Three random New Orleans eating challenges
| 10 tacos | Ten Taco Challenge | Munchies | Chalmette, LA | |
| 1.5 lb. burger | Wall of Fame Burger | Times Grill | 4 LA & 3 FL sites, LA | |
| 8 scoop sundae | Tchoupitoulas Challenge | The Creole Creamery | New Orleans, LA |
Registration for the Atlanta Hooters qualifier and Acme Oyster Eating Championship will open tomorrow. Both contests will take place on June 3.
Sonya Thomas threepeats French Quarter Festival crawfish contest
update April 20 Super4everFun has a video of the entire contest and Houma Today has an article about Buddy “The Bricklayer” Prejean. (via comment)
update April 15 The WayWard Path has a blog entry and gallery and video. NOLADefender has an article.
3:33 The top 3:
1) Sonya Thomas 3.3 pounds in 10 minutes, third victory in a row
2) Crazy Legs Conti 2.8 pounds
3) Adrian Morgan 2.45
2:24 James Karst won the amateur contest and Travers Mackel, the 2011 amateur winner, was the runner-up.
2:14 pm The amateur contest is over.
2:04 pm The amateur contest has started.
BestOfNewOrleans.com has an interview with Adrian Morgan (via Rich Shea).
WWL-TV has a video of the last 20 seconds of this morning's crawfish eating contest between Crazy Legs Conti and "Fireman" Mike. (picture)
Sonya Thomas, Adrian Morgan, Crazy Legs Conti, Nate Biller and Damien Boykin are among the expected competitors in Saturday's crawfish eating contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.
2011 New Orleans Oysters
11:53 Ryan Shams has emailed additional results
1) Pat Bertoletti 39 dozen
2) Aaron Osthoff 38 dozen
3) Adrian Morgan 32 dozen
4) Crazy Legs Conti 29 dozen
5) Gary Klucken 38 dozen
Ryan Shams 11 dozen
10 Mia “Meatballz” Davekos 7 dozen
3:30 Crawfish has the top 3, via Adrian Morgan’s facebook: 1st Pat Bertoletti 39 dozen 2nd Aaron Osthoff 38 3rd Adrian Morgan 32 dozen
3:16 “Patrick Bernaletti” was the winner.
3:06 The unnamed winner ate 39 dozen in 8 minutes, a new record.
update 3 pm eastern The contest has started.
The contest should start at 1 pm central, 2 pm eastern
Louisiana Seafood News reports that Pat Bertoletti and Adrian Morgan will compete in the World Oyster Eating Championship in New Orleans Sunday.
IFOCE.com announces that registration for the June 5 Acme Oyster Eating Championship will open today (May 5) at 1 pm eastern.
Sonya Thomas wins French Quarter Festival crawfish in OT
Results from the eating contest twitter (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Sonya Thomas 3.75 (3.25 after regulation)
2) Adrian Morgan 3.5 lb. (3.25 after regulation)
3) Aaron Burglua, 2.625 New Orleans chef
4T) J Robin 2.5
4T) Travis 2.5
6T) Frank 2.25
6T) Crazy Legs Conti 2.25
6T) Damien Boykin 2.25
6T) Will
10T) Elliot
10T) Nasty Nate Biller
12) James
3:58 Scott Flodin reports Sonya Thomas won the overtime. Adrian Morgan was runner-up.
3:53 Jason Dominy reports Sonya Thomas dominated the contest.
3:49 Scott Flodin reports the contest has gone into overtime.
3:04 pm The contest has started according to this picture
The MLE facebook announces that Crazy Legs Conti, Adrian Morgan and Nate Biller are expected to compete in the crawfish eating contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans a week from tomorrow. According to the eatfeats database, this will be the first meeting for Conti & Morgan since the controversial Nathan's qualifier in Escondido, CA.
IFOCE.com: Registration for the World Crawfish Eating Championship in New Orleans on April 9 will open today at 2:30 pm eastern.
Izzo's Illegal Burrito in Covington, Louisiana will hold a burrito eating contest awarding two tickets to a New Orleans Saints game as part of its grand opening celebration on October 23.
drjdawg has uploaded a video of the entire oyster eating contest held at the New Orleans Oyster Festival earlier this month.
2010 Acme Oyster contest
update #2 SonyaTheBlackWidow has the top 3:
1) Sonya Thomas 37 dozen in 8 minutes
2) Amateur 21 dozen
3) Crazy Legs Conti 19 dozen
update nic511 reports that Sonya Thomas won the contest with a total of 37 dozen oysters.
The MLE oyster contest is expected to start at 3pm eastern. Members of The Deadliest Catch cast will compete in an undercard.
The New York Times has an article about the Oyster Festival, which was originally planned to start in 2006 and cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.
Daily Comet lists defending champion Sonya Thomas, Crazy Legs Conti and Micah Collins as expected entrants in Sunday's Acme World Oyster Eating Championship in New Orleans.
Grand Isle in New Orleans will hold a crawfish eating contest tomorrow to benefit fishermen affected by the BP oil spill.
Rich Shea announces that registration for the June 6 Acme Oyster eating contest in New Orleans will open tomorrow at 2pm.
Me-Too and the New Orleans Jesters have galleries of Saturday's crawfish contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.
Sonya Thomas wins French Quarter Festival crawfish
update Apr 11 HumidBeings has a short video
update 11:02 Rich Shea did an interview this morning
Some pictures:
update 3:55 facebook.com/eatfast: top 4
1) Sonya Thomas 6.5 lbs.
2) Nick Bauer 4.5 lbs.
3T) Elliot Guidry 2.5 lbs.
3T) Will Peters 2.5 lbs.
5T) Tim Brown, Kevin Ross, Adrian Morgan 1.5 lbs.
update 3:51 Liz Money confirms that Sonya Thomas won
update 3:41 twitter.com/jlaurie: “Tiny asian chic eats 6.5 lbs of crawfish…wins”
update 3:40 Results have yet to be announced 30 minutes after the end of the contest
update 3:05 GSheppard has a picture of the contest.
The crawfish contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans should be starting in about 30 minutes.
Rich Shea announces that Sonya Thomas, Tim "Gravy" Brown and Kevin Ross are expected to compete in tomorrow's crawfish eating contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.
MLE crawfish contest April 10
The MLE facebook announces that a crawfish eating contest will take place at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans on April 10.
twitter: Sonya Thomas reclaims Acme Oyster title
update NewOrleans.com has a gallery
3:49 Official top 3 from http://twitter.com/gcshea/status/1552869281
1. Sonya Thomas, 29 dozen in 8 minutes
2. Pat Bertoletti 26 dozen
3. Tim “Eater X” Janus 22 dozen
3:22 Ginger Gibson reports that Sonya has won with 29 dozen in 8 minutes.
3:14 The contest has started
3:00 The contest has yet to start, see http://twitter.com/annawhitlow
for pictures
update http://twitter.com/gingergibson is posting updates on the contest. The contest is just about to start as of 2:45 pm eastern
The Acme Oyster website has been revamped. The online Wall of Fame for the 15 dozen club (which had not been updated since 2005) has been dropped and Adam Richman is the only member currently mentioned on the new 15 dozen club page.
Tomorrow's schedule for the French Quarter Festival. The Acme oyster eating contest will begin at noon at the Louisiana State Museum’s Old U.S. Mint.
NewOrleansCVB.com has a preview of Saturday's Acme oyster eating contest, but no expected entrants are listed.
ScozzyBone on MTV last night
Last night’s episode of How’s Your News did not include footage of the main Acme Oyster eating contest won by Pat Bertoletti, but Scott “ScozzyBone” Zukowski, billed as the New Orleans oyster champ, did compete against one of the program’s reporters in a short oyster contest. A video clip of the segment can be viewed online.
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