Upcoming eating contests
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
Elizabeth Weinstein won a wing eating contest held at Hurricane Grill & Wings in Manorville, NY yesterday. Former NFL player Gary Brown also competed. (video)
Eric "Badlands" Booker appeared on WKBW this morning to promote the Buffalo Wing Festival.
Wayne Algenio reports that he was the runner up in both the mild and spicy wing eating contests at the Long Island Buffalo Wing Festival yesterday. Joe Menchetti was the victor in both.
The fields for the Buffalo Wing Festival eating contest and Buffet Bowl contests have been listed. Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Miki Sudo, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Michelle Lesco, Jim Reeves, Yasir Salem and Steve Hendry some competitors expected to participate in both contests.
The men's division of the Chef One Dumpling eating contest has filled up and the registration for the women's division will close on September 6. Pat Bertoletti and Molly Schuyler have both requested signup forms for the competition.
The Long Island Wing Festival will hold two wing eating contests on Sunday awarding $250 in Bayshore, NY.
PETA has called for the Buffalo Wing Festival to prohibit pregnant women from competing in its eating contests.
The Japanese television segment about Takeru Kobayashi's victory in his Nathan's hot dog contest contest debut has been uploaded to youtube. "Badlands" Booker, Charles Hardy, Don Lerman, "Cookie" Jarvis and Kevin Lipsitz are others appearing in the video.
Inquirer.net has an interview with Wayne Algenio about his victory in a balut eating contest.
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.
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