Upcoming New York City eating contests
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The Nathan' Famous facebook page is holding a sweepstakes awarding four VIP seats to the contest finals July 4.
New poll: addition to Crif Dog Classic field
The new poll asks what independent eater you would most like to see added to the Crif Dog Classic field. A list of the personal hot dog bests of the choices according to the eatfeats database follows after the jump. (“Furious” Pete Czerwinski received an invitation, but declined).
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Dave Brunelli had the fastest Go!Go!Curry! qualifying time (37 sec).
Johnnie Excel has a blog entry about competing in the Crif Dog Classic.
Go!Go!Curry! has announced the current leaders in qualifying for its curry eating championship on May 26 (the top 5 times will compete in the finals): "Japanese Champ Mr. Okamura 0:53sec US Joe Menchetti 0:46sec Paul Arcaria 0:51sec Louis Wong 1:50 sec Rex Feng 1:53 sec Ryan Wynn 2:16 sec". The final qualifying session will take place tomorrow.
Crif Dog Classic field personal hot dog bests
The New York Daily News and Yahoo! Postgame have articles about the Crif Dog Classic. A list of the personal bests in 10-12 minute hot dog eating contests for the announced field for that competition follows:
| 2009 Jul 4 | 2nd | 64.5 | 10 min | Takeru Kobayashi | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2011 Sep 5 | 2nd | 29 | 10 min | Tom “Goose” Gilbert | West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship | Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2011 Jul 4 | 3rd | 28.5 | 10 min | Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2007 Jun 28 | 2nd | 26.5 | 12 min | Brad “The Lunatic” Sciullo | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | West Chester, PA |
| 2011 Sep 5 | 5th | 22.75 | 10 min | Johnnie Excel | West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship | Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2010 May 29 | 5th | 20 | 10 min | Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Atlantic City, NJ |
Kobayashi to compete in Crif Dog Classic in NYC July 4
(via Darren Rovell) CrifDogClassic.com has a press release announcing that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at Roberta’s in Brooklyn on July 4. Other listed competitors are Stephanie Torres, Tom Gilbert, Johnnie Excel, Dave “US Male” Goldstein and Brad Sciullo. No prizes or qualifiers are listed; two entrants will be selected using reddit.com. The competition will be streamed on SI.com.
$15,000 purse announced for Hooters wing finals in NYC on July 28. Breakdown: $7,500 / $3,000 / $2,000 / $1,000 / $750 / $500 / $250
The website for Go!Go!Curry! has a page about its 2012 eating contest. As in previous years, the finals on May 26 at the Times Square location will award a $500 AmEx gift card.
Pickle Me Pete will hold a pickle eating contest in Manhattan on May 27.
Qualifying for the 4th Go! Go! Curry! eating championship will start on April 25.
The twitter for Simon's Deli announces that it will be the site of a cannoli eating contest on tonight's episode of Mama's Boys of The Bronx on TLC at 10 pm eastern. One of the characters on the program is "Pretty Boy" Pete D(iFiglia), which might be a trademark violation.
Bob's Blitz claims that Nathan's will use tofu hot dogs in the 2012 hot dog eating contest circuit in response to a request from Mayor Bloomberg.
Cracked.com has a list of five awful life lessons learned from an attempt at the phaal challenge at Brick Lane Curry in Manhattan.
ESPN New York reports that the Carnegie Deli has added the "Jetbow" sandwich to its menu in honor of Tim Tebow's trade to the New York Jets. The sandwich weighs 3.5 pounds and contains corned beef, pastrami, roast beef and American cheese and white bread. The Village Voice gave the new item a negative review. In 2010, the deli created a "Lebron MVP" sandwich to entice LeBron James to sign with the Knicks.
The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about Thursday's hamantaschen eating contest sponsored by El Al.
Will Millender announces he won the Diet Bet pizza eating contest held at Ripley's Believe it or Not with by eating 1.5 giant pizza slices in two minutes. Joel Podelsky was the runner up. Brooklyn Fans has a video interview with Will Millender. update A press release about the contest is available.
The El Al facebook has a gallery of today's Hamantaschen eating contest held in New York City. Robbie Wizenberg won the amateur contest with 14, but did not beat Will Millender's total (25) which would have doubled his prize. The Lerman Report has a Purim message from Zhychick update A video is available. update The NY Daily News has a video & short article
A picture of the Nathans' Famous wall of fame with Kobayashi can still be viewed on the official facebook for the restaurant chain. The wall was redone last year to remove Kobayashi's image.
The Yeshiva University website has a blog entry about Takeru Kobayashi's appearance last night where he helped at a giant hamantaschen in honor of Purim. The event was organized by Yeshiva's Stern College for Women Chemistry Club.
A press release has more information about the hamantaschen eating contest that will award a trip to Israel on El Al Airlines.
"LA Beast" announces he finished the 87 ounce steak at the Lone Star in Brooklyn in 30 minutes. update Feb 18 confirmation from the restaurant twitter
El Al Airlines will hold a hamantaschen eating contest awarding a trip to Israel. update Entrants will submit videos of eating feats and the top 10 vote receivers will compete in a contest in New York City on March 8. Professionals (defined as individuals who have participated in 2 or more eating contests) are not allowed. update Feb 11 Will Millender announces that he will be participating in the contest as a professional. If the amateur winner beats him, the prize will double.
Ken has set up a youtube channel devoted to New York City eating contests which has footage of 2011 Nathan's and the Dumpling Festival competition.
NY Daily News reports that the Nathan's Famous on the Coney Island Boardwalk (not the site of the annual competition at Surf & Stillwell) has signed an 8 year lease for a larger location on the Boardwalk.
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