Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
London Lennie's in Queens will hold a hands-free oyster eating contest on September 20 awarding $500 to the winner.
MLB.com has a video of the Brooklyn Burger contest at the July 20 New York Mets game won by Wayne Algenio and emceed by Keith Hernandez.
Chef One Dumplings will has increased the purses for the men's & women's divisions of the dumpling eating contests at the NYC Dumpling Festival on September 28 to $3500 ($2000 to the winner) from $1800 in previous years. update August 8 Registration is now open.
Jamie McDonald announces he set a record of 15 slices in 10 minutes at Dani's House of Pizza eating contest in Queens today. update Leistnerphoto has a gallery
Wayne Algenio has defended his balut title with a total of 27 balut in 5 minutes. update NY Daily News has a video update August 5 Gothamist gallery | Metro.us interview with Wayne Algenio | Wikamag article (claims winning total was 37)
Travel.yahoo.com has a blog entry previewing tomorrow's balut (duck embryo) eating contest in Manhattan tomorrow.
Registration opens today at 4pm eastern for the contests at the Buffalo Wing Festival on August 31 and September 1.
American Burrito will hold a five pound burrito eating contest on September 2 awarding $500 to the winner. The first woman to finish the burrito will receive $300.
Bloomberg.com (July 3): "How would the reigning champion of the Nathan’s Famous hotdog-eating contest feel about a New York City mayor named Weiner?" Joey Chestnut: "That would be awesome".
Wayne Algenio won the Brooklyn Burger eating contest held before today's New York Mets game with a total of 16 burgers.
Qualifiers for Dani's House of Pizza eating contest will take place on July 20 and 27 in Kew Gardens, NY. The finals on August 3 will award $1250 ($750 to the winner).
Keith Hernandez will MC the Brooklyn Burger eating contest before Saturday's Mets game. The winner will get to watch the game from a suite.
Newsday reports that Mike Hoffman won a contest at Joe's Pizzeria in Holbrook by eating an 18 inch pizza in 10 minutes.
Dave Brunelli wins 2013 Go Go Curry Finals
Will Millender reports that Dave Brunelli won the 2013 Go Go Curry finals with a record total. A rerun can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-5th-annual-go-go-curry-eating-championship
Full results
1) Dave Brunelli 33, record
2) Wayne Algenio 25
3) Masanoriâ€MAX†Yamada 21
4) Andrew Kowitt 16
5) Orlando (replacement for Joe Menchetti) 9
Joey Chestnut 7-peats Nathan’s finals with record 69
update July 8
Joey Chestnut post-contest wiping his face with an American flag has been controversial Barstoool Sports has produced an animated .gif of the action (direct link)
Video of entire contest | introductions
Rake & Herald reports: Report 1 | Report 2
Brian Seiken has produced a “Cheap Seats” like commentary on the contest
Matt Stonie has a gallery
Seacoast Online has a report on Matt Stonie’s runner-up performance
The Visalia Times has an article about Pablo Martinez
Business Week produced a pre-contest video featuring Yasir Salem
Crazy Legs Conti asks “Is Competitive Eating Too Sexy for the 4th of July?” in Huffington Post
1) Joey Chestnut 69, record, 7th victory in a row
2) Matt Stonie 51 personal best
3) Tim Janus 50
5) Bob Shoudt 39.75 (corrected)
4) Adrian Morgan 38
6T) Aaron Osthoff 31
6T) Jeff Butler 31
8 Yasir Salem 30
9 Marcos Owens 29
10 Erik Denmark 28
11 Pablo Martinez 27
12 Juan Rodriguez 26
13 Pete Davekos 25
14 Ronnie Hartman 22
15 Eric Booker 21
16 Christos Kyriazis 9 (sponsor’s exemption)
Rake & Herald has an interview with Joey Chestnut
Esquire has a blog entry containing an interview with Crazy Legs Conti, who says he will attend the finals as a spectator.
Pete Davekos hinted that he might be retiring.
Kobayashi eats 67 hot dogs at Kobi Dogs debut
update July 8
Facebook gallery by Takeru Kobayashi
Facebook gallery & contest video by Dave “US Male” Goldstein, who credits the coaching of Allen Goldstein for his personal best
Interview with Takeru Kobayashi at contest
Daily Meal article about contest
International Business Times article about Kobayashi
Full results from Will Millender
1) Takeru Kobayashi 67
2) Dave Brunelli 30-something
3) Dave “US Male” Goldstein 28
4) Wayne Algenio 24
5) Will Millender 17.5
6) Dimitry “The Ukraine Train” Shchupak 17
update Kobayashi ate 67 hot dogs (I have not been able to find any other results)
Gizmodo.com has reposted Deadspin.com’s article from 2011 about Takeru Kobayashi breaking with Major League Eating.
2013 Nathan’s finals – women
update July 8
Rake & Herald reports: Report 1 | Report 2
The Dana Point Times has a profile of Mary Bowers
Missouri Net thinks Juliet Lee won the contest and should have received the same amount ($10,000) as Joey Chestnut.
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Sonya Thomas 36.75, 3rd women’s division victory in a row, 11 straight finals where she was top female
2) Juliet Lee 36
3) Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco 27.5, originally 30
4) Meredith Boxberger 26, spelled “Boxburger” by ESPN
5) Larell Marie Mele 21
6) Neslie Ricasa 14
7) Mary Bowers 10
8T) Laura Riehman 6.5
8T) Prudence Di Benedetto 6.5
update A picture of the field (without Juliet Lee) I do not recognize the two women on the right
According to the official contest roster, five female qualifier winners are not competing in Coney Island today: Miki Sudo, Molly Schuyler, Dee Martin, Christina Ginn and Terri Reeves.
The Rake & Herald has an interview with Miki Sudo, the top female performer on the 2013 qualifier circuit (40 hot dogs) conducted before she withdrew from the finals. In another Rake & Herald article, Rich Shea declined to provide any new information about the withdrawal (but he does say that Miki Sudo will compete in the Hooters wing finals later this month)
Documentarian Vic Losick wrote a letter to the New York Times calling for Mayor Bloomberg to ignore the Nathan's finals.
July 4 weather for JFK airport predicted to be mostly cloudy with a high temperature of 82.
Eater X wins Mets ballpark Nathan’s qualifier w/50
Pix11 video of qualifier, miscaptioned as having taken place in Coney Island.
Andrew Kossuth reports that Prudence from NY was the female winner with a total of 6. (She was not the sole female competing)
Tim “Eater X” Janus won the contest with 50 hot dogs. This is the highest qualifier total of 2013.
This might be the female winner / possible sole participant.
The qualifier to be held before today’s New York Mets game vs. the Washington Nationals has received minimal publicity; it does not appear to even be mentioned on http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/The game time is 1:10 so the qualifier will have an early start.
Andrew Kossuth is the only expected entrant besides Tim Janus.
A facebook event page lists the competitors for the July 4 hot dog eating contest at the Eventi Hotel that Kobayashi will headline: Wayne Algenio, Dave Brunelli, Johnnie Excel, Dave "US Male" Goldstein, Jamie McDonald & Will Millender. (via email)
Last year's cupcake eating contest held at Coney Island will be televised on the July 1 episode of DC Cupcakes on TLC at 7pm ET/PT. Stephanie Torres ate 71 cupcakes to win the contest.
Joe Menchetti won Helmbold's hot dog eating contest at last night's Tri City Valley Cats game in Troy, NY.
A press release has more information about Takeru Kobayashi's July 4 event where he will attempt to break his personal record of 69 hot dogs and unveil his line of "Kobi Dogs". None of the seven "accalaimed competitive eaters" that will also participate are listed by name. Kobi Dogs will be available for mail order on www.KobiDog.com starting July 4 (that website currently shows a generic Go Daddy page).
The field for the 2013 Go Go Curry finals in Manhattan on July 6 has been set: Dave Brunelli, Joe Menchetti, Wayne Algenio, Andrew Kowitt and Masanori "Max" Yamada.
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