Upcoming New York City eating contests
(All New York City eating challenges and contests in database)
Pat Bertoletti reviewed two New York City pizza restaurants for FoodRepublic.com.
Will Millender has taken the lead in qualifying for Manchester Pub's wing eating contest by eating 15 wings in 1:34.
Richard Shea will appear on a panel of New York City game changers at Advertising Week's convention on October 4. Al Dejewski, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for Specific Media / MySpace will be another member of the panel.
Manchester Pub in Manhattan will hold a wing eating contest on December 11 awarding a 10 person open bar party. Qualify by being one of the five fastest people to eat 15 wings before November 24.
KenExcellence has about 30 minutes of video from Saturday's eating contest at the NYC Dumpling Festival.
Will Millender reports that "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti won today's pie eating contest at NYC Apple Day with a total of 2.5 pies in 7 minutes. (A gallery.
Joe Menchetti sets NYC Dumpling Festival record
update 11:15 Ekavet has a flckr gallery. Will Millender has videos of the women’s contest and first heat of the male contest. Feeding the Dragon has a video of the second heat won by Joe Menchetti.
update 2:41 Miss Korea BBQ reports that Joe Menchetti won the men’s contest with a total of 69 dumplings, breaking his record of 66. Will Millender reports that he took 3rd w/ 45 and that Dave Brunelli was runner up with 60. Marcos Owens was 4th with 44.
update 2:30 Floria Lee has repeated as the women’s winner with a total of 37 dumplings.
update 2:20 Will Millender reports that Dave Brunelli is the current leader of the men’s contest with 60 and that Joe Menchetti broke the stairs to the stage, which others confirm.
Today’s eating contest at the NYC Dumpling Festival should start at 2pm. Will Millender reports he is at the contest site along with Joe Menchetti, Mike Longo and Marcos Owens. Floria Lee and Olia Zaitseva will attempt to fill the top two spots in the women’s contest for the third straight year.
The shirt Will Millender is wearing at the contest displaying Mike Longo’s severed head can be purchased online.
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.
Registration will open today at 3pm eastern on IFOCE.com for Thursday's cannoli eating contest at the Festival of San Gennaro in Little Italy.
The Bell House in Brooklyn will host what is billed as the world's first caviar eating contest on September 18 as part of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival. (Youtube has a video of an informal caviar eating contest from 2009.)
Marcos Owens announces that he won today's pancake eating contest at Jo's in Manhattan by eating 19 pancakes in 5 minutes. update The top 3 and a video are available. update #2 Metromix has a gallery.
The full field for the pie eating contest to be held September 18 at the Apple Day Festival in the Lower East Side of Manhattan has been posted. (Gothamist thinks the contest will take place on September 4).
Open Table has an interview with the organizer of Jo's pancake eating contest confirming that professional competitive eaters will not be allowed to compete. The competition will take place in Manhattan on Labor Day and award a $250 Visa gift card to the winner.
Jay Gorman won a wing eating contest held in Washington, DC this evening (Mike Longo was the runner-up) (contest video) and Will Millender won a wing eating contest held in Brooklyn.
Takeru Kobayashi is listed as a speaker at Blogs With Balls 4 (billed as the "leading sports new media event series in the country") in New York City on September 24.
Internets Celebrities has a video about the attempts of several competitive eaters, including "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti, to qualify for the finals of the Go! Go! Curry! eating contest.
“Munchin†Mike Longo and Patrick "The Viper" Viviano are expected to compete in the National Apple Pie Eating Championship in Manhattan on September 18, which will award $1000 ($500/$300/$100 prizes and a $100 bonus to the top NYC resident). White House Foods in Winchester, Virginia will hold an apple pie eating contest (date not specified) awarding $250 to the winner.
DanisHouseOfPizza.com has been updated with the results of yesterday's contest in Queens: 1) "Furious" (Three)Pete Czerwinski 13 slices (2nd "threepeat" of weekend) 2) Marcus Owens 10.5 slices 3T) Joe Menchetti 10 slices 3T) Dave Brunelli 10 slices.
Jo's in Manhattan will hold a pancake eating contest for amateurs on Labor Day awarding a $250 Visa gift card to the winner.
Doug Yarema ate 57 pancakes in 10 minutes this morning to win a pancake eating contest at Fairway Cafe in Manhattan.
Will Millender has posted a video of him eating 15 bananas in a minute at the Coney Island Talent Show.
Newly opened Huey's 24/7 Diner in Manhattan has a burger challenge that awards a free meal if it is finished in under 5 minutes and a free beer if it is finished in under 8 minutes.
Registration is now open for the eating contest at the Dumpling Festival in New York City which will award $1000/$500/$300 prizes in both the men's and women's divisions on September 17.
Global Turnstile has a long post about the history of Japanese competitive eaters competing in Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Championship.
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