Denham to open heritage pork processing facility

Exciting news from Business First:
http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/p ... ssing.html

( Premium content, so I'm posting part of it here for non-subscribers)
Local chef and entrepreneur Jay Denham is planning a pork-processing and distribution facility in Louisville in a building that once was part of a building-supply shop and, later, a Salvation Army thrift store.

Denham, a former executive chef at Park Place on Main and at other local restaurants, and a group of investors have formed The Curehouse LLC, a company that will process high-end, cured Italian and Spanish meats.

He said he and his partners own a 300-acre farm in West Virginia, where they raise heritage pigs, a free-range breed known for producing high-quality pork.

I've enjoyed Jay's artisan cured hams at our Food Literacy Project fundraisers- truly some of the best I've ever had. Jay is a seriously talented chef- I'm sure the products from The Curehouse will be fantastic.
Deb

This is very exciting news and a great addition to Louisville

I've heard rumors of this project since last July and had wondered if it was really going to happen. I really wish him the best of luck. It sounds like an awesome addition to Louisville.

Are they thinking along the lines of La Quercia of Iowa? We have some guanciale coming from their facility to try on our pizzas. It would be wonderful to have something like that located in Louisville.

http://laquercia.us/

To clarify this is not a slaughter house operation is it? My husband ,son and I have a good idea where this might be going and hope it is a processing facility not a slaughter house...totally different odors.

To clarify this is not a slaughter house operation is it? My husband ,son and I have a good idea where this might be going and hope it is a processing facility not a slaughter house...totally different odors.

No, Bev- no slaughtering. Think of it as an artisan sausage/cured meat-making facility- making/packaging ( I assume) fine hams/ salami/proscuittos/etc.

Deb

Deb, Thank you for the clarification, this is what I thought and hoped for but wasn't sure.

These will be ultra premium products. From my conversations with Jay, he has been supplying some well known nationally establishments for some time. I wish him all the best with this new endeavour.