Join Food Karma for the 10th annual Pig Island NYC on September 7, 2019! More than 20 chefs will come together on the Red Hook, Brooklyn waterfront to compete for the best pork creations. The chefs will be cooking half or whole pigs from local sustainable small farms, including Flying Pigs Farm in Washing County, NY. There will also be craft beer, hard cider, spirits, and other food offerings.
The mission of the event has always been to support small farms with the best practices, by buying the pigs directly and giving them to NYC chefs. With our farm-to-table practice we embrace education and deliciousness!
Check out past press in Eater, Gothamist, and TimeOut!
All-Inclusive Tickets: Food and drinks!
The tickets are all-inclusive: food, drinks, craft beer, hard cider, whiskeys, live music and more!
Here’s a preview of the Pig Island 2019 Lineup :
Returning Chefs:
Rodrigo Duarte “Pork Master”, Caseiro E Bom, Newark NK
Chef Jesse Jones, Winner of “Best in Show” Pig Island 2019
Corey Cash, Cash Only BBQ, Brooklyn
Heather Sandford, The Piggery, Finger Lakes NY
Plus many more chefs!
And other food including: Hot sauces, Cabot cheese, grilled vegetables, pickles, chocolates, and other non-meat items.
Beverages Will Include:
Craft Beer, Featuring Sixpoint Brewery and Others
Hard Cider, Featuring Eden, Austin East, Kings Highway, Angry Orchard Walden, and many Others!
Spirits, Featuring NY Distilling, Empire Ryes, ESP Gins, Olde New York Farm Distiller and Others!
A Special Mezcal Zone with Mezcal De Leyenda and Several Other Brands of Authentic Mezcals from Oaxaca, Mexico
There will be wine and non-alcoholic beverages as well, and plenty of water!
LIVE MUSIC BY DUSTY WRIGHT BAND!
Buy Your Tickets Now!
Early Bird All-Inclusive Tickets –$65 Food, Drinks & Fun with nothing to buy onsite! Increasing to $75 later this summer.
Father’s Day Package: $130 for 2 All-inclusive Tickets Plus 2 Pig Island T-shirts to Pickup at the Event. Available until June 30.
VIP Private Table, Includes a private tent, table, chairs and all-inclusive tickets for 6 people. Includes 6 t-shirts and your own cooler of beer, wine, and cider. $1,000. Limited number available.
All sales are final. Rain or shine.
Children under 12 free with ticketed parent
Community Partner -Friends of Firefighters
Our 501c3 charitable partner for the 2nd year, will be Red Hook, Brooklyn based Friends of Firefighters, which is dedicated to addressing the physical, mental health, and wellness needs of active and retired New York City firefighters and their families. Learn more about the organization here.
2019 Sponsor
Pig Island NYC 2019 is sponsored by Prime 6 – Premium Charcoal Briquettes. Made for chefs, restaurants and professional grillers who look at charcoal like any other quality ingredient in their kitchen. Prime 6 is engineered to perform.
Pig Island 2018 Judges’ Chef Awards
Best in Show:
• Chef Jesse Jones. Author of ‘POW! My Life in 40 Feasts’. His dish: whole hog pulled pork, cornmeal pancakes.
Best Whole Hog:
• Rodrigo Duarte. Special dish: Ribs in bladder. Writer Joe Distafano days Rodrigo is the best pork chef in the USA, at “caseiro e bon” In Newark, NJ
Best Traditional Ribs:
• Big Papa Smokem. He brought a unique hog roaster. And came to win! Pitmaster Mario Chape.
Best Original:
• Robbie Richter crew Ali, big Lou. Roasted pork, curried peach and cilantro
Best Presentation:
• Chef Roxanne Spruance of The Kingsley
Best Non-Traditional Ribs:
• Ladder 101 friends of firefighters. With toasted sesame seeds
Most Creative:
• Jason Fox of Hudson & Charles Craft Butchers. Sausage made from whole pig
Most Bad Ass Ribs:
• La Loncheria / Chefs Danny Mena & Luis Jiménez of La Loncheria.
Lifetime Achievement Award:
• Matt Fisher of Fletcher’s Brooklyn BBQ, Ribs
9th annual Pig Island NYC event was Saturday Sept 8th. on the Red Hook, Brooklyn waterfront.
This event included:
- Craft Beer, Cider & Spirits
- Celebrity Judges
- Flying Pigs Farm Ribs Challenge
- Live music
- Special Features
2018 Chefs, Special Features, and Celebrity line up:
Chefs
- Robert Cho of Kimchi Smoke
- Matt Fisher of Fletcher’s Brooklyn BBQ, Ribs
- Hoodoo Brown BBQ. #1 in Connecticut
- Gentle Giant Brewing & Barbecue. Pearl River NY
- Chef Billy Kooper of Route 66 Smokehouse. NYC
- Humberto Guallpa of Row House
- Mr. Fubz of Just+Add Beer. Ribs
- Bill Cooper of Route 66 Smokehouse
- Chef Roxanne Spruance of The Kingsley. East Village
- Rodrigo Duarte of Caseiro e Bom – Metro NYC’s greatest pork specialist.
- Flying Pigs Farm – Multiple stations, guest chefs and culinary students.
- Chefs’ Consortium
- Jimmy’s No. 43 & East Village Meat Market. Ribs & Corn with Davide Navarro from Mexico City
- Jason Fox of Hudson & Charles Craft Butchers. West Village
- La Loncheria / Chefs Danny Mena & Luis Jiménez of La Loncheria. Bushwick
- Chef Jesse Jones. Author of ‘POW! My Life in 40 Feasts’
- Friends of the Firefighters, Our Community Partner, Rib station
And Featuring Firefighter teams: - John Fuchs and Vincent of Ladder 101, Brooklyn
- Chef Eric Howard, Top 8 Master Chef and Aaron Clark of Ladder 4 Manhattan
Food Purveyors
- RocketFuel Hot Sauce
- Roni-Sue’s Chocolates, bacon corn with Nueske’s bacon.
- Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company
- Krave Jerky
Beer
- Sixpoint Craft Beer
- Guiness Sampling Tent
Hard Cider
- Indian Ladder Farms Cidery and Brewery, NY
- Diner Brew Co., NY
- Barrika Basque Country Cider
- Original Sin
- Urban Farm Fermentory, Maine
- Others
Spirits
- Breuckelen Distilling, NY
- Pig’s Nose Scotch
- Van Brunt Stillhouse, NY
Celebrity Judges
- Gennaro Pecchia, Co-host @rolandsfoodcourt @siriusxm
- Joe DiStefano @ Chopsticks & Marrow
- Adam Poch, Mr. Bacon
- Cathy Erway, Cookbook author and Heritage Radio Host
- Matt Rodbard, Editor in Chief | TASTE at Penguin Random House
Live Music by Dusty Wright & The Bush Hogs
https://dustywright.com
Community Partner -Friends of Firefighters
Friends of Firefighters is dedicated to addressing the physical, mental health, and wellness needs of active and retired New York City firefighters and their families
All-Inclusive Tickets – Food, Drinks & Fun with Nothing to buy onsite!
VIP Tent Limited Offer still available.
Recent Press about Pig Island
Pig Island’s Celebration of Pork Is Back in Red Hook on September 9 – NYC BBQ By Sean Ludwig, August 17, 2018
Pig Island To Test Your Capacity For Pork This September In Red Hook – Post by Gothamist on last years Pig Island event By Nell Case, Aug 1, 2017
We’ll be going hog wild at the beloved Pig Island on Saturday, September 8th,2018, as we return to the Brooklyn waterfront in Red Hook (across from Ikea)!
All sales are final. Rain or shine.
9th Annual Pig Island Farm and Chef Festival
Saturday, September 8, 2018
11:30am to 4pm
Red Hook Waterfront, Brooklyn
General Admission tickets on sale now
Vip tables, sponsorships, chef participation, media please email foodkarma@gmail.com
Children under 12 free with ticketed parent
*Chefs subject to change