NEW YORK CITY— Cronut king Dominique Ansel will put the power of his pastries to good use for a charity auction benefiting NYC's God's Love We Deliver. "The Cronut Mission" will team Ansel with a slew of celebrities — including Heidi Klum, Joan Rivers, and Amanda Freitag — who will each hand-decorate a one-of-a-kind Cronut box, containing two of Ansel's Thanksgiving Cronuts (featuring pumpkin cream and a gold-leaf topping). Budding for the boxes starts on November 18; more information here. [EaterWire]
THE TV SET— The Esquire Network will air the season's final four episodes of its culinary competition Knife Fight during a two-hour block tonight. Stefan Richter, Bruce Kalman, Jason Travi, and Neal Fraser are among the competing chefs, while the likes of Michael Voltaggio, Mark Peel, and Drew Barrymore step in as guest judges. The block starts at 9p.m. on the Esquire Network. [EaterWire]
LONDON— After seven months of raising pigs on Stepney City Farm (and feeding them food scraps), London's the Pig Idea will serve up the goods during a free culinary event on November 21. The feast goes down at London's Trafalgar Square starting at noon. [EaterWire]
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