Greetings Bacon Nation: This information is for those who already have tickets. The event is SOLD OUT. Do not come if you do not already have tickets. Those of you who already have tickets to Baconfest Chicago should have received a confirmation e-mail with pertinent details, but in case there [Read More]
Hello Bacon Nation: The voters have spoken. The poll is closed. We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2012 Bacon Poetry Contest. Congratulations to Ryan Myers. His piece The Quantum Dance has been elected winner. We’re please to award him with two tickets to Baconfest Chicago on April [Read More]
Greetings Bacon Nation, We are pleased to announce that Baconfest Chicago veteran Templeton Rye Whiskey will be joining us a Liquor Sponsor for Baconfest Chicago 2012, April 14th at the UIC Forum. They’ll be unveiling the world premiere of a new cocktail consisting of Templeton Rye Whiskey (of course), Orange, lemon, simple, Antica [Read More]
Greetings Bacon Nation, We at Baconfest Chicago are pleased to welcome back Molly Schemper and FIG CATERING as the Official Catering Sponsor of Baconfest Chicago 2012 on April 14th at the UIC Forum. What does this mean? Think about it – coordinating resources for over 100 chefs, 30 vendors and sponsors plus [Read More]
Baconfest Chicago is proud to announce EVENTBRITE as the Official Ticketing Sponsor of Baconfest Chicago 2012. Eventbrite thinks events are awesome. They believe that anyone can be an event organizer. That’s why they created tools that make it easy to sell tickets to all kinds of events — whether it’s a [Read More]
Bacon Nation, What a turnout! We had 33 contestants competing for 5 finalist slots. And over 4500 votes were cast. Awesome. Just awesome. Let me first say that the caliber of recipes this year was just off the charts spectacular. Thank you to all who took the time to submit. It was [Read More]
Ok Bacon Nation, Some brief updates: 1. As you all know by now, Baconfest Chicago on April 14th at the UIC Forum is SOLD OUT. Yes, we almost doubled the scope of the event. Yes, it still sold out in no time at all. Yes, we are STOKED to give [Read More]
Greetings Bacon Nation: For the fourth consecutive year, we’d like to welcome a MAJOR sponsor aboard: Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats . Their bacon is great. We love them. Visit their website , order on-line and buy Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats at any of the fine retail locations in Chicagoland listed below. Seriously, we can never say enough great things [Read More]
Greetings Bacon Nation, Well, we’ve had two Satellite Dinners come and go and two more are on the horizon. First, due props to Chef Gilbert Langlois of Chalkboard and Chef Derek Simcik of the Atwood Cafe for their INCREDIBLE evenings of Bacon-Nirvana. Below are some highlight photos. (I know, looking at pictures of [Read More]
Well Bacon Nation, here they come again, year after year like a bad penny. The haters, the folks downstairs from the party who want to call the cops at 7pm instead of coming up to have a beer. Her rallying cry is “Death to Bacon!” Seriously? Why not “Death to [Read More]
