Organizers of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, the world’s premier bacon fellowship organization, have recently announced the addition of Madison, WI to its annual bacon festival circuit. Wisconsin will be joining Iowa, Colorado and Iceland as Madison holds the Madison Bacon Festival, a Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival Event, on November 1, 2014 at the Alliant Energy Center.
“We are very excited to be the latest additions on the bacon festival circuit,” said Deb Archer, president and CEO of the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau (GMCVB). “The greater Madison area has long been known as a destination for foodies because of our amazing chefs, restaurant scene and farm-to-table culture. We are excited by this new partnership and are looking forward to welcoming bacon fans to our local community this November and expanding Madison’s list of culinary experiences for visitors and residents.”
Coordinators of the Madison Bacon Festival are excited to share their community with bacon-lovers in a creative and celebratory environment. Organized and promoted in partnership with the Madison community, the celebration will feature extensive bacon samplings from Wisconsin purveyors, bacon lectures, bacon-inspired dishes prepared by local restaurants, bacon competitions, an annual bacon queen contest, live entertainment and bacon fellowship.
“We’re delighted to break bacon with the great people of Wisconsin,” said Brooks Reynolds, co-founder of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. “Known for its extensive network of bacon purveyors like Jone’s Dairy Farm, Nueske’s and Patrick Cudahy, there is a lot for bacon-lovers to explore and celebrate here.”
Reynolds has already enlisted the help of Dr. Jeff Sindelar of the University of Wisconsin’s Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory in the search and recruiting of the state’s best bacons. “I work with a number of meat processors across Wisconsin… and there are a bunch of them, and some of these meat shops are producing bacon that is absolutely spectacular,” said Dr. Jeff Sindelar. “I’d like to see the Madison Bacon Festival offer bacon-lovers the opportunity to explore a number of bacon varieties and meet some of our local purveyors face-to-face.”