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Pat Bertoletti describes to TMZ the Thanksgiving meal he is planning to cook at his parents house.
Pat Bertoletti repeats Pompano Park pickles
update Results from the MLE facebook
1) Pat Bertoletti 5.2 lbs in 6 min, .55 pounds off 2010 result
2) Bob Shoudt 2nd 3.4, 2 pounds off 2010 result
3) Steve Piccolo 3rd 2.4
4) Jon Bellow 2.2
5) Sean “Wrecking Ball” Brockert 2.1
6) Bruce Ollis 1.4
6:55 The contest has started
In his most recent video, Pat Bertoletti attempts to drink 75 double shots (total volume: 2 gallons) in under 3 minutes.
Pat Bertoletti edges Tim Brown to win Battle of the Bhut
update Sept 7 NBCChicago has an article
Results from the MLE facebook from today’s Battle of the Bhut [Jolokia] wing eating contest at Jake Melnick’s in Chicago: Part 1 | Part 2
1 Pat Bertoletti 52 spicy wings in 5 minutes
2 Tim “Gravy” Brown 51
3 Erik Denmark 44, 2010 winner
4 Eric “Badlands” Booker 30
5 Andrew “the Bear” Kogutkiewicz 28
6 Paul Zwiercan 26,
7 Mike Whyte 19
8 Sean Mulcahey 18
9 Carolyn Mielke 14
10 Geoff Connus 12
XA.Social has an interview with Pat Bertoletti about competing in the Battle of the Bhut in Chicago on Sunday.
CP Hong Kong has a post about Patrick Bertoletti (in Chinese), so he might be competing in the CP Biggest Eater qualifier in Hong Kong on November 20.
Glutton Force Five, the food truck owned by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown, will have a soft opening today at "Rise of the Stripping Dead" at the Admiral Theatre in Chicago.
Pat Bertoletti reviewed two New York City pizza restaurants for FoodRepublic.com.
Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Crazy Legs Conti are expected to compete against the top locals in the finals of the CP Biggest Eater qualifier in Singapore on Saturday. update CP Brand Singapore announces that Matt Stonie has replaced Pat Bertoletti.
The facebook for Kooky Canuck says that there is a possibility that Pat Bertoletti might appear Friday night at the Memphis restaurant, where he is the record holder for the Kookamonga Challenge burger.
CP Brand Singapore announces that Pat Bertoletti and Sonya Thomas will appear at the Singapore qualifier for CP Biggest Eater on October 22.
http://www.facebook.com/eatfast/posts/10150333596584551">"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of Pat Bertoletti drinking a pitcher of beer in 5 seconds.
update Sept 25 #3 Meredith Boxberger has started a youtube page with videos of the poutine contest and her appearance on B101 to promote the contest.
update Sept 25 #2 BlogTO has a blog entry with pictures.
update Sept 25 The Toronto Star as a gallery.
Results from Smoke's Poutinerie contest in Toronto:
1) Pat Bertoletti 9.75 pounds in 10 minutes
2) Bob Shoudt 7 pounds
3) Ben Do 4.75 pounds
4) Meredith Boxberger 4.1
5T) "Buffalo" Jim Reeves 4
5T) Mat Dwyer
7) "Wild" Bill Myers
8) Andrew "The Bear" Kogutkiewicz
update 7:50 The MLE facebook has more results
update 7:30 Pat Bertoletti ate 9.75 pounds and Meredith Boxberger was 4th
update 7:05 "Furious" Pete Czerwinski has posted the top 3: 1) Pat Bertoletti 2) Bob Shoudt 3) Ben Do
The amateur contest has taken place. A 24 year old student from York University won the amateur contest with a total of 2.5 pounds in 6 minutes.
Pat Bertoletti has posted a video of him drinking 50 blended raw eggs in about 10 seconds in homage to Cool Hand Luke.
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”.
Regis Philbin refereed 1963 eating contest featuring Ernie Ladd
The MLE facebook announces that Pat Bertoletti, Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti will attempt to break the record for banana eating on tomorrow’s episode of Live with Regis & Kelly.
Regis Philbin had previous involvement with competitive eating before the debut of Live with Regis & Kelly. In 1963, he served as a referee for an eating contest between San Diego Charger defensive lineman / pro wrestler Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd and Nick Cordileone. Flickr has a picture of the program for the contest.
Pat Bertoletti will stay in New York City and compete in Thursday’s cannoli contest in an attempt to obtain his 36th record. Eric “Badlands” Booker and Maria “Edible” have also been announced as entrants.
Food Republic has a post about Pat Bertoletti's trip to Ireland in July. Bertoletti will be making a pizza tour in New York City.
Pat Bertoletti & Tim Brown food truck web page
A web page for Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown’s food truck has been set up at http://www.gluttonforcefive.com/ (Sir Snugglesworth, Partybot and Pink Unicorn are the other team members.) The truck is offering a sandwich eating challenge awarding $500 to a customer that can beat Pat or Tim’s time. A facebook with a picture of the back of the truck and twitter have also been started. (via RJOPhoto)
Pat Bertoletti sets Nisei Week gyoza record, Matt Stonie 2nd
update Aug 23 The Rafu Shimpo has a contest writeup reporting that Sonya Thomas believed that one of her plates was not counted.
update Aug 22 LA Weekly, Drink Eat Travel and Damon Wells have contest reports
update Aug 21 #2 Matt Stonie has a gallery.
update Aug 21 The contest facebook page has full results and a gallery.
ToraChibi, Two Hungry Pandas, Guzzle & Nosh and FJTeng have flickr galleries
9:13 Jaron has a twitpic gallery
5:44 Naader Reda has posted the top 5: update 7:08 The rest of the top 10
1) Pat Bertoletti 264
2) Matt Stonie 213
3) Sonya Thomas 209
4) Bob Shoudt 202
5) Stephanie Torres 172
6) Tim Gravy Brown 170
7) Damon Wells 169
8) Eric Denmark 129
9) Michelle Lesco 117
10) Yasir Salem 100
?) Naoyuki Namiya 62
5:43 Eat More Gyoza reports Pat Bertoletti set a new record with 264 gyoza.
5:32 the contest is under way. Lynn in LA has a picture of the field
Pat Bertoletti appeared on Windy City Live this morning for a cooking demonstration. (via Kooky Canuck)
You and Me This Morning has a video about Pat Bertoletti set in his trophy room and Dawali restaurant, his training site.
Pat Bertoletti appears on the Sklar brothers (hosts of ESPN Classic's Cheap Seats) recent podcast (Pat's appearance starts around the 5 minute mark) to talk about his runner-up finish in the men's Nathan's finals. (Pat's "Henderson" headband was a tribute to the Sklars.) Pat announces that he and Tim Brown have purchased a food truck and calls Joey Chestnut "washed up" and "burned out" despite losing to Chestnut 9 of the last 11 times he has faced him (see comments).
The Chicago Tribune has an interview with Pat Bertoletti, who says he went into previous Nathan's finals with "a Cubs' fan — a loser's — mentality".
Pat Bertoletti has a list for HallofVeryGood of five baseball players he thinks would make good competitive eaters.
Food Republic has a post by Crazy Legs Conti (via comment) about the Concord Mills qualifier in which he compares his career to Shaquille O'Neal's and an interview with Pat Bertoletti. (Conti claims that the second best remunerated IFOCE member received $40,000 which would make the total earnings for the rest of the IFOCE besides Joey Chestnut ($218,000) $332,000 if George Shea's claim of $600K in total compensation is accurate.)
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