Top Chef Stars Go Beyond Bacon for a Porky Patty Melt

  • 10 years ago
Kevin Gillespie stops in at Pork Slope in Park Slope, Brooklyn, for fellow Top Chef Dale Talde's creative twist on a patty melt made with bacon's cousin -- sausage! A homemade Cheddar bratwurst stars in a sandwich aptly named the Porky Melt. Subscribe for a trip to bacon country: http://goo.gl/Z7lbS

Along with Chef Kevin Gillespie, we're going to explore all things porcine, from the pastry chefs who use it in desserts to the farms that raise the pigs. Our man Kevin was a "Fan Favorite" and finalist on Bravo's Top Chef. Plus, he's been nominated by the James Beard Foundations for the prestigious Rising Star Chef of the Year Award and was touted by Gayot.com as one of the top 5 rising U.S. chefs.

Co-owner and executive chef at Woodfire Grill Restaurant in Atlanta, Kevin's giving us the full lowdown on his over-the-top obsession with all things bacon. He's even got a tattoo of a pig on his arm. Now that's bacon dedication!

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