Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
The Hudson Valley King of the Wings will hold three qualifiers this weekend awarding $104 and a spot in the finals on January 31, which will award $5,000 if the contest record is broken.
George Chiger ate 36 wings in five minutes to win a contest held at the Buffalo Convention Center on December 20. The competition had 499 participants which broke the Guinness World Record for the wing eating competition with the largest field size.
Over 500 people participated in a wing eating contest in Buffalo to set the record for the largest field size for a wing competition. The previous record was 397 entrants in a wing eating contest held at an Amazon Web Services convention in Las Vegas in 2018.
A wing eating contest will be held in Buffalo on December 20 that will attempt to receive Guinness World Record recognition as the largest wing eating competition.
WABC has uploaded a mini-podcast in which Curtis Sliwa, Republican candidate in last week's New York City Mayoral election, discusses his competitive eating experience. He says that his third place finish in the 1996 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest was assisted by stuffing three hot dogs in his pocket. He also discusses former NFL lineman William "The Refrigerator" Perry's disappointing four hot dog result in the 2003 Nathan's contest, which he claims was caused by injuries resulting from a fight with competitor Chris Eyre after Perry had an affair with Eyre's wife.
Curtis Sliwa at 1998 Nathan’s hot dog eating contest
The New York City mayoral election is on Tuesday. The Republican candidate in that race, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, competed in several Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contests in the 1990s. At the July 3, 1998 weigh-in/press conference, Sliwa discussed his theory that defending champion Hirofumi Nakajima had been surgically modified to enhance his eating ability.
The source of the clip is “Footlong”, a documentary about a cross-country tour of hot dog restaurants. The Nathan’s weigh-in segment starts around 6:22
update Nov 1 The Daily Mirror has an article about competing against Sliwa in the 1997 Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest.
La Nova will hold a Wing Bowl before the November 2 Buffalo Bills game awarding $1,000 to the winner.
Wayne Algenio ate 76 pierogies in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in yesterday's eating contest at Pierozek in Brooklyn.
The Latin Food Festival will hold an empanada eating contest in Brooklyn on September 13 awarding $500 to the winner.
Shawn "BasketLockerBall" Butler ate 22 slices of pizza in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in yesterday's eating contest at Gino's in Ronkonkoma, NY.
2025 Buffalo Wingfest Wing Championship
updateOver 24 hours after the contest end, full (but unsorted) results have been posted on Instagram.
| 1st | 263.36 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 197.44 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 191.68 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 155.2 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 154.88 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 6th | 145.6 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 100 | George Chiger | |
| 8th | 88 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 9th | 82.88 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 10th | 75.52 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 11th | 47.68 | Camille O’Brien |
James Webb is doing a livestream.
2025 Buffalo Buffet Bowl
Announced results with the full field from the introductions
| 1st | ? | James Webb | |
| 2nd | ? | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | ? | Gideon Oji | |
| ? | ? | George Chiger | |
| ? | ? | Camille O’Brien | |
| ? | ? | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| ? | ? | Rene Rovtar | |
| ? | ? | Marlon Thompson | |
| ? | ? | Frank Velocci |
James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s Buffalo Buffet Bowl.
Gino's Pizza in Ronkonkoma, NY will hold a pizza eating contest on September 1 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
The Japan Village Summer Festival will hold a wanko soba eating contest in Brooklyn on August 23 awarding a trip to Japan.
Shrimpy's Burrito Bar will hold a mini-burrito eating contest on August 13 in Massapequa Park, NY awarding $1,000 to the winner. Registration is $100.
The Schuyler Car & Corn Extravaganza will hold a corn eating contest on August 9 awarding $1,000 to the winner in Schuyler, NY.
THe New York Post has an article about a rotisserie chicken eating contest held at Roma Pizza in Brooklyn. Robert McGee ate a whole chicken in 6:44 to win the first prize of $500.
Registration is open on majorleagueeating.com for Battle of the Bay: Wild Caught Blue Catfish Chowdown at the Maryland State Fair in Timonium, MD on September 5. Regisration is also open for the Buffalo Buffet BOwl (august 30), Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest (August 31) and Smoke's Poutinerie eating contest in Toronto (September 6).
Roma Pizzeria in Brooklyn will hold a rotisserie chicken eating contest on July 20 awarding $500 to the winner.
Newsday's LI Works has a video about Eric "Badlands" Booker.
2025 Nathan’s men’s final
ESPN coverage of introductions and contest
| 1st | 70.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 46.5 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 45.5 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 43.875 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 5th | 41.75 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 40 | Ricardo Corbucci | |
| 7th | 36.5 | Max Stanford | |
| 8th | 31.17 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 30.5 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 10th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 11th | 29.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 12th | 25 | George Chiger | |
| 13th | 23.5 | Jerome Burns | |
| 14th | 23 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 15th | 20.75 | Cameron Meade |
2025 Nathan’s Famous women’s finals
ESPN has the contest coverage on youtube
USA Today has an article about the disqualification of Madison Barone
| 1st | 33 | Miki Sudo | 11th women’s victory |
| 2nd | 22.75 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 3rd | 21.5 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee | |
| 4th | 16 | Tandra Childress | |
| 5th | 13.125 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 6th | 13 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 7th | 10 | Kelly Lewis | |
| 8th | 9 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Laura Beitel | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Isabeau Pearl Prettyman | |
| 11th | 6.5 | Camille O’Brien | |
| 12th | 6 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
Live Walking NYC has started a live video from Coney Island
Dutchmazz also plans to do a live video
ABC7 is doing a live video of today's "weigh-in" for Nathan's Famous competitors. update ABC's video has stopped, but the NY Posts's is going.
Today mark's the fifth anniversary of former governor Andrew Cuomo's requirement that travelers from 16 states must self quarantine for 14 days after arriving in New York. The edict prevented Matt Stonie (CA), MIchelle Lesco (AZ) and Gideon Oji (GA) from competing in the 2020 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
The New York Post has an interview with Joey Chestnut about his return to Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. He also discusses his fiancee Brie, but says he has yet to set a wedding date. He says a guy from Montreal (most likely Australian James Webb) is his only threat.
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