Upcoming Palm Beach eating contests
Palm Beach eating challenges
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Registration for the April 17 eating contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, Florida opens tomorrow at 1pm.
TooJay's facebook has a page about the amateur corned beef contest on St. Patrick's Day that will award $5000.
TooJay's facebook has details about the amateur division of its St. Patrick's Day corned beef eating contest. Entrants who have finished a Jaynormous sandwich will be selected at random.
Registration is now open for the professional division of the TooJays' corned beef eating contest. Qualifying for the amateur contest will start on February 1.
TooJay's facebook announces it will hold its second corned beef eating contest soon, but does not verify any of the information on the Man v Food forum update The MLE facebook confirms the $20K pro and $5K amateur purses. The winner will receive $12,500.
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)
WIRK will be holding a rib eating contest in the Palm Beach area. Finals will take place at The 2nd Annual Rib Round Up at Cruzan Amphitheatre on February 12 and qualifiers will be held throughout the Palm Beach area in January and early February.
Rocco's Tacos in West Palm Beach, FL will award $250 on October 1 to the customer who has eaten the most tacos on Tuesdays.
The Burger Beast reports that Heartstoppers Grill will change its name to Xtreme Eatery and has a picture of the new logo. The Delray Beach, Florida restaurant was required to drop its medical theme after a legal action by the Heart Attack Grill.
BurgerBeast announces that Heart Stoppers Sports Grill in Delray Beach, FL will hold a 3 pound burger eating contest on May 29. It is also holding a contest to choose a new name for the restaurant after the successful legal action by the Heart Attack Grill requiring it to drop its medical theme.
Joe LaRue sets Sweet Corn Festival record
Joey Chestnut wins TooJay’s corned beef
update Mar 18 #2 CNN video | Downtown at the Gardens Facebook gallery
update Mar 18 PBPulse article & video | WPTV article | WBPF news video
update 3:33 WBPF has a slideshow and video
update 2:55 The MLE facebook has full results (except for Wing Kong)
update 2:18 the top 8 from the eating contest twitter and Bryan Beard
1 Joey Chestnut 15.5 (8 oz sandwiches)
2 Pat Bertoletti 12.5
3 Bob Shoudt 11.5
4 Sonya Thomas 10.5
5 Ben Monson 10 1/4
6T Eric “Badlands” Booker 9
6T Tim “Gravy” Brown 9
8 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 8.5
update 2:15 The TooJay’s facebook announces Joey Chestnut is the winner
update 2:03 The contest is over The TooJays facebook is posting pictures
update 1:47 The contest has started
WBPF has a preview of today’s TooJay’s World Class Corned Beef-Eating Championship in Palm Beach Gardens.
TooJay’s twitter is posting updates
PBPulse has a preview of the TooJay's corned beef contest and the TooJay's website has a list of all the competing IFOCE members.
TooJay's Deli youtube page has an interview with Jon Bello about Wednesday's corned beef eating contest.
The TooJay's facebook lists the five amateurs who received spaces in the March 17 corned beef eating contest by eating a Jaynormous sandwich and winning a lottery.
The TooJay's facebook has information about amateur qualification for the World Class Corned Beef Eating Competition. Five finishers of a 1.5 pound Jaynormous sandwich will be chosen at random to receive a slot in the St. Patrick's Day contest.
IFOCE.com reports that registration for the March 17 World Corned Beef Eating Championship at TooJay's in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida will open Wednesday. The contest purse will be $10,000.
The Heart Attack Grill sues Heart Stoppers (FL)
Sun Sentinel has an article about the Heart Attack Grill suing Heart Stoppers in Delray Beach, Florida for trademark violations. Heart Stoppers’ attorney has the following defense:
“Their theme is completely different,” he said. “That’s one of the reasons they didn’t continue discussions with the guy because they weren’t interested in his theme. They didn’t steal the same trademarked Single Bypass, Double Bypass burger that he does. They didn’t limit their menu like he does. They don’t require their nurses to dress in a provocative manner. It changed the clientele from the Hooters-type crowd to a family-type restaurant.”
Heart Attack Grill inspired restaurant opens in South Florida
Jan Norris has a report on a trip to Heart Stoppers Sports Grill in Delray Beach, a medical themed restaurant where waitresses are dressed as “nurses”. Heart Stoppers offers a three pound burger challenge which is free if the record is broken. As in the Heart Attack Grill, diners weighing more than 350 pounds eat free.
update The NY Daily News has an article about the restaurant.
update #2 The Burger Beast also has a report.
Sushi Jo in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida will hold a sushi eating contest on October 24 awarding $300 to the victor.
epesantes: Hall Hunt wins Palm Beach corn
update #5Promo contest with Crazy Legs Conti and Pete Davekos on CBS 12 Saturday morning news show
update #4 Erika Pesantes has posted her contest report to sun-sentinel.com
update #3 (from comment) CE News has a report which says Sonya Thomas competed
update #2 from http://twitter.com/epesantes/statuses/1622798669 “winner is Hall “Hoover” Holt of Tampa with 33 ears of corn in 12 minutes.”
George Shea has the rest of the top 3: hall hunt wins with 34 ears of corn even in 12 mins, Joe LaRue in second, Legs in third
There was 33 minutes between the contest end and results announcement on http://twitter.com/epesantes
update The contest is over – http://twitter.com/gcshea & http://twitter.com/epesantes should have results
Some entrants in today’s eating contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta according to George Shea’s twitter: Competing in corn tomorrow at 3 pm: Legs, Davekos, Hall Hunt, Sonya Thomas, Joe LaRue. Also: Treavor Eaton, Bill Myers, Nate Biller?
Sun-Sentinel: Sonya Thomas, Crazy Legs Conti, Joe LaRue to compete at Sweet Corn Fiesta
“Butterfly Ballot” designer judged 1997 Nathan’s qualifier
The Palm Beach Post (via the Google News archive) reported that some local officials would serve as judges in the 1997 Nathan’s qualifier held in Boca Raton, Florida:
In Boca Raton, a hot dog capital of another ilk, the orgy begins Saturday at noon at Nathan’s in Boca Village Town Square (pick up entry forms there). No weenies among the judges either. The strong-willed group includes Boca Vice Mayor Steve Abrams, Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore
Theresa LePore would go on to receive greater notoriety as the designer of the “butterfly ballot” used in Palm Beach County in the controversial 2000 election.
Sweet Corn results from SBTW.com
SonyaTheBlackWidow.com has today’s results from the the Sweet Corn Festival in West Palm Beach, Florida:
1. Sonya Thomas: 32 1/2 ears
2. Joe Larue: 31 (or 31 1/2)
3. Crazy Legs Conti: 30
4. Hall Hunt: 28
? Justin Mih
? Billy Perry Jr
update PalmBeachPost.com has an article about the contest.
update #2 Sun Sentinel also has an article
update #3 Hall Hunt has a blog entry about the contest with pictures of his finished ears of corn and of the ears of another top 3 eater and UPI has an article
Sweet corn registration opens at noon today
The Palm Beach sweet corn eating contest now appears on the IFOCE schedule for April 27 and registration for that contest will open at noon today.
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