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We're pleased to welcome our good friends from Big Fork Brands back to Baconfest Chicago 2018 on April 6 and April 7. They make bacon sausage! It's a match made in pork heaven! As if that wasn't enough, they've also come out with an incredible new craft…

People always remember "Hog Butcher to the World" but let's not forget Chicago's other poetic nickname, "City of Big Shoulders".  At Baconfest, we take our nicknames seriously, and that's why we're happy to have local favorite Big Shoulders Coffee on…

  Website - Facebook - Twitter Virtue Cider 2170 62nd Street (122nd Avenue), Fennville, MI 49408 269.561.5001 Bacon Nation! We are so excited to share that Virtue Cider, the first name in Chicago craft hard cider, will be at Baconfest Chicago…

Baconfest Chicago involves lots of walking while sampling bacon delicacies from many amazing chefs and restaurants. At some point, you might need to take a bacon breather and kick back a little. Be sure to stop and visit Chiro One Wellness! Their health…

Baconfest Chicago  is proud to welcome back Wagshal’s Imports to the big bacon bash on 4/6 and 4/7! They are bringing award-winning Fermín Ibérico de Bellota bacon all the way from Spain to give us a taste of how they do things across the…

Baconfest Chicago is pleased to welcome back Smeraldina as the official mineral water of Baconfest Chicago 2018. All those delicious bacon dishes and tasty cocktails will make you thirsty. Have no fear - Smeraldina has your hydration needs covered! A bottle…

What can you say about a partner like Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats?  For ten years in a row, they have been the official bacon of Baconfest Chicago, shipping 50 lbs of their delicious applewood-smoked and cherry-wood smoked bacon to each…

  Baconfest Chicago is pleased to welcome back Jewel-Osco to the roster of amazing sponsors for 2018!  As the official sponsor of the Saturday Lunch session and our exclusive grocery parter, they're bringing home the bacon for Baconfest attendees and everyone…

Hello Bacon Nation: We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Bacon Poetry Contest.  Congratulations to Caitlin Landry.  Her piece Children of the Bacon has been selected as winner by the BFC Literary Panel.  Enjoy her poem below.  We’re…

Baconfest Chicago 2018 is honored to have Breakthru Beverage Illinois back as a sponsor. Last year's "mega bar" was so mega-successful that it's back with a vengeance! This year, it features these and other brands: Old Forester, George Dickel Tennessee Whisky, Hendrick's Gin, Templeton Rye, and…

                           Are you a Bloody Mary fanatic? Never fear—our Baconfest sponsors have you covered! At all three Baconfest 2018 sessions, hometown fave Cicero Beverage Co. is teaming up with two…

Hello Bacon Nation! By now, you know what there will be to eat at Baconfest Chicago (April 6 and 7, 2018 at the UIC Forum). But you may not realize what all we've got in store on the drink side.…

It was around the 4th annual Baconfest Chicago in 2012 that our old friend Troy Graves came up to us and said "you know, there are some spectacularly decorated restaurant stations all over the exhibition floor.  You guys should really…

It is a big moment in the Baconfest production cycle - the moment when we release the menu for our annual celebration of America’s favorite cured meat. CHECK OUT THE MENU HERE It is a fun moment for us, not only for…

Hello Bacon Nation, Baconfest is right around the corner. On April 6 and 7, the best chefs in town will gather at the UIC Forum for three bacon-filled sessions to celebrate bacon in all its forms. You can go to…

You guys.  We've been working hard with our databases and our abacuses and all the technology that we can bring to bear to make every session of Baconfest the most beautiful, baconful, bountiful festival experience you have ever seen or will…

Bacon Nation, we have some exciting news to share. Yes, today, we released the shift by shift chef schedule. It's impressive, we know. But that's not all the news we announced today. Today, we are thrilled to share the newest…

For our tenth anniversary, Baconfest Chicago organizers have assembled the broadest, most fascinating, most bacon-riffic lineup of culinary talent ever to man the chafers at our festival of pork. Even as we speak, chefs in kitchens across the city and…