COCHON555

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Cochon US Tour and Goose Island Beer Co. humbly present Cochon 555 Napa on Mar 2, 2014. Going on its sixth year, Cochon 555 is the nation’s premier culinary tour touting the flavor and health benefits of eating heritage breed pigs. The kickoff event features an all-star lineup of five chefs, five pigs and five wineries to celebrate breed diversity and family farming. Learn more about the epic pork feast and buy tickets at http://cochon555.com/2014-tour/napa/.

This year’s competing chefs include Host Chef Patrick Clark of the Culinary Institute of America, Kelly McCown of Goose & Gander, Jason Kupper of The Thomas, Cindy Pawlcyn of Mustards Grill and Dustin Valette of Dry Creek Kitchen. The five chefs, champions to the pig, will battle it out in a friendly competition by preparing a maximum of six dishes each created from one whole heritage breed pig to win votes from a crowd of hungry gourmands and celebrated judges. In celebration of the tour’s 6th anniversary, Dave Budworth of Marina Meats will butcher a pig for the audience, and for the first time at the event, a group of students under the guide of Larry Forgione of Conservatory for American Food Studies will prepare an additional late-night sixth pig in an Asian Speakeasy style before dessert and the awards ceremony.

The pack of judges who will select Napa’s “Prince or Princess of Porc” include:


• Lars Kronmark, CIA
• Peter Jacobsen, Jacobsen Orchards
• Jim Denevan, Outstanding in the Field
• Gibson Thomas, Edible Marin
• John Sorenson, Sorensen Catering
• Casey Thompson, Aveline SF
• Leslie Sbracco, PBS Check Please!
• Michael Tuohy, Block Butcher Bar
• John Stewart, Black Pig Meat Co.
• Duskie Estes, Zazu Kitchen & Farm


The winner will go on to compete in the Grand Cochon at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen in June for bragging rights as the "King or Queen of Porc” and a four-day wine experience to Rioja, Spain’s most prominent wine region.

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http://cochon555.com/2014-tour/napa/