Upcoming New York City eating contests
(All New York City eating challenges and contests in database)
Registration for Thursday's cannoli eating contest at the Festa di San Gennaro will open at 11am eastern today.
Kalbi vs. Naan has a report by the top amateur (3rd overall) in the pancake eating contest at Jo's in New York City on Labor Day. The two unnamed pros ate 35 and 25 pancakes to claim the top two spots.
A web page has been set up for the Chef One dumpling eating contest at the NYC Dumpling Festival on September 25 . The registration deadline is September 17 and the payouts will be $1000/$500/$300 for both the men and women's divisions as in previous years. A press release announces that Joe Menchetti and Olga Zaitseva will return to defend their titles.
Takeru Kobayashi did an interview with PecoPecoNY.com, a Japanese-language website about New York City restaurants. Topics discussed include Kobayashi's arrest, his move to New York City, the recent pizza contest in Canada and contest techniques for eating various foods.
The facebook page for the Habitat in Brooklyn announces that Will Millender defended his wing eating crown at that restaurant Tuesday night. update Habitat's facebook page has a contest gallery.
The new poll asks how you think the Wall of Fame mural at the original Nathan's will be altered to reflect that Takeru Kobayashi's departure from the IFOCE.
VillageVoice.com announces that Jo's in New York City will hold the F*cking Delicious Pancake Eating Contest on Labor Day, September 6. The winner will receive a $250 American Express gift card.
A facebook page has been set up for the NYC Dumpling Festival which announces the 7th Chef One Dumpling Contest will take place on September 25.
Mortimer Matz: Nathan’s hot dog contest 1916 start a fabrication
The New York Times has an interview with Mortimer Matz, who was Max Rosey’s partner in promoting the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest in the 1970’s. Matz says that there is no basis for the claimed origin of the contest during World War I:
We said this was an annual tradition since 1916. In Coney Island pitchman style, we made it up.
After being contacted by the New York Times, a Nathan’s spokesman said the company had no evidence of pre-1970s competitions. (A Nathan’s contest held in 1967 in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the creation of the hot dog was reported by the UPI. Walter Paul reportedly won the contest by eating 127 hot dogs in an hour).
Matz also says that Nathan’s turned down the opportunity to be the sponsor for the New York City Marathon in 1976.
update Aug 20 Gothamist has a blog entry about Matz’ admission. Matz is featured in a 1979 New York Magazine article about press agents. The article does not bring up Matz’ work for Nathan’s, but the restaurant is mentioned in Godfather author Mario Puzo’s cover story about Coney Island.
Cabrito's in New York City has started a taco challenge that will award free tacos to a diner who breaks the house taco record. The current record is 14 tacos in an hour. update the record is now 20 tacos
Gothamist reports that the BK Whopper Bar in Times Square will offer the NY Pizza Burger, a quadruple burger on an oversized bun topped with mozzarella, marinara sauce and "Tuscan Herb" mayonnaise. update The Stir has more details: the sandwich on a 9.5 inch bun will cost $12.99 and have one pound of hamburger meat.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski reports that he repeated in Dani's House of Pizza eating contest in Queens despite non-competitive eaters receiving a 50% bonus in that competition. update Aug 16 NYPizzaKing has a video of the contest
The Habitat in Brooklyn will hold a wing eating contest on August 31. The first prize is $100 and Will Millender is expected to defend his title.
The New York Times City Room blog has an entry about dining with Takeru Kobayashi last night which includes a post-meal picture of his abdominal muscles.
The Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg movie The Other Guys opening today has a scene at the Coney Island Nathan's where New York Yankee Derek Jeter plays a panhandler.
The Grub Street blog begs Kobayashi to compete in tonight's hot dog eating contest at Trophy Bar in Brooklyn tonight.
Kobayashi charges dropped, pizza contest in Canada next
update Aug 6 #2 TMZ.com: Pat Bertoletti thinks Kobayashi should have been convicted for resisting arrest
update Aug 6 The New York Times and Wall Street Journal have blog entries (from comment)
update 12:48 The New York Post, Brooklyn Papers and AOL Weird News have articles. TMZ has a video of the some of the post-hearing press conference. The Canadian pizza contest will be a non-IFOCE event and take place on August 21.
update 10:30 In the press conference, Kobayashi said his next contest will be a pizza eating contest in Ontario, Canada.
update 10:22 The AP reports that the charges against Takeru Kobayashi will be dropped if he stays out of trouble for 6 months.
update 10:18 Someone said all charges have been dropped
TMZ is currently has live video outside the Brooklyn courthouse where Takeru Kobayashi is appearing this morning. (via email) Three fans are offfering support.
AdGrok has a blog entry by a former Goldman Sachs analyst with a section about eating contests at the firm. The top eater was Rich Rosenblum, who was credited with 26 White Castle burgers, but had some slider remnants in his dunking cup. (Via Business Insider)
The FreeKobayashi twitter reports that Takeru Kobayashi's August 5 court appearance will take place at Brooklyn Criminal Court on 120 Schermerhorn Street from 9:45 am to 10:30 am.
The Brooklyn Burger facebook page reports that Joe Menchetti won the burger eating contest at Friday night's New York Mets game.
The MLE youtube page has a new highlight video from the 2010 Nathan's finals with original footage. The video does not mention Kobayashi's absence from the competition or his post-contest arrest.
SimplyEverywhere has a gallery of the frozen yogurt eating contest held at the Grand Opening of The Wicked Spoon in Brooklyn Saturday.
NewYorkCraigslist.org has a request for female models to compete in a hot dog eating contest that will be used in a promotional video for Central Park Weekend. The video will be recorded over the next two weekends and the models appearing in it will receive $100 on Saturday and $120 on Sunday.
Will Millender reports that Pat "The Viper" Viviano won a frozen yogurt eating contest at the Wicked Spoon in Brooklyn. Sean Lennon also competed. update Will has uploaded a video.
Will Millender reports that "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti won the Wing Bowl at the New York Mets stadium today.
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