Pig Island NYC is back for its 12th 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-included with a general admissions ticket!

We will be honoring the 20th anniversary of both 9/11 and our community partner Friends of Firefighters which provides free mental health and wellness services to New York firefighters and their families. There will be a raffle benefiting their 20th anniversary campaign as well as the inaugural Friends of Firefighters’ People’s Choice Award. Our all-star lineup of visiting chefs and superstar teams are joining us to honor this 20 year milestone.

Highlights of the all-inclusive picnic event include a VIP Pitmaster’s breakfast headlined by Tank Jackson of Charleston’s Holy City Hogs, Rob Nelson of High South Hospitality Group and chef and firefighter Nathan Richard. 

This year there we’ve got two super teams cooking heritage breed hogs from amazing farmers.

Blair Machado of Black Barn Farms in Bethel, ME leads the Gentle Giant Brewing Company comprised of brewery owner Matt Worgul, Jake Wood of Lawrence Barbecue in Raleigh, North Carolina, Tyler Trainum of Autumn Olive Farms in Shenandoah Valley, VA, Dana Reed of Reed Boyz BBQ in New Jersey and Al Lakomskis of Sucker Brook Farm in Seneca Falls, NY.

Pitmaster Matthew Deaton of Fredericksburg, VA will lead a team including Lamara Davis of Los Angeles, CA, Jametta Raspberry of House of Gristle in Minneapolis, MN and Lynn Wells of Thyme Well Spent in Greensboro,NC.

We’ve got over twenty exciting chefs cooking heritage breed and local hogs all competing for best whole hog and best bite at Pig Island. The event will also feature vegetables grown on-site at the Snug Harbor Heritage Farm. 

All-inclusive VIP and early bird priced tickets are on sale now.

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden is an 83-acre outdoor venue. Guests are encouraged to come at the start of the event as some restaurants may run out of food later in the day and to bring their own picnic blankets or camp chairs. The event is held rain or shine.

Read More:
5 Top BBQ Events to Attend This Year from The Smoke Sheet
Staten Island Sumer 2021 Festivals on SILive.com

Festival Preview

• • Tank Jackson, Holy City Hogs, SC cooking Holy City Hogs Pork
    • Featuring Rob Nelson and Trevor Kunk
  • Kim Plafke, The Meat Hook, Brooklyn, NY
  • Blair Machado, Gentle Giant Brewing Company, Pearl River, NY cooking Berkabaw Pork from Autumn Olive Farms
    • Featuring Matt Worgul, Jake Wood, Tyler Trainum, Dana Reed and Al Lakomskis
  • Matthew Deaton, Fredericksburg, VA cooking Royal Jabali Pork from Comfort Farms
    • Featuring Lamara Davis, Jametta Raspberry and Lynn Wells 
  • Mario DiBiase, Sotto Voce/Pork Mafia, Brooklyn, NY
  • Jesse Jones, NJ
  • Roxanne Spruance, Bedford Post Dining, Bedford, NY
  • Jase Franklyn, Jase’s BBQ, NY
  • Matt Fisher, Queen’s Custom Barbecue, NY
  • Cenobio Canalizo, Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue, Brooklyn, NY
  • Mario Chape, Big Papa Smoke’m, NJ
  • Nathan Richard, Representing Friends of Firefighters, New Orleans, LA
  • Angelo Competiello, Brick and Dough, Montclair, NJ
  • Rodrigo Duarte, Dealaman Enterprises Team, NJ
  • Jeff Schmidt, Hindsight Barbecue, Waterbury, CT
  • David Navarro, Jimmy’s No. 43 All-Star cooking Snug Harbor Heritage Farm Vegetables
  • Lineup subject to change

  
  

  Sauces from:
  

  • Coney Island Saucery
  • Bayou Gotham
  • And more to come!

  Craft Beer and Cider, Wine, Bourbon and Spirits from:

  • Flagship Brewing Co., Staten Island, NY
  • Kills Boro Brewing Company, Staten Island, NY
  • Indian Ladder Cidery and Brewery
  • Gentle Giant Brewery
  • Union Beer distributors
  • Austin Eastciders
  • Romilly Cidre
  • Original Sin Cider 
  • The Long Drink
  • Luck Springs
  • Knob Creek
  • Laphroaig
  • Maker’s Mark
  • Jim Beam
  • and more to be announced…

  Event Sponsors:

  
  

Prime 6 Charcoal is the official charcoal sponsor of Food Karma Events including their flagship Pig Island event. Participating chefs will be cooking with Prime 6’s sustainable hardwood charcoal briquettes.

Kikuichi Cutlery has been making artisan knives of the highest quality for 750 years. Kikuichi is a proud sponsor of and award presenter at Food Karma events.

Tickets:

VIP Pitmasters’ Breakfast ($150 + fee) includes an all-inclusive ticket with early entry at 11:00 AM to meet the chefs and makers and sample the first bites of the day plus an exclusive t-shirt and guaranteed seating.

VIP Tables ($1,250) include 8 all-inclusive VIP tickets with early entry, designated seating and exclusive t-shirts.

Early Bird Tickets ($55 + fee) include an all-inclusive food and drink ticket at a discounted price for 12:00 PM general admission, discounted price only available through May 1.

General Admission ($65 + fee) includes an all-inclusive food and drink ticket for 12:00 PM admission.

Kids 12 and under free with ticketed parent or guardian
No Refunds.
Rain or Shine.
21 and over.