Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
The Brooklyn Cyclones will hold a cereal eating contest as part of its Seinfeld night on July 5 (the 25th anniversary of the debut of the pilot in 1989). In other Seinfeld competitive eating news, Keith Hernandez commented on a woman eating the $25 D-Bat dog at last night's Mets-Diamondbacks game in Phoenix.
In an episode of Hulu's new supernatural stoner comedy web series Deadbeat, the ghost of deceased competitive eater Hiro Tamagachi (based on Takeru Kobayashi) wants to have the rabbi who received his stomach organ face off against his arch rival Johnny Praline in Oinky's hot dog eating contest near Times Square. (previous instances of a Mr. Praline in a comedy series)
The Brooklyn Cyclones will hold a brain eating contest on July 2 as part of the Zombie Takeover of Coney Island. "Top competitive eaters" are billed as participants, so some Nathan's finalists might compete.
The New York Cosmos have a video of Takeru Kobayashi competing (as "Busboy Kevin") against midfielder Peri Marošević in a chicken wing eating contest. More April 1 links: Buffalo, NY awarded competitive eating expansion team | Florida food truck to take over Nathan's Coney Island location and eating contest. update April 2 Yahoo! has a blog entry with more about the prank
The Village Voice has a gallery of the NYC Hot Sauce Expo which held several spicy eating contests this past weekend. Update April 1 Bon Appetit has a competitor report
NJ.com has a preview of this weekend's New York City Hot Sauce Expo, which will have several spicy eating contests, one of which will be a Carolina Reaper pepper eating contest officiated by Guinness World Records.
GaleryVideo has a video about last year's balut eating contest in New York City won by Wayne Algenio.
The "Bird Bowl" wing eating contest at the Locksmith Bar in Manhattan will award $200 to the winner Saturday.
GoErie.com has a report about competing in the eating contest for amateurs at the 2013 Buffalo Wing Festival by Patrick Broadwater, who was disappointed the contest was changed from a timed competition to the first to finish 25 wings.
The Alliance for Coney Island Winter Gala will hold a charity auction offering a Nathan's finals judgeship on February 13. George Shea will function as MC for the event.
Visa has posted a video of a wing eating contest where a winner of its "My Football Fantasy" competed against members of the Buffalo Bills. Jim Kelly served as MC.
Jerry Seinfeld visits Nathan’s, calls hot dog contest “disgusting”
In the most recent episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s web video series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, he travels to Coney Island with Todd Barry. While dining at Nathan’s (10:38 mark) they have the following conversation: (via Bensonhurst Bean)
JS: Have you ever seen that disgusting Nathan’s hot dog eating contest?
TB: I don’t understand why you would want to be good at that
JS: Well they dip the hot dog in the water
TB: Yeah
JS: The dryness is what slows down the consumption
TB: It prevents them from having 73 hot dogs in two minutes. Gotta wet em. All I can think about is what happens after.
JS: It must be just unbelievable. Joey Chestnut, right, I believe he is the champion.
TB: Oh, is that who it was? I knew it was a guy from Japan for a while.
JS: Kobayashi. Are you surprised that I know these names?
TB: Yeah, I have only watched it a few times.
JS: I don’t think I have ever seen it, and yet I know the names of the winners.
Joe Menchetti won yesterday's wing eating contest at the Hudson Valley Wing Bowl in Fishkill, NY. The first prize was $1047.
Kraig Urbik of the Buffalo Bills says he won a wing eating contest against a winner of Visa's My Football Fantasy contest with a total of about 25 wings in 5 minutes. The contest might appear in a Super Bowl commercial. Punter Brian Moorman has some pictures. update Jan 13 Rochester.twcnews.com has an article and video.
The Rochester Home Page reports that Mikal Krueger will compete in a wing eating contest against members of the Buffalo Bills on Saturday after he won Visa's "My Football Fantasy" contest.
The qualifier circuit for the Hudson Valley Wing Bowl has been posted. The finals in Fishkill, NY on January 25 will award $1047 to the winner.
Bill de Blasio was inagaurated as mayor of New York City yesterday, replacing Michael Bloomberg who was infamous for his pun laden appearances at the Nathan's hot dog weigh-ins held at City Hall Park (videos 2011 | 2012 | 2013)
The Hudson Valley will award $1,000 to the winner of its wing eating contest in Fishkill, NY on January 25.
The Queens Chronicle has an interview with Barry Rothbart about his documentary Hungry that will debut on November 15 at Doc NYC.
Wayne Algenio's winning total of 27 balut in an August eating contest (but not his name) is mentioned in a Guardian article about stomach churning food.
Dave "US Male" Goldstein announces that he pushed his son Josh, who is confined to a wheelchair due to Joubert syndrome, in a 10K race yesterday. Their finishing time was 56:19. Yasir Salem also finished the New York City Marathon yesterday.
A charity auction is offering a chance to be an official judge in the 2014 Nathan's finals. The staring bid is $300. (via UALC)
Hungry documentary website & film credits
The documentary “Hungry” will debut in two weeks at DOC NYC. A website for the film has been set up at http://www.hungrythefilm.com/.
The cast includes Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti, Dave Goldstein, Stephanie Torres, Joe LaRue, Brad Sciullo, Mike DeVito, Curtis Sliwa, Gersh Kuntzman, Sam Barclay, Crazy Legs Conti, Brian Subich, Pete Czerwinski, Jonathan Squibb and Tony Hawk. Brian Seiken is credited for his interview with Brad Sciullo.
Molly Schuyler wins Bierhaus NYC bratwurst contest
update Oct 30 The Deadly Sins has a video
update Oct 27-2 Michael Amezquita has a video (via WeisnGaudiTV)
update Oct 27 Wayne Algenio has a video (via comment)
Results from today’s bratwurst eating contest at Bierhaus NYC Part 1 | Part 2
1) Molly Schuyler 40 brats
2) Jamie McDonald 28
3) David Brunelli 22
4) Kevin Ambs 18
NYCastings has a request for "sexy and cute types to portray girls in a hotdog eating contest" to be filmed in New York City tomorrow for an episode of the new series "Deadbeat".
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