Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
The New York Daily News has an article about the history of Nathan's Famous which treats the 1916 origin story for the hot dog eating contest as factual. Competition co-founder Mortimer Matz admitted the tale was a fabrication in a 2010 New York Times interview.
The Syracuse Polish Festival will hold a pierogie eating contest on June 12 awarding $250 to the winner.
The Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team will rename themselves the Coney Island Franks for the July 3 game in honor of Nathan's Famous centennial.
The Wall Street Journal has an article about New York City eating challenges and a video of Randy Santel and Wayne Algenio attempting the burger challenge at Clinton Hall in Manhattan last month.
Burger Urge in New Farm, QLD, Australia will hold a Trump mini burger eating contest on May 26 awarding a trip to Trump Tower in New York City.
The Hudson Valley Pizza and Meatball Fest will hold a meatball eating contest in Wallkill, NY on June 12 awarding $500 to the winner. (via Will Millender)
Rocco's Pizzeria in Brooklyn will hold a pizza eating contest on June 5 awarding $800/$200/$100
Vice.com's new documentary "How American Men Are Redefining Masculinity" opens with Wayne Algenio attempting the MotherLoad Sloppy Joe challenge at Lunch Box in Staten Island with host Gavin Haynes.
Wayne Algenio received a Guinness World Record yesterday at the New York City Hot Sauce Expo in Brooklyn for eating 119g of Carolina Reaper peppers in 1 minute.
Studio Kraut in Manhattan will hold a pretzel eating contest on April 26 awarding $500 to the winner.
Randy Santel and Wayne Algenio will attempt the burger challenge at Clinton Hall in New York City tonight. The Wall Street Journal will cover the attempt. update Randy & Wayne both finished with a time of 10:16
Bernie Sanders made a campaign visit to the Coney Island Nathan's Famous. REM singer Michael Stipe, who has claimed to be vegetarian, was also in attendance.
CP Talent Management is requesting a real competitive eater for filming in New York City on April 19-20. Auditions will take place in the next few days.
Collectively Free, an animal rights protest group that stormed the Nathan's finals stage between the women's & men's Nathan's finals last year, disrupted the Easter Mass service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. The rationale for the disruption was the use of ham as a common Easter meal.
The Long Island Hot Dog Festival will hold an eating contest in Selden, NY on July 9 awarding $630 ($500 to the winner).
Sincerely Burger in Bushwick, Brooklyn has a five pound burger challenge available for $99. Only one challenge burger will be made per night.
Jenn Cheng, the 3rd place female in the eating contest at the 2015 New York City Dumpling Festival won tonight's episode of Chopped College Edition on the Food Network. update March 17 MCall.com article about the runner-up
Takeru Kobayashi will attend tonight's charity ping pong contest between boxers Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson and Chris Galaeno at SPiN New York. Other guests include Susan Sarandon, Rosie Perez and Kenny Anderson.
The American Diner in Liverpool, NY offers a one pound “The Anti-Michelle Obama, Don’t Tell Me What to Eat or Feed My Kids Burger†that awards a T-shirt or hat to a customer that finishes it. (via foxnews.com)
The Ainsworth in New York City has a macaroni and cheese burger challenge that awards $500 to a finisher. Wayne Algenio is the only person to have finished it.
The Jewish Daily Forward has a report on the National Bagel Eating Contest held Super Bowl Sunday in Huntington, NY.
Nathan's Famous is listed as the presenter of the the Father's Day cap promotion at the June 19 Mets game, so that is the most likely day of the 2016 Nathan's New York City qualifier.
The schedule for the 2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo announces there will be 7 spicy eating contests in Brooklyn over April 23 and 24.
Johnny Utah's in Manhattan will hold a Mardi Gras eating contest tonight awarding $100 and a spot in a finals contest (the date & prizes for the finals are not listed).
Keith Tuzzolino ate 5 bagels in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in yesterday's National Bagel Eating Championship in Huntington, NY. Wayne Algenio was runner-up.
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