Upcoming New York City eating contests
(All New York City eating challenges and contests in database)
(from MosesNews) MidTownLunch reports that some local amateurs are upset about Don Lerman competing in the contest held at Go! Go! Curry!.
The New York Observer has an article about Adam Richman which lists Eric "Badlands" Booker as one of the finalists for the host of Man vs. Food.
Don Lerman takes Go! Go! Curry! qualifying lead
Midtown Lunch reports that Don “Moses” Lerman has taken the lead in qualifying for the finals of the curry eating competition sponsored by Go! Go! Curry!. Lerman posted a time of one minute even at last night’s qualifier. The blog entry contains a quote from Crazy Legs Conti.
update Video of Don Lerman at Go! Go! Curry! has been posted
Don Lerman has posted a blog entry
(Via TimeOutNY) The Town Tavern in Greenwich Village, NYC will offer a free beer to a diner who can finish a half pound burger and a Bud Light. (Offer available before 6pm)
Will Millender's twitter reports he set a "Hulk" burger challenge record of 2:18 at Ottomanelli's. Paul "Porkslap" Arcaria also finished in under 5 minutes.
Man vs. Food one of Joba Chamberlain’s favorite shows
In an interview for LoHud.com, Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain says that Man vs. Food is one of his favorite TV shows (along with Fresh Prince of Bel Air reruns).
The Man vs. Food home page has been updated to say “Catch an all-new season of “Man v. Food” this summer”, which would be an earlier starting date for season 2 than the fourth quarter of 2009 the previous press release announced.
Go! Go! Curry! to hold NYC curry eating contest
(from fc2) Go! Go! Curry! in Manhattan is holding a curry eating contest this spring. The finals will take place on May 30 and qualifiers will be held on days ending in 0 or 5 until May 20. The first prize is a $500 American Express gift card and the registration fee is $20.
The Feedbag has additional information about the contest. Entrants in the qualifiers will try to consume 24 ounces of curry rice as quickly as possible and the final contest will last 15 minutes.
The twitter for the Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn announces an April 25 cupcake eating contest with a $75 prize and $25 entry fee.
Will Millender has a blog entry about completing the challenge at Ricky's Candy, Cones and Chaos in 1 minute and 53 seconds. Jill Stoler also completed the challenge.
Stroehmann Bakeries has posted a video from the corned beef eating contest.
Pat Bertoletti’s corned beef streak
Pat Bertoletti now has a 4 contest corned beef contest streak dating back to early 2006 (2006 Arkansas, 2006 Boston, 2007 Savannah, 2009 NYC). The only people to have defeated Bertoletti in a corned beef contest are Cookie Jarvis and Molly Carey in a 2004 competition in Milwaukee.
A press release announces that the new NY Mets stadium ("Bailout Ballpark") will host a Nathan's qualifier.
Pat Bertoletti wins Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm
update #7 The Philadelphia City Paper has a blog entry about Bob Shoudt’s third place finish
update #6 March 17 NBC and CBS have local news videos
update #5(from NewYorkology) Vidiot has uploaded a gallery
update #4 GiggleSugar has some pictures
update #3 The New York Post has an article and full results are available on IFOCE (from comment)
update #2 A twitter update from George Shea announces that Pat Bertoletti wins the contest with 16.75 sandwiches in 10 minutes. The top 5
1. Pat Bertoletti, 16.75 sandwiches
2. Joey Chestnut 15.5
3. Bob Shoudt 13
4. Tim Janus 12.5
5. Hall Hunt 11.25
Please place comments about today’s corned beef sandwich eating contest held at Gallagher’s Steakhouse in this thread. 5 of the IFOCE top 7 will compete according to an anonymous comment:
Pat Bertoletti Joey Chestnut Juliet Lee Eric Booker Hall Hunt Bob Shoudt Brian Seiken Tim Janus Crazy Legs Conti ?????????
UpdateGeorge Shea has started providing updates from the contest site at http://twitter.com/gcshea. Vidiot is also twittering from the contest site.
Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm field
TimeOutNY reports that Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus are expected to attend Monday’s corned beef sandwich eating contest. HumbleBob.com announces that he will also attend and Sonya Thomas’ home page reports that Badlands Booker will compete.
Jill Stoler has posted a video recorded before her attempt at the women's record at Yummy Village Sushi. updateA video of the challenge attempt has also been posted
Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm sweepstakes
ESPN radio 1050 is sponsoring a lottery that will award a trip to Ireland. The winner will be chosen at the Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm corned beef contest a week from today. Entries (from NY, NJ or CT residents only) can be submitted until March 13.
As Will Millender mentioned, the wing eating contest at Play in Queens, NYC has been rescheduled for tomorrow.
NYC Ottomanelli Brothers burger challenge
The New York Times local news blog has an entry about the burger challenge offered by the Ottomanelli Brothers New York Grill, which is located near Central Park. If a 24 ounce burger, fries and a 20 ounce soda are consumed in under 20 minutes, the meal is free. The listed price is $12.95, which seems low. 71 year old former Knick Cal Ramsey was one diners to attempt the challenge.
(From crawfish comment) The prize breakdown for the Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm has been posted on IFOCE.com. All 10 slots will receive something with prizes ranging from $5,000 to $25.
A myspace page says that there will be a wing eating contest at Play in Queens, NY tomorrow.
Registration for the March 16 Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm will open tomorrow at noon eastern.
“Will Work for Food” CE episode reruns
The segment of Will Work for Food in which Adam Gertler competes in the Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest held last October will be televised at 9:30 pm and rerun tonight at 12:30 am and Sunday at 4:30 pm (all times eastern)
The segment will be available on the Food Network’s website if you are unable to watch it at those times.
Milton Parker of the Carnegie Deli dies at 90
The New York Times reports that Milton Parker passed away at the age of 90. Parker purchased a share of the Carnegie Deli in 1976 and handed control to his son-in-law, Sanford Levine, in 2002. While the Carnegie Deli hosts a pickle eating contest in even numbered years, the first eating competition it sponsored used a different food:
The Carnegie had opened in 1938; knishes came half a century later. In 1988, Mr. Parker placed them on the menu — but only after staging a publicity-seeking knish-eating contest.
The favorite was Jay Resnick, the 1985 Brighton Beach Baths knish-eating champion. The $250 prize went to Mark Litman, a soft-drink route salesman from Brooklyn who said he had never before eaten a knish. In 15 minutes, Mr. Litman downed four and half knishes. Each whole knish weighed in at one pound — an indicator of Carnegie deli portions.
A 1988 article about the knish contest is available in the New York Times archives.
New poll: Kobayashi in 2009 Nathan’s finals
The new poll asks if you think whether Kobayashi should receive a bye to this year’s Nathan’s finals and if he deserves travel expenses if you believe he merits an automatic invitation to Coney Island.
In more Nathan’s news, this column credits William “The Refrigerator” Perry’s participation in the 2003 contest with making the Nathan’s finals the Super Bowl of competitive eating.
CE is one of Adam Gertler’s favorite food jobs
Philly.com has an interview with Adam Gertler, host of the new Food Network show Will Work for Food who has the following comments about his participation in the Famous Famiglia pizza contest in October:
Asked which of the taped episodes he likes best, he said, “They are kind of like all of my children. I think, though, I really like the competitive-eating segment.”
That one, airing Feb. 9, has Gertler gobbling pizza alongside some professional competitive eaters on a stage in Times Square in Manhattan. He downed 16 slices before throwing in the towel.
The episode will be televised at 8:30 pm eastern time.
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