Upcoming New York City eating contests
(All New York City eating challenges and contests in database)
The Wall Street Journal reports that George & Rich Shea and Dave Baer have started a bedbug detection business.
Zuzie's in Astoria (Queens), NY has started a "Burger Try-athlon" six slider eating challenge.
Takeru Kobayashi will attempt to set a Guinness record in New York City at Japan Arts Matsuri in New York City on Saturday.
Rare Bar & Grill in Manhattan will hold a frickle eating contest to celebrate National Pickle Day on Sunday November 14 awarding $250 to the winner. update A frickle is a fried pickle and the contest will award a $250 gift card.
newyork.craigslist.org announces that a Doritos eating contest will be held at Washington Square Park on Friday. Entrants will have a chance to appear in a commercial for Doritos.
The NY Daily News has an article about an attempt at the 30 ounce Jawbreaker burger at Big Bites in Ozone Park, Queens.
The Columbia Journalist has a podcast about the pickle eating contest held in Brooklyn earlier this month. (via Brooklyn Brine blog)
JMRealEstateNY has uploaded a video of Ed "Cookie" Jarvis winning yesterday's wing eating contest at Manny's on Second. Jarvis' total was 51 wings in 3 minutes.
Ed "Cookie" Jarvis will compete in a wing eating contest at Manny's on Second in Manhattan on Monday night. This might be Jarvis' first contest since his cancer surgery last year.
Yeah New York has a video from last month's cannoli eating contest at the San Gennaro Festival containing interviews with Crazy Legs Conti, Larell Marie Mele and winner Dave Goldstein.
Kobayashi will appear at The Festival of The Japanese Artists in New York on November 13 or 14.
Wok To Walk in Manhattan will hold an eating contest tomorrow awarding 4 VIP tickets to an advanced screening JackAss3D.
Joel Podelsky's twitter announces that he won the wing eating contest at the Kettle Black in Brooklyn by eating 37 wings in four minutes. Will Millender was 3rd.
The Village Voice twitter reports that Elliot Maruffi won a pickle eating contest held at Black Rabbit Bar in Brooklyn by eating 6 jars of pickles in 15 minutes. update NYCin60 has a blog entry
Steamy Kitchen, MSG Food Blog and Blast Magazine have reports on the eating contests held at the New York City Dumpling Festival last Saturday. A video of the women's contest is also available.
TheMadH reports that
Gianni Russo, who appeared in The Godfather, served as the celebrity judge for the cannoli eating contest at the San Gennaro Festival. (The blog entry says that Russo played singer Johnny Fontane, but he was actually Carlo Rizzi, Don Corleone's son in law.)
The New York Times Freakonomics blog notices that the price per hot dog increases with the number ordered at Nathan's Famous hot dogs.
Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn, site of a spring cupcake eating contest, seeks 8 entrants for a cookies & milk eating contest on October 3.
Joe Menchetti 6-peats NYC Dumpling Festival contest
update 8:48 NY1 has a video and DNAInfo has an article and slideshow
2:11 Will Millender also has the top 2 of the women’s division.
1) Floria Lee 38 dumplings, has won 5 out of 7 dumpling contests
2) Olia Zaitseva 34, 2009 winner
3) Shanei McMulley, won eat off
1:54 Will Millender has the top 5 of the men’s contest
1) Joe Menchetti 55, wins for 6th year in a row
2) Pat Viviano 40
3) Dave St. Fort 37
4) “Sunshine” 35
5) Will Millender 34
1:40 Will Millender reports that Pat Viviano won the first heat of the eating contest at the NYC Dumpling Festival with 40. The winner of the first women’s heat ate 23.
Brooklyn Brine announces that the Black Rabbit Bar in Brooklyn will hold a whiskey sour pickle eating contest on October 1 awarding a $100 bar tab.
NoHeroHere has a video of today's pizza eating contest and awards ceremony at the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy. One of the co-champions was female. Will Millender competed in the contest.
Kluckr has a video of a wing eating contest held at the Village Pourhouse during the Ravens-Jets Monday Night Football game. Aaron Foss was the winner and Sarah was the runner-up.
Bill Cammack has a video about the burger challenge at Smashiess Grocery in East Harlem which requires a diner to eat a one pound burger in under 5 minutes
KatieDidntDoIt has a picture of a competitor (whose face is cropped out) reversing in the San Gennaro cannoli eating contest.
US Male wins 2010 San Gennaro cannoli contest
update Sept 18 The Wall Street Journal also has a video
update Sept 17 #2 The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about the contest.
update Sept 17 DNAInfo has an article and slideshow about the contest. Conti was not disqualified even though he reversed onto his shirt (picture #12). Dave Goldstein is called a second year competitive eater even though he competed in the 2007 Wing Bowl and Buffalo Wing Festival.
update 3:53 The rest of the top 4:
1) Dave “US Male” Goldstein 13 cannolis
2) Crazy Legs Conti 12.75
3) Sean “Flash” Gordon 11.5
4) Larell Marie Mele 9.5
update 3:49 The MLE facebook announces that Dave “US Male” Goldstein won the contest by eating 13 cannolis in 6 minutes.
update 2:53 The contest is over
The contest is expected to start at 2pm eastern. Crazy Legs Conti, in his first contest since the Nathan’s finals, will attempt to defend his title. Sean “Flash” Gordon, Dave “US Male” Goldstein and Larell Marie Mele are also expected to compete. Ed “Cookie” Jarvis will serve as a judge.
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