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Our 2011 photos can be found here:
http://baconfestchicago.com/2011photos

2011 Baconfest in the News:

WBEZ / Steve Dolinsky
http://www.wbez.org/blog/steve-dolinsky/2011-04-07/top-5-places-bacon-chicago-baconfest-returns-84747
http://www.wbez.org/blog/steve-dolinsky/2011-04-11/baconfest-2011-recap-84998

Timeout Chicago

http://timeoutchicago.com/restaurants-bars/14686961/baconfest-chicago-2011-at-uic-forum-live-review-photo-gallery

Sun Times

http://blogs.suntimes.com/food/2011/02/baconfest_ticket_floodgates_to.html

http://blogs.suntimes.com/food/2010/10/baconfest_chicago_has_a_new_bi.html

http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/food/4548710-423/food-detective-savoring-the-sonoran-hot-dog.html
http://www.suntimes.com/photos/4736417-423/food-detective-bacon-takes-many-delicious-forms-at-baconfest.html

Serious Eats
http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/04/baconfest-chicago-2011-bacon-events.html

Grub Street
http://chicago.grubstreet.com/2011/04/behind_the_scenes_at_baconfest.html

Eater
http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2011/04/11/-stylefontsize-9px-textalign-centerclick.php

Chicagoist
http://chicagoist.com/2011/04/11/in_pictures_baconfest_chciago_2011.php

Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/baconfest-2011-chicagos-b_n_847405.html

Feast Chicago
http://www.thefeast.com/chicago/Baconfest-Offers-First-Taste-of-Bacon-Apocalypse-118338824.html
http://www.thefeast.com/chicago/restaurants/Pork-Laced-Cotton-Candy-and-Moon-Pies-What-You-Missed-at-Baconfest-119580909.html?ct=1

NBCChicago
http://www.nbcchicago.com/the-scene/food-drink/PHOTOS-Baconfest-2011-119590369.html

Silly America
http://www.valbromann.com/blog/2011/04/too-much-bacon/

Chicago Bites
http://www.chicagobites.com/2011/04/baconfest-a-celebration-of-pork.htm

Chicago Now: Chicago Food Snob
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-food-snob/2011/04/baconfest-2011—a-ton-of-bacon.html

Chicago Now: Show Me Chicago

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/show-me-chicago/2011/04/inside-chicagos-bacon-fest-2011-the-best-bacon-creations-from-57-of-chicagos-top-chefs.html

Stress Cake
http://stresscake.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/can-i-get-a-hallelujah-baconfest-2011/

Zilredloh

http://zilredloh.com/2011/04/12/baconfest-2011/

The Depaulia
http://www.depauliaonline.com/arts-life/chicago-s-strip-search-people-are-putting-bacon-in-everything-1.2156500

Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/hot-dog-in-chicago/baconfest-chicago-2011-also-honored-hot-dogs-and-sausage

Riverfront Times

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck/2011/03/dennys_wants_to_kill_you_part_2.php

Paciugo Chicago

http://paciugochicago.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/bacon-beyond-breakfast/

Elevate Your Presence
http://elevateyourpresence.com/deliciousdirt/2011/04/11/baconfest-2011-delicious-dirt/

Avoision

http://www.avoision.com/2011/04/11/photos_from_baconfest_chicago.php

AAA Living Magazine

http://aaaliving.autoclubgroup.com/nxtbooks/aaaliving/aaaliving_illinois_20110304/index.php?startid=Cover1&web_cmp=031811_L020_ALM-NXB_AAALiving-MarApr2011&WT.ac=031811_L020_ALM-NXB_AAALiving-MarApr2011

Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine

WGN TV This Week in Agribusiness coming next week

Food Network’s CRAVE with Troy Johnson – coming in a few months

Saveur – coming in september

Meating Place – coming soon

312 Dining Diva
http://312diningdiva.blogspot.com/2011/02/swine-at-its-finest-at-baconfest.html

Foodspotr

http://www.foodspotr.com/2011/04/pigging-out-baconfest-2011/

Agwired

http://agwired.com/2011/04/12/peace-love-bacon/

2010 Baconfest in the News:

2010 Photos available from our sponsor: Outer Focus Photography or view their Baconfest Chicago Photo Gallery

Television

4/7/10 WGN – Morning News

http://www.wgntv.com/videobeta/50c708d2-dab6-45f4-9dec-d5007fe95fae/News/Baconfest-2010

Chef Gil Langlois and Baconfest Organizer Andre VonBaconvitch talk bacon cotton candy and Baconfest. Sponsor Bleeding Heart is along for the ride, as well as product from sponsors Nueske’s and Das Foods.

4/18/09 ABC Chicago – 190 North

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7393849

Mark explores Chicago’s obsession with Bacon, including visits to Baconfest sponsors the Fifty/50, Das Foods and vendors Vosges and Salted Caramel. Finally, Mark pays a visit to Baconfest Chicago 2010, talks to co-founder, Seth Zurer and enjoys a bacon cocktail.

4/19/2010 G4TV – Attack of the Show

http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/viewerarmy/70540/The-Viewer-Army-Goes-to-Bacon-Fest-2010.html

Johanna Anonuevo exposes BFC to the nerds of G4TV in this homebrewed Attack of the Show Viewer Army segment.

Web-TV

ChicagoEatsTV

http://vimeo.com/11240237

Jeff Maimon’s feature on-site at Baconfest Chicago 2010

And be sure to check out the individual Chef Short Video Features on the Baconfest Chicago Youtube Channel, courtesy of Kyle Hamman and KBH Media.

Radio

4/9/10 WBBM Chicago (CBS Radio)

3/18/10 Vocalo (WBEZ)

http://vocalo.org/on-air/playlist/62713

4/7/10 95.1 WIIL Rock Wisconsin – http://www.baconfestchicago.com/audio/951Interview.mp3

Print

4/7/2010 The Times of NWI

http://www.nwitimes.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/article_6b9c9311-27b9-5073-8637-1bbccc7720bf.html

MMMMMM … the sputter of frying bacon. An artery-clogging symphony for the ears.

Oooh, that scrumptious, maple-y aroma wafting from the skillet. Can’t wait. At last! There they lie, crispy strips, straight as sentinels, flanking perfectly fried eggs. Ah, the salty, smoky, crunch of that first bite. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. You can’t even grease palms to sneak into Baconfest Chicago on Saturday at the Stan Mansion in Logan Square

4/12/2010 The A/V Club

http://www.avclub.com/chicago/articles/baconfest-at-stan-mansion,39999/

We could hardly resist the event at Logan Square’s posh Stan Mansion—and neither could anyone else, apparently: The event sold out 800 tickets for two sessions. In addition to vendors displaying their bacon wares, 24 chefs from restaurants like The Bristol (2152 N. Damen Ave., 773-862-5555) and Otom (951 W. Fulton Mkt., 312-491-5804) presented the ingredient in inventive ways, right down to boozy iterations of the meat being served. And while we can’t explain the obsession, we can present these highlights from the bacon-y bacchanalia.

4/6/2010 New City Chicago

http://resto.newcity.com/2010/04/06/411-pork-bellies/

Bacon is truly the Helen of Troy of meats,” says Baconfest co-founder (and acclaimed theatrical sound designer) Andre Pluess. And if all goes according to plan, bacon is going to be the meat that launches (nearly) a thousand plates Saturday April 10 at the Stan Mansion in Logan Square.

4/14/2010 Chicago Tribune

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-14/features/ct-food-0414-bacon-add-20100414_1_love-bacon-chefs-flavor

BaconFest Chicago! — a thoughtful celebration of all things bacon held April 10 — featured many of Chicago’s finest chefs making bacon dishes of their choice, a multitude of sponsors that included The Onion, vendors such as Vosges Haut Chocolat and Nueske’s, an amateur bacon recipe cook-off between five finalists and a Bacon Bar and Lounge. It sold 600 tickets in 15 minutes at $45 for one of two sessions, each featuring 12 chefs.

3/3/2010 Chicago Sun Times

http://blogs.suntimes.com/food/2010/03/baconfest_tickets_on_sale_thur.html

4/19/2010 The Torch

http://www.roosevelttorch.com/sections/arts-entertainment/logan-square-festival-brings-home-the-bacon-1.2231248

Magazine

1/13/2010 Pork Magazine

http://www.porkmag.com/directories.asp?pgID=678&ed_id=8734&component_id=808

4/1/2010 Pork Magazine

http://www.porkmag.com/directories.asp?pgID=675&ed_id=9103&component_id=805

4/2010 Delta Sky Issue

http://deltaskymag.delta.com/

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