Chef Diego Oka Of La Mar “prince Of Porc”

Chef Diego Oka of La Mar by Gastón Acurio was crowned the Prince of Porc at Cochon U.S. Tour held at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach. Chef Diego will go on to represent Miami against the other nine cities’ winners in Grand Cochon at Snowmass / Aspen for the title of 2016 King or Queen of Porc and the grand prize, a four-day wine experience in Rioja, Spain’s most prominent wine region. This year’s Miami event benefitted the Piggy Bank, a farm devoted to providing free heritage breed pigs and business plans to emerging family farms.