Three random Atlantic City eating challenges
| 5 lb. cheesesteak | Monster Cheesesteak Challenge | Reflection Cafe @ Harrah's Resort | Atlantic City, NJ | |
| 1 lb. burger | One Tun Burger | The Tun Tavern | Atlantic City, NJ | |
| 3 lb. burger | Pittsburger | Tailgaters | Galloway, NJ |
The Atlantic City Boat Show will hold a women-only wing eating contest on February 5 awarding two round trip tickets to anywhere Spirit Air flies and a flat screen TV.
Registration for the King Cake Eating Championship at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City on February 21 will open tomorrow on IFOCE.com at 11 am eastern.
Patch.com reports that David Brunelli won Sunday's Wing Bowl at Tailgaters in Galloway, NJ. Nick "papagiorgio" Kehler was the runner-up.
Patch.com reports that Tailgaters in Galloway, NJ will hold a wing eating contest November 20 before the Eagles vs. Giants game awarding $500 to the winner. The runner-up will receive a $250 gift card to Best Buy.
Will Millender reports that a team consisting of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Jon Squibb and Dave Brunelli won $2,500 at a wing eating contest for three person teams at the New Jersey State Barbecue Championship in Wildwood, NJ today.
The Bud Light Wing Challenge will award $2,500 to the winning three person team at the New Jersey State Barbecue Challenge in North Wildwood, NJ on July 9.
Jersey Bites has a report on last Saturday's Curley Fry eating contest held at Morey Piers in Wildwood, NJ won by Dave "US Male" Goldstein.
The facebook for Morey's Piers in Wildwood, NJ has a gallery of Saturday's curley fry eating contest won by Dave "US Male" Goldstein. An interview with competitor Justin Vitti is also available. update June 1 An article and video about the contest are also available.
Nick "PapaGiorgio" Kehler emails that Dave "US Male" Goldstein won today's curley fry eating contest at Morey Piers in Cape May, NJ with a total of 3.25 pounds in 7 minutes.
2011 Atlantic City Nathan’s qualifier
update May 30 Atlantic City Weekly and Brian Seiken have contest videos.
update 4:52 Full results have been posted Part 1 | Part 2
Men
1) Pat Philbin 27
2) Aaron Osthoff 26.5
3) Crazy Legs Conti 22
4) Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston 18.25
5) Yasir Salem 15
6) “Wild” Bill Myers 14.5
7) Joe Lopardo 12
Tom Grille 11
9) Andrew Kossuth 10
10 Tengiz Mammadov 4.5
Women
1) Sonya Thomas 34, 9th consecutive best performance in a Nathan’s qualifier
2) Elise Rosenberg 8
3) Kira Nightingale 6
update 3:23 Melissa Savoy reports that Pat Philbin won the men’s contest. A picture of Pat and his trophy.
update 2:55 Sonya’s total was 34 hot dogs. This is Sonya’s ninth Nathan’s qualifier victory in a row.
update 2:50 Hollywood Bee reports a woman won the overall contest (almost certainly Sonya Thomas)
The contest is expected to start at 2 pm.
The MLE facebook lists Sonya Thomas, Aaron Osthoff, Crazy Legs Conti, Pat Philbin, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston, "Wild" Bill Myers and Yasir Salem as expected competitors in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. Bob Shoudt, mentioned in previous previews, is not listed.
Dave "US Male" Goldstein is listed in the roster for the May 28 curley fry eating contest at Morey's Piers in Altantic City.
The Village Voice has a blog entry with several pictures about Saturday's Pizza Slaughter Fest contest held in Atlantic City.
Philly.com reports that the May 28 Atlantic City Nathan's qualifier will feature two of the IFOCE top 5: Bob Shoudt and Sonya Thomas. (Larell Marie Mele is also listed, but her competing is unlikely since she qualified yesterday.)
Jon Squibb announces that he won the Pizza Slaughter Fest contest in Atlantic City for the second year in a row. update Press of Atlantic City has an article and gallery. Dale Boone was the runner-up. update Tony Baloney's has a facebook gallery and FeetHands218 has videos Part 1 | Part 2
Atlantic City Weekly lists Sonya Thomas, Crazy Legs Conti, Pat Philbin and Larell Marie Mele as expected entrants in the Nathan's qualifier at Trump Plaza on May 28. (George Shea claims that Conti will be the first person to compete in the Nathan's finals 10 years in a row if he qualifies, which might be incorrect. The eatfeats database lists Eric "Badlands" Booker as competing in the finals from 1997 to 2006.)
PizzaSlaugherFest.com has a page about Saturday's pizza eating contest at Tony Boloney's in Atlantic City, NJ listing Jon Squibb, Dave Goldstein and Dale Boone as expected entrants.
Morey's Piers in Wildwood, NJ will hold a curley fries eating contest awarding $500 to the winner on May 28. Entrants will need to submit a video telling why they want to compete to receive a spot in the contest.
Lew Steiner has a video of Tuesday's king cake eating contest in Atlantic City won by Pat Bertoletti.
Pat Bertoletti repeats Atlantic City king cake
update March 10 Press of Atlantic City has an article and AroundPhilly has a gallery (via Pete Davekos’ twitter)
update 9:36 NBC40 has an article.
update 4:37 #4-#12 added
3:33 The eating contest twitter has the top 3:
1) Pat Bertoletti 9.25 king cakes
2) Bob Shoudt 9
3) Sonya Thomas 8.75
4) Juliet Lee 7
5) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 6.75
6) Pete Davekos 6.5
7T) Eric “Badlands” Booker 5.5
7T) Sean Gordon 5.5
9) Crazy Legs Conti 5
10) Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston 4.5
11) Brian Dudzinski 4
12) Jenn Doling Cavanaugh – crowd participant 1.5
Philly.com has a video preview of tomorrow's king cake eating contest in Atlantic City. (via Andrew Kossuth)
Johnny D's in Pleasantville, NJ (Atlantic City area) will award $1000 to a customer that finishes its 36 inch pizza in under 45 minutes in March.
Philly.com lists Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston and Sean Gordon as expected entrants in the World King Cake Eating Championship on March 8 at the Showboat in Atlantic City, NJ.
The facebook for Tony Boloney's Pizzeria in Atlantic City, NJ reports that Dave "US Male" Goldstein completed the 5 pound Mini-SlaughterStack in 23 minutes. (via email)
March & April 2011 IFOCE contests
The MLE facebook announces the return of Atlantic City King Cake (March 8), the Palm Beach Sweet Corn (April 16) and Stockton, CA asparagus (April 17) contests.
A poster on the Man v Food forum announces that Toojay’s Deli in Palm Beach Florida will hold its second corned beef eating contest on March 17. The purse for the professional contest will reportedly be $20,000 and $5,000 will be awarding in an amateur competition. No news of the 2011 contest is available on http://www.facebook.com/TooJaysDeli (via Wild Bill email)
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