Pig Island 2011
Event Details
New York City will celebrate September with the 2011 food event everyone's been waiting for: Pig Island II! Picking up where we left off in 2010, Pig Island II is an all-local event, featuring farmers, chefs, brewers and vintners, bringing the best of New York State to New York City. Visit the website here: http://www.pigisland.com/index.html.
Pig Island II will source 80 hogs from NY farmers, prepared by 20 top NYC chefs including Heather Carlucci-Rodrigues (Print), Mary Cleaver (Cleaver & Co.), Jacques Gautier (Palo Santo) and King Phojankong (Kuma Inn and Umi Nom). This farm/food collaboration will be complemented by specialty craft beer and NY wine, cooking demonstrations, and opportunities to see the best of New York in action. Pig Island II will take place on September 10th, from 11:30am - 5pm, on Governors Island's historic Colonel's Row.
Special features:
PBS Channel 13 food show host Michael Colameco who will serve as Honorary Co-Chair and film a special episode about Pig Island.
