughs for manufacturing and retail spaces to least in Sunset Park. There are many opportunities for financial incentives. Jaques Torres just announced he is moving in — he joins Blue Marble, Industry City Distillery, and a host of others.