Upcoming New York City eating contests
| 2012 Mar 8 | Hamantaschen Eating Championship | New York City, NY |
| 6 spicy wings | Death Wish | Lunchbox | Staten Island, NY | cannot drink for 10 minutes after finishing without |
| 50 oz. porterhouse | Bisctecca Fiorentina con L'Ossa for two | Bistecca Fiorentina | Manhattan, NY | also have a 32 oz. porterhouse for one |
| 24 in. sandwich | The Bayside Monster - defunct | Todd's New York BBQ & Roadhouse | Bayside, NY | restaurant closed - includes meat, cheeses, onions, hot and sweet peppers and about 1.5 pounds of fries |
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.
Will Millender announces that he won the wing eating contest held at Manchester Pub in New York City. Will has also started a new blog at bigwillthechampweightloss.blogspot.com
The NY Times small business blog has an entry about grand openings reporting that the total budget for the "Hottest Dog" contest judged by Joey Chestnut at the Banfield Pet Hospital in Brooklyn was $10,000 (Joey Chestnut's appearance fee was not split out.)
RecordSetter announces Takeru Kobayashi's total in today's turkey record attempt was 8.52 pounds in 10 minutes. update The official amount was 7.5 pounds (gallery) update Nov 24 Huffington Post has a video update Nov 24 #2 Huffington Post report |
2011 Wild Turkey 81 Eating Championship
update Nov 25 Time has an article and the New York Times has an article about preparing for Thanksgiving with quotes from Crazy Legs Conti (via email)
update Nov 24 The Huffington Post has an interview with Sonya Thomas
update Nov 23 A transcript of the chat session is available.
WT Bourbon has a contest video.
ABC has a blog entry and video
DealBreaker has a blog entry.
update 11:00 pm ESPN.com has an article about the contest. Sonya Thomas will do a chat session on ESPN.com tomorrow at noon eastern.
update 5:13 The New York Daily News has an article
update 4:04 DNAInfo has a blog entry with video
12:10 results:
1) Sonya Thomas 5.25 lb in 10 minutes
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 4.3
3) Allen Goldstein 3.94
4) Maria “Edible” 3.7
5) Crazy Legs Conti 3.6125
6) Pete Davekos 3.4775
7) “LA Beast” 3.45
11:50 The contest has started, follow on @WTBourbonMaster
The contest should be starting soon. Sonya Thomas appeared on the Boomer & Carton radio show this morning to promote the contest.
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A press release announces that Takeru Kobayashi will attempt to set a record for eating turkey at Turtle Bay in New York City on Wednesday. The event will be broadcast on Kobayashi's ustream channel.
A press release lists Sonya Thomas, Eric "Badlands" Booker and Crazy Legs Conti as expected entrants in tomorrow's Wild Turkey 81 Eating World Championship. The contest will be held at The Times Center on 41st Street near Times Square at 11 am. Booker and Conti delivered 81 turkeys to City Harvest today. (picture) update Pat Bertoletti says he would have liked to have an opportunity to defend his 2006/07 turkey titles, but did not receive a contest slot. update #2 Pete Davekos, Allen Goldstein and Maria "Edible" will also compete. "L. A. Beast" will be the only amateur. (A video of his turkey training session).
The Wild Turkey facebook is posting the competitors in Tuesday's turkey eating contest. Sonya Thomas is the first announced entrant.
Wild Turkey Bourbon will sponsor an IFOCE turkey eating contest in New York City on Monday Tuesday. A commenter claims this contest will be an invitational, which Rich Shea confirms.
OpieRadio has a video of a reversal during a mashed potato eating contest this morning at the Times Square Hard Rock Cafe.
The Brooklyn Daily reports on Joey Chestnut judging the "Hottest Dog" contest at the new PetSmart. The winning dog, Chloe, dressed as a hot dog.
The Opie & Anthony show will hold a mashed potato eating contest awarding hundreds of dollars Thursday morning at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square (via opieandanthony.me)
Joey Chestnut will serve as chief judge in Brooklyn's Hottest Dog at the Petsmart in Brooklyn tomorrow. Free hot dogs from Nathan's will be served during the contest. update A picture of Joey Chestnut at the event (via 2centralphoto).
A judgeship in the Nathan's finals is available in United for Lung Cancer's charity auction. Bidding (minimum $300) will open tomorrow and close on November 17. The item page says the bidding is for the July, 4 2011 contest and is illustrated with a picture of Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi (who will probably not compete in the 2012 finals). (via kNOwLungCancer)
The Carnegie Deli's pickle eating contest will be the focus of tonight's episode of Family Pickle on the RLTV cable network.
Pat Bertoletti reviewed two New York City pizza restaurants for FoodRepublic.com.
Will Millender has taken the lead in qualifying for Manchester Pub's wing eating contest by eating 15 wings in 1:34.
Richard Shea will appear on a panel of New York City game changers at Advertising Week's convention on October 4. Al Dejewski, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for Specific Media / MySpace will be another member of the panel.
Manchester Pub in Manhattan will hold a wing eating contest on December 11 awarding a 10 person open bar party. Qualify by being one of the five fastest people to eat 15 wings before November 24.
KenExcellence has about 30 minutes of video from Saturday's eating contest at the NYC Dumpling Festival.
Will Millender reports that "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti won today's pie eating contest at NYC Apple Day with a total of 2.5 pies in 7 minutes. (A gallery.
Joe Menchetti sets NYC Dumpling Festival record
update 11:15 Ekavet has a flckr gallery. Will Millender has videos of the women’s contest and first heat of the male contest. Feeding the Dragon has a video of the second heat won by Joe Menchetti.
update 2:41 Miss Korea BBQ reports that Joe Menchetti won the men’s contest with a total of 69 dumplings, breaking his record of 66. Will Millender reports that he took 3rd w/ 45 and that Dave Brunelli was runner up with 60. Marcos Owens was 4th with 44.
update 2:30 Floria Lee has repeated as the women’s winner with a total of 37 dumplings.
update 2:20 Will Millender reports that Dave Brunelli is the current leader of the men’s contest with 60 and that Joe Menchetti broke the stairs to the stage, which others confirm.
Today’s eating contest at the NYC Dumpling Festival should start at 2pm. Will Millender reports he is at the contest site along with Joe Menchetti, Mike Longo and Marcos Owens. Floria Lee and Olia Zaitseva will attempt to fill the top two spots in the women’s contest for the third straight year.
The shirt Will Millender is wearing at the contest displaying Mike Longo’s severed head can be purchased online.
Pat Bertoletti sets San Gennaro cannoli record, Marcos Owens 3rd
update Sept 17 The NY Daily News has an article.
update Sept 16 The Daily Mail has an article with pictures and Larell Marie has a gallery. Lagalagny has a contest video.
update 4:50 i-Italy has a gallery
1) Pat Bertoletti 32 cannolis in 6 minutes, new record
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 16
3) Marcos Owens 15
4) Crazy Legs Conti 14.5
5) Allen “Shredder” Goldstein 14
6T) Yasir Salem 13
6T) Larell Marie Mele 13
8 Maria “Edible” 11
update Pat Bertoletti has set a new record with 32 cannolis.
Pat Bertoletti, Eric “Badlands” Booker, Allen “Shredder” Goldstein, Maria “Edible”, Larell Marie Mele and Yasir Salem are expected to compete in this afternoon’s cannoli eating contest at the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy, NYC.
Richard Shea called the winner of last year’s cannoli contest “US Fail”.
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