The Monteverde team, led by head chef, Sarah Grueneberg, competed in the annual Cochon555 event, in which five Chicago chefs face off to be crowned Prince or Princess of Porc. Using a whole pig (a mangalitsa, to be exact), the MV crew whipped up 6 courses, using Chicago neighborhoods as influence. I then designed a menu for each dish, incorporating the pig with the neighborhood theme. Team MV and Chef Sarah were victorious at Cochon555, and moved on to the National Cochon event in Aspen.