Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
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
Newsday has a list of 11 eating challenges offered by Long Island restaurants.
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.
The Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, NY will hold the World Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest on September 28. The top 4 finishers will receive $1000/$500/$250/$50.
2019 Buffalo Wing Festival wing championship
update Sept 2MLE has yet to post more than the top 3, but Miki Sudo has full results
| 1st | 281 | Geoffrey Esper | record |
| 2nd | 276 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 221 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 217 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 212 | Joel Hansen | |
| 6th | 182 | Nick Wehry | |
| 7th | 134 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 8th | 133 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 114 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 10th | 112 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 11th | 81 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
https://www.instagram.com/buffalowingfestival/ will be showing videos of the contest on its stories.
Geoff Esper wins 2019 Buffalo Buffet Bowl, Joey Chestnut 4th
update Sept 4 Videos: Joel Hansen | Brando
Official results (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3) Contest stopped when 1st 3 finished platter
1 Geoff Esper 2:51
2 Gideon Oji 4:28
3 Miki Sudo 4:35
4 Joey Chestnut 4.08 lb eaten when contest terminated
5 Nick Wehry 3.98
6 Jim Reeves 2.33
7 Badlands Booker 2.24
8 Ronnie Hartman 1.98
9 Mike Landrich 1.91
10 Bill Myers 1.44
11 Frank Velocchi 0.99
Spectrum News has an article and video about Ronnie "Megabyte" Hartman's training for the wing eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival.
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden, Gideon Oji, Miki Sudo, Nicholas Wehry, George Chiger, Ronnie Hartman, Badlands Booker and Jim Reeves are expected to compete in the U.S. Chicken Wing Eating Championship in Buffalo Sunday.
News 12 has a video about Wayne Algenio winning the Artichoke Pizza eating contest for the third time yesterday.
2019 Caribbean Food Delights contests
Results from todays Caribbean Food Delights contests in East Islip, NY, the first contests for Elite Eats Entertainment (Molly Schyler video)
Bun and Cheese
| 1st | Dan “killer” Kennedy | ||
| 2nd | Molly Schuyler | ||
| 3rd | Joel Hansen |
Beef Pattys
| 1st | Molly Schuyler | new record | |
| 2nd | Dan “killer” Kennedy | ||
| 3rd | Joel Hansen |
The top 3 from today's clam eating contest at Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY: 1) Dave Brunelli 59 clams 2) Wayne Algenio 52 clams 3) Joe Menchetti 50 clams.
Sergey Lyubezhanin regains Schuyler, NY corn title Molly Schuyler 4th
The top 4 from yesterday’s the Corn on the Cob Eating Competition and Car Show in Schyler, NY. The contest duration was 2:30 (video)
| 1st | 43.43 | Sergey Lyubezhanin | $1000 prize, 2017 winner |
| 2nd | 42.73 | “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti | |
| 3rd | 41.085 | Nick Mroz | |
| 4th | 36.45 | Molly Schuyler |
Molly Schuyler, Dan Kennedy, Joel Hansen, Andy Puhl and Mike Hoffman are expected to compete in the Caribbean Food Delights Bun/cheese & Beef Patty Championship in East Islip on August 11, the first events for Elite Eats Entertainment.
Schuyler, NY will hold a corn eating contest on August 10 awarding $1000 to the winner.
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.
Drift 82 in Patchogue, NY will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $250 to the winner.
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.
WKBW has an article about Ronnie Hartman competing in the Nathan's finals.
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