AGENDA
ITEM
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-12
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GONZALES HONORING BAKER’S BACON UPON ITS SELECTION AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2025 MONTEREY
PENINSULA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD WHEREAS, Baker’s Bacon is a small-batch, artisanal bacon producer that makes “Bacon the Way It’s Supposed To Be,” for professional chefs, emerging restaurateurs, or cooking at home; and WHEREAS, in 2011, after a long and successful career both in England and California, Chef Tony Baker began his mission to recreate the high-quality bacon he was accustomed to while growing up in the countryside of England by using a time-honored curing and double-smoking technique; and WHEREAS, Chef Tony Baker came up with Baker’s Bacon in a market saturated with massproduced, watery bacon as he wanted bacon for his restaurant that met his top-quality expectations while being cost-effective; and
WHEREAS, Baker’s Bacon began with a partnership between long-time smoke master and bacon expert Steve Sacks at Prime Smoked Meats in Oakland, California. Baker and Sacks worked together for over a year experimenting with cures until they settled on the recipe that is still in use today; and
WHEREAS, Baker’s Bacon provides products that are antibiotic-free, chef-quality, responsibly sourced, perfectly balanced in salt, sugar, and smoke, and made from humanely raised, heritage breed, and vegetarian fed pork; and
WHEREAS, Baker’s Bacon began making bacon for the three restaurants in Coastal Roots Hospitality (Montrio, Tarpy’s, and Rio Grill) and then expanded into wholesale distribution, selling his bacon to other chefs around the country; and
WHEREAS, Chef Tony Baker holds multiple awards to his name, including the United Fresh Produce Excellence in Foodservice award in fine dining, the American Culinary Federation’s 2018 “Chef of the Year,” and Edible Magazine’s “Chef of the Year,” and he has also been invited as a guest chef for several events including Obsession at Northcote Manor and the prestigious Pebble Beach Food & Wine.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Gonzales, on behalf the community and its residents, hereby congratulates Baker’s Bacon upon its selection as the recipient of the 2025 Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Gonzales at a regular meeting held on the 2
nd day of March 2026, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Jose L. Rios, The Honorable Mayor
ATTEST:
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Mary Villegas, Deputy City Clerk