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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.
Hollowfest in Clarence, NY will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 and a donut eating contest on July 6. Both competitions will award $250 to the winner.
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
Geoff Esper wins Mattituck Strawberry Shortcake
The MLE instagram has posted the top 6 for the Mattituck Lions Club World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship in Mattituck, NY
1) Geoff Esper 17.5 pounds in 8 minutes
2) Darron Breeden 14
3) Darrien Thomas 11
4T) Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran 10.75
4T) Wayne 10.75
6) George Chiger
Darrien Thomas & Kay Wong win Taste of Syracuse qualifiers
| 1st | 19.25 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | probably first Canadian male to win qualifer in USA |
| 2nd | 17 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 3rd | 14.5 | Mike Landrich | |
| 4th | 14 | Steve Radzwilla |
| 1st | 6 | Kay Wong | |
| 2nd | 3 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
North Meets South Fest will hold donut eating contests in Calverton, NY on June 8 and 9 awarding $200 to the winner.
New Way Lunch will hold a hot dog eating contest in Glen Falls, NY on August 3 awarding $500 to the winner.
2019 Long Island Ducks Nathan’s qualifier
Results via Fink Beats the Stomach (More results)
| 1st | 47 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 29 | George Chiger | |
| 3rd | 22.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 4th | 19 | Roderick Buenviaje |
| 1st | 18 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | has won qualifier every year since gender split in 2011 |
| 2nd | 7 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 3rd | 4 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
Facebook Live video by Fink Beats the Stomach
Previous winners of Nathan’s qualifiers held at the Long Island Ducks ballpark. A gap of almost 13 years between competitions might be a record for qualifier sites.
| 2006 Jun 24 | 1st | 21.5 | 12 min | Allen “Shredder” Goldstein |
| 2005 Jun 25 | 1st | 24 | 12 min | Ed “Cookie” Jarvis |
| 2004 Jun 26 | 1st | 18.75 | 12 min | Oleg Zhornitskiy |
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.
Geoff Esper, George Chiger, Eric "Badlands" Booker and Larell Marie Mele are expected to attend the Nathan's qualifier held before the May 9 Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip, NY.
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.
Dave Brunelli won the first prize of $1000 in yesterday's wing eating contest at Brixx and Barley in Long Beach, NY.
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