Upcoming New York City eating contests
(All New York City eating challenges and contests in database)
The finals for this year's pizza eating contest at Dani's House of Pizza in Queens, NY will take place on August 13 and award $1250 ($750 to the winner). Weekly qualifiers will be held on Saturday from July 16 to August 6.
The 2011 Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest will take place at the NYC Dumpling Festival on September 17.
The cannoli eating contest held at the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy will take place on September 15.
The Brooklyn Trolley Blogger reports that "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti defended his title in the Brooklyn Burger eating contest held at tonight's Coney Island Cyclone game by eating 16 burgers in 5 minutes.
British newspaper coverage of the Nathan's finals: Guardian blog entry | The Times article (requires subscription) titled "Hard not to scoff at display of mastication dedication" (via Real Clear Sports)
Takeru Kobayashi has a blog entry (in English) about his hot dog eating exhibition on a Manhattan rooftop bar on July 4.
The Brooklyn Paper claims that Takeru Kobayashi actually ate 65 hot dogs at his rooftop event in Manhattan instead of the claimed 69. A Yardbarker report (via Kobayashi twitter) about the event claims that "credentialled 'spies'" from Nathan's were responsible for the claims of a miscount, but does not name the spies or state what their credentials were. A video with an alternate superimposed has been uploaded to youtube. (via Darren Rovell twitter) update A Gothamist commenter claims that Kobayashi received a $15,000 appearance fee from 230 Fifth, more than Nathan's first place prize money.
Two eating contests awarding a total of $250 will be held at KimChiPalooza at Governors Island, NYC on July 10.
Atlanta Metromix has a gallery of pictures taken by Grace Lee at the Nathan's finals. (via Firsthomerealty)
Val Bromann, who is leaving for Berlin today on a round the world trip, has a blog entry about the 2011 Nathan's finals (contest gallery | post contest gallery). Laura Profumo, a Deadspin writer from Britain, also has a contest report.
The Wall Street Journal's liveblog reports that Takeru Kobayashi was announced to have eaten 69 hot dogs in 10 minutes at his event in Manhattan today. update AOL Weird News and Deadspin have reports, DNAInfo has a slideshow and The Sports Yahoo has a video (via Gastroboy comment) update July 5 TMZ has a video of the entire event and WireImage has a gallery.
2011 Nathan’s finals – men
1) Joey Chestnut 62
2) Pat Bertoletti 53
3) Tim “Eater X” Janus 45
4) Bob Shoudt 39
5T) Matt Stonie 34
5T) Sean Gordon 34
7) Erik Denmark 33.5
8) Adrian Morgan 31
9) Aaron Osthoff 27
10) Pete Davekos 25.5
11) Pat Philbin 24
12T) Damon Wells 23
12T) Brian Subich 23
14) Lu Ming Kui 21, originally announced as 16
15) Chris Lam 14
16) Mak Tai Loi 11
DQ) Tim “Gravy” Brown
17:02 Val Bromann has more on Tim “Gravy” Brown’s disqualification: “Also, Gravy didn’t reverse. He choked. He’s OK.”
15:25 Damon Lindelof, co-creator of LOST, likes Adrian Morgan’s tattoo.
14:51) Full official results have been posted on the MLE facebook
14:46 videos friom the ESPN telecast of the contest and introductions have been posted on youtube.
14:02 The rest of the men’s results have been announced except for Pat Philbin .
13:15 4 of the top 10 twitter trending topic are related to the contest: Joey Chestnut #4, Pepto Bismol #5, Bertoletti #7, Major League Eating #8
13:01 The official top 6 has been announced
12:58 Official Top 3 1) Joey Chestnut 62 2) Pat Bertoletti 53 3) Tim “Eater X” Janus 45
12:57 The WSJ liveblog of Kobayashi’s event has not been updated in a half an hour.
12:56 Joey’s official total appears to be 62
12:54 Unofficial results Joey 61 Pat 55 Tim 43 Bob 39
12:52 2 minutes left Joey 53 Pat 48, a record does not look probable
12:51 Joey’s lead is switching between 3 – 5 with about 3 minutes left, Bob Shoudt has moved into 4th. Gravy Brown has withdrawn.
12:50 4 minutes left Joey 43 Pat 40
12:49 Halfway Joey 37 Pat 34 Tim 26 Matt 24
12:48 “Deep Dish” is the #5 twitter trending topic
12:46 2 minutes in, Adrian & Matt are in the top 4, Joey & Pat around 20
12:44 The contest starts.
12:43 “Megatoad” is currently the #7 global trending topic on twitter.
12:39 Joey Chestnut is introduced.
12:36 Now the top 4 males will be introduced.
12:35 Val Bromann reports that Adrian Morgan won rookie of the year
12:34 The Chinese are introduced after Matt Stonie
12:29 Introductions have started, Brian Subich is first.
12:24 Sonya Thomas is currently the #5 global trending topic on twitter, Joey Chestnut is #7
The Wall Street Journal is liveblogging not just Nathan’s but Kobayashi’s event
The cash winnings in the sidebar have been finally updated with 2011 values and Pat Bertoletti is the current leader with a total of $24,950 to Joey Chestnuts $24,000 (Will Pat remain the leader after the contest?)
2011 Nathan’s finals – women
1) Sonya Thomas 40, 1 off record, 9-peats as best woman at Nathan’s
2) Juliet Lee 29.5
3) Stephanie Torres 28.5, 3rd woman to exceed 25, finals record for rookie female
4) Michelle “Cardboard Shell” 20
5) Larell Marie Mele 16
6) Maria “The Incredible Sulk” 15
7) Laura Leu 8.5
8) Grace Lee 4, probably greatest % decrease between qualifier & finals since Jed Donahue’s 1 HDB
9) Laura Gallagher 3
16:42 If Sonya Thomas competed in the men’s division, she would have came in fourth and won $1,500, $1,000 less than the same as the original women’s 1st place prize of $2,500.
16:07 Grace Lee claims she ate 24 hot dogs. Official results have her at 4.
13:43 CNN has raw video from the contest.
12:40 According to The El Paso Times, the official results have Juliet Lee & Stephanie Torres in a tie for 2nd place w/29.
12:10 ESPN showed Juliet Lee and Stephanie Torres in a tie for 2nd place w/ 29.
11:51 EatingContest has full results:
11:41 The contest is over. Sonya has won with a total of 40 hot dogs, one off her record.
11:39 Stephanie & Juliet are tied w/2 minutes left.
11:36 Halfway through the contest Sonya is up by 6 followed by Juliet, Stephanie and Michelle.
11:33 The CNN stream has apparently stopped to avoid conflicting with the ESPN3 webcast.
11:32 The women’s contest has started
11:21 Introductions have started before the 11:25 official ESPN 3 broadcast time. Laura Leu has been introduced.
The contest (without audio) can be viewed on CNN.com
The BBC has an audio interview with Sonya Thomas
Coney Island weather vs. Nathan’s winning total
This is an updating of a 2007 post comparing the weather at JFK airport on July 4 around 12:50 pm with the winning total in the Nathan’s finals. The temperature on July 4 at 2 pm is predicted to be 86 °F. Weather information is from wunderground.com
2001 50 HDB 71.1 °F / 21.7 °C 93% humidity, overcast
2002 50.5 HDB 96.1 °F / 35.6 °C 40% humidity, partly cloudy
2003 44.5 HDB 81.0 °F / 27.2 °C 72% humidity, clear
2004 53.5 HDB 77.0 °F / 25.0 °C 64% humidity, mostly cloudy
2005 49 HDB 78.1 °F / 25.6 °C 48% humidity, scattered clouds
2006 53.75 HDB 84.9 °F / 29.4 °C 65% humidity, haze
2007 66 HDB 70.0 °F 68% humidity overcast
2008 59 HDB (not including overtime) 77.0 °F 64% humidity mostly cloudy
2009 68 HDB 78.1 °F 45% humidity mostly cloudy
2010 54 HDB 95 °F 22% humidity partly cloudy
NY1 has an article and video of today's weigh-in for Nathan's competitors at City Hall where the women's championship belt debuted. (A picture four females at the weigh-in) update July 2 The New York Daily News has an article and the New York Post has a video of the weigh-in with interviews of Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas and Larell Marie Mele.
The Wall Street Journal's Metropolis blog has an entry about Takeru Kobayashi's hot dog eating event July 4 in Manhattan at 230 FIFTH. Jose Cuervo has a press release praising Kobayashi's independence and says it will give him a free trip to its tequila distillery in Mexico if he outeats the winner of the July 4 Coney Island contest.
Time Out NY has short profiles of 20 competitors (13 men, 7 women) in the 2011 Nathan's finals. (Matt Stonie and Maria "The Incredible Sulk" are missing.) (via Erik Denmark)
Time Out New York has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi about spending the night of July 4, 2010 in jail and his event on July 4 this year. updated with link to original interview
Sheepshead Bites has a report on Saturday's cupcake eating contest held at Cupcake Kings in Brooklyn. Alex Mamutin was the winner and League of Amateur Competitive Eaters Rob Blatt was the runner-up.
The Daily has an article about eating challenges attempted by workers in Manhattan's financial district with a quote from former day trader Tim Janus. Ian Roncoroni, an energy options broker, won $3,500 after winning a bet that he could not eat 244 raw oysters.
Randy Santel is celebrating his 25th birthday in New York City. He set the house record at Yummy Sushi yesterday and plans to attempt the 87 ounce steak at Lone Star Bar & Grill.
The Associated Press reports that Takeru Kobayashi will do an eating exhibition at a rooftop bar in Manhattan located at 230 Fifth Avenue during the 2011 Nathan's finals on July 4. update Kobayashi's blog has a press release about the event which will be open to the public. Kobayashi will eat in sync with the televised Nathan's contest.
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