Here’s the second episode of the Baconfest podcast, in which Seth talks with Chicago Reader food critic Mike Sula about his personal history with bacon, his experience as a judge at Baconfest and the eternal question: “has bacon jumped the…
Listen to the first edition of the Baconfest Podcast right here – Chef Cameron Grant of Osteria Langhe and Seth from Baconfest discuss the art of bacon and try an amazing bacon bratwurst. Subscribe with iTunes Subscribe with RSS
This year, we’re using Universe.com to sell tickets to Baconfest. Since it’s a new system, here’s a little guide on how it works. Tickets to Baconfest are first come, first served. In the past, the ticketing system reserved your tickets…
Every year, we hear from bacon-lovers asking something like, “Baconfest dudes! We need your help! We know there are three sessions, but we don’t know which one to buy tickets for. What should we do? How can we choose?” So,…
Saturday Lunch – April 30 11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon VIP Hour 12:00 Noon – 3:00 PM General Admission Buy Saturday Lunch Saturday Dinner – April 30 6:00 PM -7:00 PM: VIP Hour 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM General Admission Buy…
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Over these last six years, we’ve seen a lot of bacon come and a lot of bacon go. There have been dishes that amazed us with their technical prowess and nuanced complexity. There have been dishes that moved us with…
Website - Facebook - Twitter What if you went to work thinking, “What rule can we rule out today? What sacred cow can we tip on its big, fat flank? What if the boss strode the halls urging: ‘put…
The kind folks at Google / Zagat reached out to invite us to participate in our first blog hop – in which they’ve asked Chicago bloggers to write a little about good nights out in the city. They’re putting it…
(Ed.: We’re delighted that Kerensa Peterson, wife of Baconfest cofounder Seth Zurer, has lent her writing talents to our blog AND that she’s inspired our very first Baconfest volunteer day at the Greater Chicago Food Depository on May 5! RSVP…
Here are the links to PDF downloads for the menus for yesterday’s fest: Shift 1 Shift 2 ADDENDUM: Daniel Zemans of SeriousEats.com took a look at our menus and cross-checked them against his reporter’s notebook. He let us know about…
We’re super excited about the bacon cooking demos we’ve set up for the fest. In the first shift, Mike Gebert, king of Chicago’s spectacular food video podcast Sky Full of Bacon, will show attendees how to prepare a pork belly…
Baconfest Chicago Cookoff Recap: Well, No One Died The Golden Rashers Baconfest Chicago proper won’t be for another six months, but if Saturday’s VIP pro cookoff is any indication organizers Seth Zurer, Michael Griggs and Andre Vonbaconvitch might want to…
