Upcoming New York City eating contests
New York City eating challenges
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio emceed the meatball eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro on Saturday after terminating his presidential campaign. He oversaw the traditional weigh-in for Nathan's finalists at City Hall his inaugural year of 2014, but has not been involved in that event since then. Scott Hirsch ate 34 meatball in 6 minutes to win the contest.
Wayne Algenio ate 54 zeppoles (Italian donut holes) in 6 minutes to win the first zeppole eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan. The victory was his second of the festival after setting the cannoli record on Friday.
ABC7 has a live video of the cannoli eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan. Wayne Algenio is competing. update Wayne Algenio defended his title with a contest record 38 cannolis (previous record Marcos Owens 34 in 2014) update The Aladino Show has a video
Hangar 11 Bar in Queens will hold a wing eating contest September 16 awarding 2 tickets to the Dallas Cowboys at New York Jets game on October 13.
Erin DeGregorio reports that the Chef One dumpling eating contest will not take place at the Atlantic Antic festival in Brooklyn. Previous contests paid out $7000.
It's Nice That has a post on a series of photographs Adam Powell took at the Nathan's Finals.
News 12 has a video about Wayne Algenio winning the Artichoke Pizza eating contest for the third time yesterday.
George Chiger and Julie Goldberg competed in a Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on Fox & Friends this morning in observance of National Hot Dog Day.
Sports Illustrated has an article about judging at the 2019 Nathan's finals and the lack of controversy this year. Mets infielder Jeff served as the number flipper for Darron Breeden.
2019 Nathan’s mens finals
| 1st | 71 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 50 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 47 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 4th | 46 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 5th | 39 | Max Suzuki | |
| 6th | 36 | Nick Wehry | |
| 7th | 34 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 7th | 34 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 29 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 10th | 28.5 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 10th | 28.5 | Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran | |
| 12th | 27 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 12th | 27 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 14th | 26 | George Chiger | |
| 14th | 26 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 14th | 26 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 16th | 22.5 | Steve Hendry | |
| 16th | 22 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas |
Joey Chestnut’s margin of victory appears to be the largest since Takeru Kobayashi defeated Badlands Booker 50.5 to 26 in 2002.
Brazilian Corbucci Eats is doing an Instagram Live video from the crowd on https://www.instagram.com/corbuccieats/
2019 Nathan’s womens finals
| 1st | 31 | Miki Sudo | |
| 2nd | 26.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 3rd | 23 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
| 3rd | 23 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Reinecke | |
| 5th | 18 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 6th | 14 | Sophia Devita | |
| 7th | 12.5 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 8th | 11 | Holly Titus | |
| 9th | 10.5 | Kathryn Tesch | |
| 9th | 10.5 | Kelly Wong | |
| 11th | 9 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 12th | 8 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 13th | 7 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 14th | 7 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 15th | 6 | Kat Wong |
31 is the lowest high total for a female in the Nathan’s finals since Sonya Thomas ate 25 in her first Nathan’s finals in 2003. (She ate 32 in a 12 minute contest in 2004).
Empire Outlets in Staten Island will hold a cannoli eating contest on July 4 awarding a $500 gift card to Nordstrom Rack.
Takeru Kobayashi will do a 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Spectacular at Kings County Distillery in Brooklyn, the same site he has appeared at the previous 3 July 4s. The event will be a fundraiser for Immigrant Families Together.
ESPNFrontRow.com announces Joey Chestnut will throw the first pitch at tomorrow's New York Mets game while eating a hot dog to promote the debut of The Good, The Bad, The Hungry on Tuesday.
Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at Kings County Distillery in Brooklyn on July 4 for a fundraiser for local LGBTQIA foundations.
Beard Meats Food & Julie Goldberg win Mets qualifier
updateQNS.com has an article
Official results from this morning’s qualifier at the Mets ballpark in Queens.
1) Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran 32, first Briton to qualify since 2005
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 28
3) Brian Dudzinski 23
4) Michael Dietz
5) “Beautiful” Brian Seiekn 13
1) Julie Goldberg 9.5
2) Prudence DiBenedetto 6
The Cut has a report on an artistic happening titled "Supper" held at Ace Hotel in New York City which included a ramen eating exhibition with Takeru Kobayashi and drag queen West Dakota. The event was organized by Kobayashi's wife Maggie James, who was billed as the "cultural engineer" of the Ace Hotel. update Interview Magazine has an interview with Kobayashi in which he calls Nobuyuki "The Giant" Shirota his great rival.
Wayne Algenio attempted the challenge at Mac Shack NY with British strongman Eddie Hall for an upcoming episode of Eddie Eats America
British strongman Eddie Hall will attempt the sandwich challenge at Sarge's Deli in Manhattan tonight for his upcoming series Eddie Eats America.
Joey Chestnut appeared on NY1 this morning to promote the premier of the documentary The Good, The Bad, The Hungry, a film about his rivalry with Takeru Kobyashi, at the Tribeca Film Festival tonight. He also participated in a hot dog eating contest with station staff.
Deadspin has a report on the NYC Hot Sauce Expo held earlier this month in Brooklyn with coverage of Wayne Algenio's victory in the Carolina Reaper pepper eating contest.
2019 Finkies winners
Winners of the 2019 “Finkies” awards announced Saturday:
Contest Sponsor – Original Nathan’s
Rising Star – George Chiger
Media – Juan Rodriguez & Sarah Reinecke nude photos in Men’s Health
Breakout – Geoff Esper
Rivalry – Rene Rovtar vs Kay Rovtar
Wayne Algenio ate 95 grams of Carolina Reaper peppers in a minute yesterday to regain his Smokin' Ed's Reaper Eating Challenge title at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo in Brooklyn. (video)
Today is the 100th anniversary of the day that New York Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie faced off against an ostrich in an eating contest in Jacksonville, FL.
The NYC Hot Sauce Festival will hold several spicy eating challenges in Brooklyn on April 13 and 14. A prize of $1000 will be awarded if the Guinness World Record is broken in the Carolina Reaper Pepper eating contest.
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