Vosges Events

COCHON 555

Sunday, May 24, 2009
5:00 – 8:00 PM
The Drake Hotel – 140 East Walton Place, Chicago, IL
Tickets – $125 per person. For tickets or more info visit www.amusecochon.com. Advance ticket purchase required (industry discount available).

A group of top Chicago chefs will each prepare a heritage breed hog from head to toe for this competition. Guests and professional judges, including Vosges Haut-Chocolat's CEO & Chocolatier Katrina Markoff, will determine a winner based on presentation, utilization and overall best flavor. The winner will be crowned the "Prince of Porc". Vosges Haut-Chocolat's Mo's Bacon Bar will be the featured dessert of the evening! Cochon 555 works to raise awareness for Farms for City Kids, a unique educational program combining classroom study with first–hand farming experience for urban kids. At large, Cochon 555 is building a national model that promotes heritage pigs and breed diversity through field to consumer events.

The Chefs:
Patrick Sheerin, The Signature Room at the 95th
Chris Pandel, The Bristol
Graham Elliot Bowles, Graham Elliot Restaurant
Sam Burman, Bluprint
Stephen Dunne, VOLO / Paramount Room

The Wineries:
Chase Cellars, Vision Cellars, Van Duzer Vineyards, Patz & Hall and August West

Cochon 555 began in Atlanta and is national in scope. Other upcoming cities include Washington D.C. and San Francisco. Chefs and judges from each city are selected by Taste Network to participate in the event. www.amusecochon.com. Taste Network is a Georgia–based company delivering experiential services to the artisan wine and cheese industries. The company's mission is to provide cultured events and education focused around artisan wine, cheese and cuisine to its clients and the public at large. www.tastenetwork.org