Cochon 555 is coming to Miami with St. Francis Winery & Vineyards, a Certified Sustainable, family-owned California winery. This national dinner series features notable chefs who reinvent the traditional steakhouse experience. The country’s most hyper-local culinary competition is proud to bring Private Dining Cochon “PDC,” a dinner series that celebrates source-driven chefs, prominent winemakers, and humanely certified proteins, to Miami. The Cochon 555 Large Format Feast campaign spotlights the growing popularity of premium cuts of heritage pork on prominent steakhouse menus. The dinner series supports the conversation about responsible farming, buying whole animal and sourcing the best naturally raised beef and pork, ultimately setting a course for a safer food system.
On Saturday, April 18, past Grand Cochon winners, Chef Jose Mendin of Pubbelly, Chef Danny Smiles of La Bremner in Montreal, and Cochon 555 founder Brady Lowe will co-host an epic “Big Beef vs Heritage Pig” four-course dinner paired with new wines from St. Francis Winery. The culinary experience begins with a welcome reception of reserve Prosciutto di Parma followed by a seated dinner of family-farm raised, antibiotic-free, Creekstone Duroc Pork side-by-side with Creekstone Farm Black Angus Beef. The courses will be paired with the new Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc and the new, upscale Reserve Tier Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel from St. Francis Winery. To close the evening, guests will enjoy a discussion of spirits featuring Hirsch and Old Potrero 18th Century from Anchor Distilling.
The teams are proud to support this celebration of responsible agriculture, perfect for wine, spirit and food lovers. Guests will also enjoy an artisan cheese course from Cochon 555 founder, Brady Lowe, and a special dessert course.
A young generation of winemakers, Katie Madigan and Chris Louton, and Vineyard Manager Jake Tyrrell are defining the future of Sonoma wine making with a new vision for St. Francis Winery. Proud to support this celebration of responsible agriculture, they are traveling around the USA with the Cochon 555 tour to promote St. Francis Winery’s commitment to sustainability and to quality wines that best represent their place of origin. “Working with the Pubbelly Boys is always an honor, they keep creating some of the most talked about destination restaurants,” says Cochon 555 founder Brady Lowe. “They are totally redefining the meat culture and taking Miami dining to the next horizon. The contemporary approach, with large format offerings, gives a distinctive Miami flavor to Private Dining Cochon.”
Following the Large Format Feast, the St. Francis winemaking team will be pouring at the Cochon 555 competition on Sunday, where five top chefs are challenged to create a winning menu from a locally raised heritage breed pig. The PDC “Large Format Feast” Series is a national dinner event series showcasing 10 of the nation’s top chefs, who are reinventing the steakhouse culture. Special thanks go to the dinner hosts, including the winemaking team of St. Francis Winery, the culinary team of Pubbelly, Creekstone Farms, Anchor Distilling and The Cochon US Tour. Dinners like these support whole animal culture, which helps lessen the burden on small family farms. Tickets are available for purchase here.
L’echon Brasserie, 6261 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33141 786.483.1611
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Welcome Reception & Dinner: 7:00-9:30 p.m.
COST: $115 per guest (includes tax and gratuity; includes wine pairings)