Website – Facebook – Twitter Yeeehaaaaa! Guess who’s coming to Baconfest Chicago 2015. That’s right, we’ll have some good ol’ Tennessee Moonshine to wash down those bacon delights. Our new friends from Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine will be serving: 1.…
Bacon Nation, If you live in Chicago, you know the Wirtz name. This pre-eminent family has done amazing things for our city. In 2010 and again in 2013, they brought the Stanley Cup home with their flagship sports franchise,…
Bacon-Nation! The Fifty/50 is back as a Baconfest Chicago Sponsor for 2015. Owners Greg Mohr and Scott Weiner are bringing back their patented Bacon Bloody Mary - the Wobble Stopper. This is a Bloody Mary so delicious that we’ve named it the Official…
Hello Bacon Nation: For the first time in Baconfest History, we are pleased to announce that there are TWO winners of the Bacon Poetry Contest. Congratulations to Kiely Dolce and Sean Cooper. Their poems “Bakin’ Memories” and “Porkalujah” have been selected as…
“Wine and Swine, together Divine” – Dante’s Inferno (canto xix) Greetings Bacon Nation: We at Baconfest Chicago are pleased and proud to welcome back long-time Baconfest supporters Candid Wines who will be on hand April 17th and 18th with their vino. They’ve…
Well Bacon-Nation, Baconfest Chicago is pleased to announce Chicago’s own Goose Island Brewery as a returning veteran of the Baconfest Chicago Sponsor family. On April 17th and 18th at the UIC Forum, they will be pouring an assortment of Goose Island brews. HUZZAH…
Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - YouTube Baconfest Chicago is pleased to welcome back our friends from the country that gave us Rachel McAdams, Neil Young and Ice Hockey (among many other great things). Labatt Blue is joining us as a Beer Sponsor for Baconfest Chicago on April…
Website - Facebook - Twitter Whole Foods Market is back as a flagship sponsor for Bacon Month and Baconfest Chicago 4/17 & 4/18. About: Let’s Bring Home the Bacon and Ditch the Antibiotics At Whole Foods Market, we carry the highest quality natural and…
Dear Bacon Nation: In the spirit of the impending mayoral run-off election, we are here to report the winners of our own “internal” democratic process! Due to a combination of circumstances, no Facebook voting was required this year to narrow…
Website - Facebook - Twitter ACME Hotel Company 15 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611 Phone: 312-894-0800 Email: [email protected] ACME HOTEL CHICAGO is the Official Hotel of Baconfest Chicago 2015 and the host of the Bacon Month Kick-Off Cocktail Party! Best of all, this year,…
Ok Bacon Nation, By now, we hope you are all aware that Baconfest Chicago 2015 will happen on April 17-18 at the UIC Forum featuring 170 chefs from Chicago’s unrivaled restaurant scene. All are gathering to showcase their bacon-prowess in support…
Join Baconfest Chicago and help fight hunger in our community by donating your time and labor to the Greater Chicago Food Depository! You may just end up with two VIP tickets to Baconfest Chicago’s Friday Dinner Session on 4/17. When: Saturday, March…
Baconfest Chicago 2015 is pleased to welcome LAKEFRONT BREWERY to the big bacon party on April 17-18. They’ll be pouring a variety of their seasonal brews to the thirsty throngs of bacon-party-goers and we could not be more proud to…
Wagshal’s Imports Baconfest Chicago 2015 is proud to welcome Wagshal’s Imports to the big bacon bash on April 17-18. They are bringing Award-winning Fermin Iberico de Bellota bacon all the way from Spain to give us a taste of how…
Cabot Creamery Cooperative Baconfest Chicago is pleased to welcome aboard Cabot Creamery Cooperative as an official sponsor of Baconfest Chicago 2015 on April 17-18. Cabot is a cooperative owned by 1,200 farm families in New York and New England…and 100% of…
Website – Facebook – Twitter Baconfest Chicago is proud to welcome aboard the intrepid team from High Brew Coffee as the official coffee of Baconfest Chicago 2015. High Brew Coffee 100% Natural, Certified Fair Trade Coffee born in Austin, TX.…
Baconfest Chicago 2015 (April 17-18) is thrilled to welcome Chicago’s own Revolution Brewing Company back as a Premiere Beer Sponsor for the second year in a row. Their brewpub in Logan Square is a bustling, neighborhood institution where friends and…
Greetings Bacon Nation: By now, we hope you are all aware that Baconfest Chicago 2015 will happen on April 17-18 at the UIC Forum featuring over 170 chefs from Chicago’s unrivaled restaurant scene. All are gathering to showcase their bacon-prowess…
You know when you’re cooking seven or eight pieces of bacon but they won’t all fit side by side in the pan? You play bacon-tetris to make it all work out – rotating rashers until the pan is full. Organizing chefs into…
Happy New Year Bacon Nation! Baconfest Chicago (4/17 & 4/18) is T-minus 12 weeks away and we have two tasty pieces of news to share with you. Mark your calendars! General Admission Tickets ($100 + fees) go on sale at…
