Pig Island NYC is back for its 13th year and returning to Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens on Staten Island for the second year in a row. More than 20 chefs will come together for this pork-laden festival and compete for the most delicious porcine dishes. There will also be craft beer, hard cider, spirits and other food offerings – ALL-INCLUSIVE!

Your ALL-INCLUSIVE ticket includes:
-20+ chefs serving a variety of dishes
-Heritage Farms/Sea Island Forge vegetable grilling station
-Craft beer from Six Point, Killsboro and Flagship
-Laphroiag, Maker’s Mark and Jim Beam spirits
-Additional RGNY wine and New York state spirits: Fort Hamilton Distillery, and Upstate Vodka (welcome cocktail), beer and cider – TBA
-Hot Sauce Alley featuring Sauce King NYC award winners like Coney Island Saucery, Rocket Fuel hot sauce, Bayou Gotham sauces, and Xilli salsa and mole
-Heritage Hogs and local farmers
-Community partner Friends of Firefighters

2022 Chefs who will be competing:

Bret Lunsford and the team from Blue Smoke
Matt Fisher – Queens Custom Barbecue
Mike Lapi – SUNY Cobleskill
Kim Plafke – The Meat Hook
Cenobio Canalizo – Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue
Don Rodrigo Duarte working with his own heritage farmers at Puro Cut Catering
Joe Musngi – SmoKING of Meats (going for the 2022 trifecta, he won judges 1st place award already at both Brisket king nyc, and Rib King NYC)
Friends of Firefighters Chef Nick Bavaro
Jimmy’s No. 43 All Star Team bringing back their vegetable grilling station
Anna Grayzel × Grateful Bao
Antonio Olive Jr. @backdraftbarbq1, with an all star team @opbbqrelief Connecticut
Pure Grit BBQ, VEGAN BBQ
Harry Rosenblym’s Steak Club Launch
Jase Franklin, Jase bbq, Queens, jerk bbq
Many more!