pig out

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if you've ever played the "what three foods would you take to a deserted island" game and listen any pig product, Cochon 555 would be your fantasy deserted island.

A pork cooking competition promoting sustainable pork raising, Cochon brought in five stud local chefs, Michelle Bernstein of Michy's, Edge's Aaron Brooks, The Ravenous Pig's James Petrakis, Michael Schwartz and Bradley Herron of Michael's Genuine, and Cafe Boulud's James Strine. And they porked their pants off- we don't really know what that's supposed to mean, but it was pork a plenty. There was a pig getting a tat, via Miami Ink, and there were temporary tattoos from Michael's Genuine that read "Fat Pig"- I would be surprised if there wasn't someone in the ballroom at the Four Seasons with a genuine tat of a pig related product under their sleeve.

Michelle Bernstein winded up winning the competition and her food was truly delicious, but really there wasn't a bad thing in the room. We tried deep fried blood pudding buffalo style from Edge and beer ice cream with chicharrones and another variety of pork ice cream and it was all tasty, no it was all, like, crazy, amazing good.

All in all it was like being one of those blessed people that get invited to sit in on restaurant wars in

Top Chef

, but better, maybe more like

Top Chef Masters

(when is Michy going to be on that and not just

Real Housewives of Miami

?).