The cream-of-the-crop culinary competition and tasting event centered around the one and only pig comes to Seattle for its third year in a row.

On February 20, COCHON 555 continues its 10-city national culinary competition promoting heritage breed pigs and breed diversity by making a stop in the Emerald City.

The tasting event, held at The Westin, will challenge five chefs, including John Sundstrom of Lark, Holly Smith of Cafe Juanita, Rachel Yang of Joule, Jason Stratton of Spinasse and Ethan Stowell of Staple & Fancy Mercantile, to prepare a menu created from five heritage breed pigs, nose to tail.

Pig-loving epicureans will have a chance to sample these dishes along with wines from five different small wineries, including Syncline, K Vintners, Elk Cove Vineyards, Scott Paul and Domaine Serene, as well as the opportunity to help select the “King or Queen of Porc.”

In addition, guests will be treated to the whole pig butcher competition, followed by three whole roasted pigs presented by Adam Stevenson of Earth & Ocean and D’Artagnan and the infamous “Swine & Sweets” dessert featuring TCHO.

The VIP lounge begins 90 minutes early and details can be found online. General admission tickets start at $125.

Want more juicy details? Watch the 2011 trailer.