{"id":8972,"date":"2015-05-12T16:37:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T16:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/?p=8972"},"modified":"2015-05-13T18:17:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T18:17:08","slug":"dig-the-pig-at-grand-cochon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/dig-the-pig-at-grand-cochon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig the Pig at Grand Cochon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TEN TOP CHEFS TO COMPETE FOR THE TITLE OF \u201cKING OR QUEEN\u00a0<\/strong><strong>OF PORC\u201d AT COCHON555\u2019s \u201cGRAND COCHON\u201d IN SNOWMASS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Saturday, June 20, at Viceroy Snowmass<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snowmass Village, Colo.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 \u00a0The ten winning chefs of Cochon555, a ten-city, pork-centric culinary competition that wrapped up last weekend in Chicago, will head to Snowmass to vie for the title of \u201cKing or Queen of Porc\u201d at Grand Cochon. Held on Saturday, June 20, during the Food &amp; Wine Classic weekend, the event will take place in the Grand Ballroom at Viceroy Snowmass, from 7 to 11pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEET THE COMPETITORS: THE 10 CHEFS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New York City, Francis Derby, The Cannibal<\/li>\n<li>Houston, Mark Decker, Down House<\/li>\n<li>Boston Jody Adams, Rialto\/TRADE<\/li>\n<li>Minneapolis, Thomas Boemer, Corner Table<\/li>\n<li>Denver, Matt Vawter, Mercantile<\/li>\n<li>Washington D.C., Danny Lee, Mandu<\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles, Walter Manzke, Republique<\/li>\n<li>San Francisco, David Bazirgan, Dirty Habit<\/li>\n<li>Miami, Lindsay Autry, Fin &amp; Feather<\/li>\n<li>Chicago, Nicole Pederson, Found Kitchen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the Grand Cochon competition, each chef is provided with a whole heritage pig, bred for flavor on grass and grain and sourced from local and regional farms. The goal is to use as many piggy parts in three or more dishes as possible and let nothing go to waste. \u201cThe chefs bring an amazing level of energy to the event,\u201d said\u00a0Brady Lowe of Atlanta-based Taste Network and creator of Cochon555 and the Grand Cochon and Heritage Fire concepts.\u00a0\u201cEvery single bite is the best bite they can produce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to 30-plus chef-prepared dishes, attendees will also enjoy premium brews, reserve wines, artisan spirits, a butcher demo, a tartare and oyster bar, cheese tastings, and an award ceremony to announce the winner. The \u201cKing or Queen of Porc\u201d will be chosen by an audience vote and a panel of 20 expert judges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrowning the \u201cKing or Queen of Porc\u201d at Grand Cochon in Snowmass will be a highlight of an exciting weekend for our food-loving locals and visitors, and a great addition to our Snowmassive Summer,\u201d said Rose Abello, Tourism Director, Snowmass Tourism. \u201cOur mouths are watering just thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for Grand Cochon are $200 for early 7pm VIP admission and $150 for 7:45pm general admission. To purchase tickets visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cochon555.com\/\">cochon555.com<\/a>.\u00a0Aspen\/Snowmass locals may receive a discount of $15 by purchasing tickets at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stayaspensnowmass.com\/\">stayaspensnowmass.com<\/a>. All ticket buyers will receive a PANNA subscription ($24.95 value). Snowmass accommodations start as low as $109 a night and range from economy based hotel rooms to luxury hotel brands, as well as multiple-bedroom condo options.\u00a0 Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gosnowmass.com\/\">gosnowmass.com<\/a>\u00a0to book your lodging today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each chef is provided with a whole heritage pig&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[248,667,249,276,495,593,711],"class_list":["post-8972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-food-wine-classic","tag-food-competition","tag-food-tasting","tag-grand-cochon-555","tag-snowmass","tag-viceroy","tag-viceroy-snowmass","author-streck2yahoo-com","events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/grand-cochon.jpg?fit=500%2C375&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aUGV-2kI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8972"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8974,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972\/revisions\/8974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}