Did you just learn about us? Welcome! We’re delighted to meet you. Here’s a little information: Baconfest SF Our next event will be the inaugural Baconfest SF. It’ll be on Friday, October 11 from 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion. We expect tickets to go [Read More]
Happy New Year, Bacon Nation! April 20th is T-minus 14 weeks away. We are excited to share a sneak peek at the restaurant and chef roster for Baconfest Chicago 2103 at the UIC Forum. Think of Baconfest as the Chicago chef Super Group that gets together once a year to jam on one [Read More]
Greetings Bacon Nation, We hope you have all had a great summer!! We here at Bacon Headquarters are setting in motion preparations for the 5th annual Baconfest Chicago. We have a date and venue to announce! Baconfest Chicago 2013 will be held on Saturday April 20th, 2013 at the UIC [Read More]
We’re thrilled to welcome the following vendors to Baconfest 2012. These artisan producers of bacon and bacon-related merchandise represent an astonishing range of creativity and fun.
Hi Friends, I’m totally one of those people that quietly scoffs when their friends post on Facebook and Twitter every time they sneeze, fart or eat a good meal – but here I am doing the same thing. Call me a hypocrite and justly so, but this was a GOOD [Read More]
Hello Bacon-Nation: So my lovely wife (Mrs. Chloe Vonbaconvitch) and I were up in northern Wisconsin over the weekend visiting some friends at their cottage on Post Lake near Nicollette National Forest. On our drive back south, we stopped in Wittenberg, WI to visit the home of Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats . As most [Read More]
Oh, hello there. I didn’t see you come in. If you’re just learning about Baconfest Chicago (Thanks New York Times and Kai Kronfield !) this is the place to get situated! Yes, it’s real. We’re really here, waiting for you. What is Baconfest? Baconfest is Chicago’s annual celebration of America’s favorite cured meat. Over 50 [Read More]
Friends – we have another amazing ticket giveaway running! —— To celebrate the launch of Baconalia, Denny’s has launched a Facebook sweepstakes to send one bacon lover and a guest to the sold out Baconfest 2011 on April 9th in Chicago! One winner will receive flights to Chicago from anywhere [Read More]
Congratulations to Joel Chmara!!!! His poem “Johnny Baconseed: A Poem for the Hopeless Romantics” was voted Best Bacon Poem by both popular and internal review. On behalf of the Illinois Pork Producers Association and Baconfest Chicago, we salute you Joel, and your way with words. You and a guest will [Read More]
The Illinois Pork Producers Association and Baconfest Chicago are proud to announce EVENTBRITE as the Official Ticketing Sponsor of Baconfest Chicago 2011. 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 [Read More]
