Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Illinois eating challenges and contests in database)
The Chicago Hot Sauce Festival will hold an Italian Beef eating contest on July 25 or 26. The competition will be a MLE event.
Taco in a Bag announces that it will not be renewing its lease at the Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, IL when it expires at the end of February.
Crazy Legs Conti has a blog entry for the Huffington Post about Glutton Force Five and its owners, Pat Bertoletti & Tim Brown which reports they might be moving to a downtown Chicago location when their suburban mall lease expires.
The facebook page for Bartolini's in Midlothian, IL reports that Miki Sudo failed to break Molly Schuyler's record for the 10 pound meatball sub challenge. (via email)
Bartolini's Restaurant facebook reports that Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez attempted to break Molly Schuyler's record for the 10 pound meatball sub. (He did not succeed).
The 10 pound meatball sandwich at Bartolini's in Midlothian, IL was finished by Molly Schuyler in 7:57, breaking Pat Bertoletti's record of 9:20. Molly also set a new record of 2:13 for the Triple D pancake challenge at Rivers Edge Cafe in Sacramento.
Ellyn's Tap & Grill in Glen Allyn, IL will hold a tater tot eating contest on Saturday awarding an iPad.
Adam Richman traveled to Decatur, IL to visit fan Silas Martin, who is currently in a hospice with an inoperable brain tumor.
Esquire has a blog entry about the closing of Hot Dougs with quotes from Pat Bertoletti, who ate 10 hot dogs for his final meal at the Chicago restaurant.
The First Look competitive eating episode that aired Saturday night on NBC can be viewed in full on line. The sites visited were an eating contest at Lucky's in Chicago overseen by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown, Jamie McDonald's restaurant, Bear's BBQ, Spread Bagelry in Philadelphia for a 14 pound bagel, and Big Mama's & Papa's in Los Angeles where a 54 inch pizza was attempted.
The sandwich eating at Lucky's in Chicago overseen by Glutton Force 5 will appear on tonight's episode of First Look on NBC following Saturday Night Live (1 am eastern). The 54 inch pizza at Big Mama's & Papa's will appear in another segment (via Kyle Hanner)
Registration is now open on MajorLeagueEating.com for a pierogi eating contest in Chicago on October 8 and Ben's Chili Bowl eating contest in Washington, DC on October 11.
Groupon has an interview with Daniel Duque about finishing the 6 pound Bad Azz Burrito at Mariachi's Baja Grill in Des Plaines, IL in 10 minutes.
Teddy Delacruz ate 17 bao in 2 minutes to win a contest yesterday sponsored by Wow Bow in Chicago. After the contest, Pat Bertoletti ate 30 bao in an exhibition.
Bacci Pizza in Chicago will hold an eating contest on September 20 awarding $1750 ($1000 to the winner). Entrants need to qualify by eating 2 jumbo slices in under 20 minutes.
Footage from the eating contest at the Chicago Ribfest will appear in the August 25 episode of Eating America With Anthony Anderson on the Food Network.
Chicago's Best TV has a segment about "Taco in a Bag", Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown's West Dundee, IL.
The Herald Review reports that Teddy Delacruz ate 22.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win Heinkel's Hot Dog Eating Competition at Decatur (IL) Celebration. Defending champion Frank Wach was runner-up. (video)
The Chicago Tribune has an article on Pat Bertoletti and his restaurant, Taco in a Bag, which is reportedly losing money despite not having to pay rent at the Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee until March.
Mark "The Gripper" Klobusz won Bartolini's amateur meatball eating contest in Midlothian, IL with a total of 40 meatballs. Teddy Delacruz was runner up with 39. Kyle Hanner announces he was disqualified for being a "professional".
Pepe's Taco Eating Contest at Balmoral Park in Crete, IL will award $500 to the winner on July 26.
The Daily Herald has an article about Taco in a Bag, the restaurant owned by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown in West Dundee, IL, which reports that business has declined after the first three weeks the taco stand has been open.
Bartolini's meatball eating contest in Midlothian, IL on July 20 will be amateur only and its purse will be $2050; last year's pro contest awarded $4950.
The Daily Herald reports Taco in a Bag will appear on NBC's First Look following the June 21/22 episode of Saturday Night Live. Hostess Audrina Partrige will undergo a competitive eating "boot camp" under the tutelage of Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown. The West Dundee, IL restaurant will also appear on the July 27 episode of Chicago's Best on WGN.
The Daily Herald has a review of Taco in a Bag, Pat Bertoletti's and Tim Brown's restaurant in West Dundee, IL. The Big Jim [Reeves] taco in a bag is the best selling entree, Sudo shrimp taco is another menu item.
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