Pig Island 2015

(Updated Sept. 8 2015 1:05pm)
Pork fanatics from across New York will converge upon the Sixth Annual Pig Island soon.  Be sure to get your tickets early to save! Join us Saturday, September 12th at Erie Basin Park in Red Hook (across from IKEA), along the Red Hook waterfront to enjoy an all-day outdoor Brooklyn pork fest!  It'll be a tasting event for the masses with the likes of pitmasters from the across the NYC region, as mentioned below... 

Pig Island 2015

Headlining this year's lineup is your local Bay Ridge favorite, Chef Thomas Perone of Pig Guy NYC, Chef Tyson Ho from Arrogant Swine in Bushwick, Mexicue's Thomas Kelly, Chef Paul Denamiel from Le Rivage in Hell's Kitchen, John Stage from Dinosaur BBQ, and more, much more!

Current lineup:

• Arrogant Swine - Chef Tyson Ho
• Blujeen (Harlem) - Chef Lance Knowling
• Bittergreen (vegetarian)
• Butter - Chef Michael Jenkins
• Calle Dao - Chef Humberto Guallpa
• Chef Jesse Concepts - Chef Jesse Jones
• East Village Meat Market in collaboration with Flying Pigs Farm
• Eataly
• Egg - Evan Hanczor and George Weld
• Ends Meat - Chef John Rattliff
• Fleisher's Craft Butchery will team with Slow Food Iowa co-founder Kurt Michael Friese of Devotay (Iowa)   
• Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue - Chef Matt Fisher
• Hecho en Dumbo's Danny Mena and Ethan Smith
• Hudson and Charles
• Le Rivage - Chef Paul Denamiel
• Martin Høedholt of Revolving Dansk/Copenhagen Street Dogs
• Mexicue's Thomas Kelly
• Neuman's Kitchen
• Northern Spy
• NYC Hot Sauce Jon Bratton grilling up chilies  (vegetarian)
• Ovelia - Peter Giannakas
• Pig Guy NYC - Chef Thomas Perone
• Pitmaster Robbie Richter (Originally of Hill Country BBQ & Fatty 'Cue)
• Pitmaster Sam Barbieri
• Roni-Sue's Chocolates
• Route 66 Smokehouse Pitmaster Bill Kooper
• Sotto 13 - Chef Ed Cotton
• The Breslin Bar & Dining Room - Erika Nakamura and Jocelyn Guest
• The Good Fork and Fort Defiance team of Ben Schneider and St. John Frizell
• Tito King's Kitchen at Jimmy's No. 43 - King Phojanakong
• Dinosaur BBQ's John Stage
• Scratchbread and Matthew Tilden
• More (To Be Announced)

Pork tasting samples

The event takes place Saturday, September 12th from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and early bird tickets ($85) are currently on sale. In addition to all the pork you can stuff your face with, there will be plenty of New York State craft beer, wines, cider and spirits at the new "Whiskey Tent" (all inclusive with your ticket).

Pork tasting samples