Pig Island 2012
● 25 NYC Chefs ● 80 Locally Sourced Hogs ●
● Craft Beer, NY State Wine, Cider ● Live Music ●
● All Inclusive Tickets ● Free Manhattan & Brooklyn Ferry Rides ●

PIG ISLAND SEPTEMBER 2012 WRAPUP:

Perhaps we outdid ourselves this year, because our amazing food judges (Peter Kaminsky, Stan Schutte, Sekita Ekrek, and Rena Unger) never came to a consensus for a favorite dish, preferring instead to bestow creative awards (“Smallest Bite, Longest Wait & Totally Worth It” to Clay Gordon for his Bacon dipped in dark chocolate, bacon fat and beer) on various chefs and restaurants who participated in the third annual Pig Island!

Here are their “best of show” results:

• Judge’s Favorite—a tie between Dale Talde’s (Pork Slope) Bratwurst Patties with Melted Swiss Cheese, Griddled Onions, Pickles, and Yellow Mustard on Marble Rye and Terry French’s (Møsefund Farm) Moo Ping Thai Pork Skewer;

• Second Place “By a Tail”—Another tie between Møsefund Farm’s other chef Michael Clampffer with his BBQ Mangalitsa Collar with Grilled Peaches, Pickled Cabbage and Carolina Sauce and Edi and the Wolf’s Eduard Frauneder & Wolfgang Ban with their Grilled Pork Belly with Arugula, Peach, and Rye Bread-Mustard Vinaigrette;   

• Best Dessert—Went to The Darby/Butter’s Blondie with Nutella, Bacon and Pretzel;

• Best Pork Slider—To Jacques Gautier of Palo Santo and Fort Reno;

• Special Judges Awards—To Hecho en Dumbo’s Danny Mena with his Tacos al Pastor, Slow Grilled Chile Marinated Pork Served with Caramelized Pineapple on Handmade Corn Tortillas (voted “Can’t Eat Just One”) and The Darby’s Michael Jenkins with a Whole Pig Weiner with Roasted Tomato Ketchup and Spicy Cucumber Relish (voted “Best in Show”);

• Honorable Mentions—To Jimmy’s No. 43 (Bacon Potato Salad), Jonathan White of Bobolink (Whey-Fed Pig, Rubbed with Grains of Paradise and Other Medieval Brewer’s Grains, Roasted in a Caja China, Served with Triticale Salad with Garden Vegetables), Kuma Inn/Umi Nom’s King Phojanakong (Love’s Noodles with Roast Pork), Anthony Sasso of Casa Mono (Pork Canary Islands, Smoked Maple Banana Sauce, Fried Plantains, Sweet PX Sherry Lime Vinaigrette), Dinosaur BBQ’s John Stage (Pulled Pork Sliders with Sweet and Sour Slaw), Michael Ferraro of Delicatessen (Spicy Korean Roasted Pork Buns with Plum Sauce, Pickled Peaches and Cucumber), Blind Tiger (Pulled Pork), Josh Bowen of John Brown Smokehouse (Pulled Pork Sliders with Sweet and Sour Slaw), and Ribs Within (Tequila and Bacon Cube).

Thank you to all the chefs for their amazing dishes and to our judges for their efforts. Congratulations to all the Pig Island 2012 winners!

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Event features included:

•     25 of the best chefs in the 5 boroughs going (ahem) hog wild with local pigs.
•     Butchering and cooking demos brought to you by Wüsthof.
•     Great local craft beer by Sixpoint providing custom brews.  
•     The best of New York State Wine from the North Fork and the Finger Lakes.
•     Limited boutique cider offerings from Farnum Hill.
•     Veggie Pavilion brought to you by Cathy Erway.
•     Music all day with live bands.

This year’s chefs included:

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PIG ISLAND SEPTEMBER 2011 WRAPUP:

New York City will celebrate September with the 2011 food event everyone’s been waiting for: Pig Island II! Picking up where we left off in 2010, Pig Island II is an all-local event, featuring farmers, chefs, brewers and vintners, bringing the best of New York State to New York City.

Pig Island II will source 80 hogs from NY farmers, prepared by 20 top NYC chefs including Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez (PRINT.), Mary Cleaver (Cleaver & Co.), Jacques Gautier (Palo Santo) and King Phojankong (Kuma Inn and Umi Nom). This farm/food collaboration will be complemented by specialty craft beer and NY wine, cooking demonstrations, and opportunities to see the best of New York in action. Pig Island II will take place on September 10th, from 11:30am – 5pm, on Governors Island’s historic Colonel’s Row.

Special features:
PBS Channel 13 food show host Michael Colameco who will serve as Honorary Co-Chair and film a special episode about Pig Island.

VIDEO FROM PIG ISLAND 2010: