Upcoming Palm Beach eating contests
Palm Beach eating challenges
(All Palm Beach eating challenges and contests in database)
Registration is now open for the birthday cake eating contest at Palm Beach Outlets on February 13, 2016.
Don Shula, the coach with the most wins in NFL history, served as referee for a Shark Attack Burger eating contest held at his steakhouse in Delray Beach, FL.
2015 Palm Beach Sweet Corn
update April 29 Sun Sentinel has a contest video
update April 28 Crazy Legs Conti has a contest report. Sean Brockert was a judge.
update Palm Beach Post has an article and gallery
Fink Beats the Stomach has the top 5 Top 3 ear totals
1) Erik Denmark 37 ears
2) Crazy Legs Conti 35
3) Gideon Oji 34
4) Yasir Salem
5) Miki Sudo
Miki Sudo, Nate Biller, Erik Denmark, Yasir Salem and defending champion Crazy Legs Conti are expected to compete. Gideon Oji will make his non-qualifier debut.
Crazy Legs Conti appeared on WFLX Friday morning.
Registration is now open for the corn eating contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach on April 26. (MLE's "Veggie Weekend" will not occur in 2015; the San Joaquin Asparagus Festival will be held the previous weekend.)
Matt Stonie wins Palm Beach Outlets birthday cake contest
update Feb 18 Crazy Legs Conti has a Huffington Post report. He says he was deducted 2 plates for a “glove of frosting” on his right hand.
update Feb 18 Michael Jenkins has a contest video
update Feb 16 Santiago Castro has a video
Whole Foods Market has a contest video
The official top 5 | #6-#9
1) Matt Stonie 14.5 pounds in 8 minutes
2) Miki Sudo 9 pounds
3) Nate Biller 6.5 pounds
4) Michael Jenkins 5.5 pounds
5) Crazy Legs Conti 5 pounds
6) Steve Glazier 4 pounds
7) Mike Erthal 3 pounds
8) DJ Eddie 2.5 pounds
9) Barry Rosenblum 1.5 pounds
The contest is underway.
Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo appeared on Wild 95.5 yesterday
Expected entrants in the World Birthday Cake-Eating Championship at Palm Beach Outlets on Valentine's Day include Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo, Juan Rodriguez, Crazy Legs Conti, Nate Biller and Bill Weller.
NY Daily News reports Ben Siegel, owner of Ben Siegel Reptiles in Deerfield Beach, FL, was arrested after he smacked an employees with a bearded dragon lizard. His business was the site of a bug eating contest in 2012 resulting in the death of competitor Eddy Archbold.
Registration is now open for the MLE Palm Beach Outlets World Birthday Cake-Eating Championship in West Palm Beach on February 14.
Crazy Legs Conti wins 2014 Sweet Corn Fiesta
update May 5 Michelle Lesco confirms she got 5th place w//3
Miki Sudo has a contest report
Crazy Legs Conti says Sudo & Shoudt got the original 2nd place money despite the tie and Erik Denmark got the 3rd place money despite finishing 4h
update April 30 In Crazy Legs Conti’s Huffington Post contest report claims Bob had a “Mt. Everest” of uneaten kernels which did not result in a deduction and compares himself to a sports dynasty after winning the contest for the 4th time in the past 7 years.
Merly at Mr. Food has a blog entry, a video of the end of the pro contest end and a video of the amateur contest
update 8:50 The Palm Beach Post has an article which does not mention the controversy or near-fight
update April 30 Cra
update 6:55 Bob Shoudt has posted the post-contest ears of two unnamed competitors: Eater 1 | Eater 2
update 4:20 George Shea has the top 3
1) Crazy Legs Conti 43 ears 46 pre-deduction
2T) Miki Sudo 42 47 pre-deduction
2T) Bob Shoudt 42 44 pre-deduction reportedly almost came to blows w/Conti
4) Erik Denmark 40 (via twitter) 43 pre-deduction
5?) Michelle Lesco 32? (results 5-7 from Josh Miller)
6?) Josh Miller 31?
7T?) Adrian Morgan 30?
7T?) Badlands Booker 30?
update 3:50 Crazy Legs Conti has been announced as the winner with 43 ears in 12 minutes.
update 3:30 The contest has started
The festival facebook has the full field for the contest. The Sun-Sentinel has a preview
It is now one month to St. Patrick's Day. Last year, TooJay's announced it hoped to bring back the corned beef sandwich eating competition in 2014. There is no mention of a contest this year on the deli's web site or facebook.
2013 West Palm Beach Sweet Corn Fiesta
update May 1 The Palm Beach Post has a contest video
update The Palm Beach Post has a contest report
Top 4 according to Jon Bello’s Instagram
1) Bob Shoudt 35 ears
2) Crazy Legs Conti 34
3) Erik Denmark 33
4) Jon Bello 29
According to the festival facebook, Bob Shoudt has won the contest Crazy Legs Conti was the runner-up
The official start time is 3pm, but the contest has already started according to David Stone.
Sun-Sentinel reports that expected entrants in Sunday's contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach include Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Erik Denmark, Jon Bello, Craig Reed and defending champion Crazy Legs Conti.
TooJay's held a corned beef contest in Palm Beach Gardens, FL on Saint Patrick's Days from 2010-2012. They will not hold a contest this year but hope to bring the contest back in 2014. If that event's trend in prize money for professionals over the past three years continues (2011: $20,000 | 2012: $10,000 | 2013 $0), then MLE eaters will need to pay $10,000 to compete in 2014.
It is now one month until Saint Patrick's Day, and there has been no official announcement about TooJay's corned beef sandwich eating contest which has taken place in Palm Beach Gardens, FL on March 17 from 2010-2012. Previous years' contests were announced by February 1 (2010 | 2011 | 2012). update In a comment on its facebook page, TooJay's announces they will not hold the contest this year but hope to bring it back in 2014.
While the NHL lockout remains in force, P K Subban of the Montreal Canadiens ate a forty ounce steak in Delray Beach.
The autopsy for Edward Archbold was released today and indicates that choking was responsible for his death after winning a roach eating contest held on October 6 contest at the Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, FL.
Eddy Archbold dies after winning bug eating contest in Deerfield Beach, FL
update Oct 9 The reptile store has posted a statement from its attorney on its facebook page
Urban Jungles Radio was present at the contest and recorded a podcast
Palm Beach Post article | interview with Eddy Archbold’s girlfriend
Miami Herald article
Local10 article and news video
CBSMiami news video
update Oct 8 The AP has an article which has been picked up by numerous outlets.
BuzzFeed has a thread
“The governing body of all stomach centric sports” may not be the optimal motto because it implicitly makes incidents like this IFOCE/MLE’s responsibility.
Six Flags amusement parks are holding a series of cockroach eating contests awarding a season pass (these might be cancelled due to the death) Texas | Maryland | Chicago
Topix.com has a thread about the death of Eddy Archbold after winning a roach eating contest held at Ben Siegel’s Reptiles in Deerfield Beach, FL Friday night. A post on the store’s facebook page says it currently lacks any details about the incident. (announcement for the contest) update The store’s UStream channel has a video of the contest (starts around 2 hour mark) in which there are no obvious signs of distress. Another video has been uploaded to youtube, but is now private. Pretty Ninjaa’s twitter feed has tweets about the incident.
The burger eating contest for amateurs at HiWay Burger in Delray Beach, FL has closed and winners have been announced. Brandon Runyon won the contest with a total of 6 burgers and 3 ounces.
HiWay Burger in Delray Beach, FL has posted the current standings in its burger eating contest. Brandon Runyon leads with 5 burgers and 5 ounces. The contest will conclude on Sunday and award $1750 to the top three amateurs ($1000 to the winner)
Rules for the burger eating contest held at HiWay Burger in Delray Beach, FL are available. The first prize of $1000 will go to the person who eats the most burgers in a 10 minute session from July 27 to August 12. The contest is closed to professionals and people who have won any type of previous eating contest.
HiWay Burger in Delray Beach, FL will hold a burger eating contest for amateurs from July 27 to August 12 awarding $1750 ($1000 to the winner).
Miami.craigslist.org has a request for an agent from someone claiming to be a Glutton Bowl participant who has matzoh ball and egg eating titles. (via TransAlchemy)
Crazy Legs Conti upsets Sonya Thomas & Bob Shoudt in Sweet Corn
update May 2 BeautifulBrian.com has a page about the contest
AmerFitnessNetwork has a trailer for a longer upcoming video
update May 1 The Palm Beach Post has a gallery of the contest. Picture #18 is a picture of Crazy Legs Conti’s post-contest ears with about 75% of the kernels remaining. His pre-deduction score was 48.5 ears, so he might not have received credit for those ears.
update Apr 30 The Sweet Corn Fiesta and thealliebritt have videos
update 6:22 Palm Beach Post has a contest report
update 5:48 Joe LaRue retains the record w/46 ears in 2010
George Shea has posted the results from today’s contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Crazy Legs Conti 44 ears, new record according go George Shea
2) Sonya Thomas 43.5
3) Bob Shoudt 40.5
4) Erik Denmark 31.5
5) Kyle Nestel 28.75
6) Yasir Salem 23.25
7) Brian Seiken 23
8) Sean Brockert 21.8
Sun Sentinel has a preview of Sunday's contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL with quotes from Sonya Thomas. Defending champion Crazy Legs Conti and Bob Shoudt are also expected to compete. update Erik Denmark, Sean Brockert, Yasir Salem and Brian Seiken are also expected to compete.
Matt Stonie has a blog entry and gallery about the TooJay's World Corned Beef Eating Championship.
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