Why You Need to go to Cochon555 this Summer Recipe

After twelve exciting competitions across the country, the 2017 Cochon555 tour is ready to take on the District for it's penultimate culinary battle before the final competition in Austin and the Grand Cochon showdown in October. Taking place on August 6th at the Loews Madison hotel in Washington, D.C., this culinary experience with five competing chefs, five competing winemakers, and five whole heritage brand pigs (1,500 pounds of pork!) is one you don’t want to This year, competing chefs include Ben Pflaumer, Jon Sybert, Kosta Kontogiannis, Zachary Mills, and BJ Lieberman. Before the event even begins, the chefs have one week to prepare an entire heritage brand pig in their own way to serve to all the guests. Each chef must prepare…