Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
The WE network will hold a cake eating contest for brides-to-be in New York City on May 30 awarding $10,000 to promote the new season of Bridezillas.
Joey Chestnut is expected to compete in the pastrami sandwich eating contest at Katz's Deli in New York City June 2.
Sling Ping has an article and video about yesterday's hot dog eating contest at Rudi's in Patchogue, NY. Dave Brunelli ate 26 hot dogs to win and Wayne Algenio was the runner up with 23. update May 13 Newsday also has an article mostly behind a paywall update May 14 Newsday also has a gallery.
The Brooklyn Pizza Eating Contest sponsored by Rocco's Pizzeria will take place at the Bay Ridge 5th Avenue Festival on June 2. Last year's contest awarded $450 ($300 to the winner).
The House of Cupcakes announces it will unveil a 25 pound (35,800 calorie) cupcake with the face of Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the opening of its New York City location on Thursday.
The New York Post reports there was a fire yesterday at the Coney Island Nathan's located at Surf & Stillwell. There were no injuries.
MLE will hold a pastrami sandwich eating contest on June 2 in Manhattan in honor of Katz's Deli 125th anniversary.
The Memory Motel in Montauk, NY, reportedly the inspiration for the 1976 Rolling Stones song, will hold a burrito eating contest on May 4.
The Daffest in Saranac Lake, NY will hold a pie eating contest tomorrow awarding $500 ($100 registration fee).
Prize of Man v Food Nation appearance reneged on
It has been one year since the final new episodes (Jackson, MS and Charlotte, NC) of Man v Food: Nation debuted on April 11, 2012. In August 2011, John Lomascolo was informed that the video he submitted for a contest held on the program’s facebook page received the most votes and he would claim the prize of an appearance on an episode featuring Albany, NY area restaurants. (The eating challenge site was to have been Wagon Train BBQ in Rotterdam, NY). The program never recorded in eastern upstate New York (episode list) and the series terminated before John Lomascolo received his prize. (I have made a twitter request to see if an alternate award was given out.)
Contest runner-up Lauren Takao did get to make an appearance in an episode recorded in Hawaii.
update April 12 I have been informed that John Lomascolo received a small compensation, but a future appearance on a Travel Channel program is unknown at this time.
Rudi's in Patchogue, NY will hold a hot dog eating contest on May 11 awarding a minimum of $500 to the winner.
Crazy Legs Conti has a report for Huffington Post about spectating at the Coney Island Boardwalk Nathan's qualifier and Edward Leavy Jr. has some pictures from that event (page 1 | page 2) (It is interesting that none of the approximately 10 million in greater NYC wanted and/or received a berth in the qualifier)
2013 Coney Boardwalk qualifier
update March 26 Jason Beinstein has a video. A caption says David Soberman ate 13 hot dogs.
Rake & Herald, Grub Street and Amusing the Zillion have contest reports
The qualifier was mentioned (without any footage) on Good Morning America
update March 24 Brian Seiken has posted some videos
update The winners
“Notorious” Bob Shoudt 36 hot dogs
Larell Marie Mele 17
update #2 Other results
“Wild” Bill Myers 13
Andrew Kossuth 12.5
“Beautiful” Brian Seiken 11 (thinks he ate 13)
Crazy Legs Conti was on site
update #3 Brooklyn Gossip has a gallery
The current temperature is 45F (Is this the coldest outside contest in IFOCE/MLE history?)
Lola Star announces that she will not be holding a veggie dog event on the Coney Island boardwalk tomorrow in conjunction with the Nathan's qualifier and claims that Nathan's called her landlord to prevent her from holding the counter-contest. update The July 4 veggie contest is still on
A possible future Carnegie Deli ad?: "Coach Calipari, your Kentucky Wildcats have just lost in the first round of the NIT to Robert Morris, where are you going?" Calipari: "I'm going to the Carnegie Deli with Takeru Kobayashi".
The high temperature for Saturday's kickoff of the 2013 Nathan's circuit on the Coney Boardwalk is projected to be 43 °F. This might make it the coldest Nathan's qualifier ever. The only possible post-2005 rival is probably the June 6, 2009 qualifier in Minnesota where the high temperature was 52 °F.
Comments about next Saturday's qualifier on the Coney Island Boardwalk in the 54 inch pizza challenge thread have been moved to this post.
Lola Star, organizer of a July 4 Coney Island veggie dog contest, is also planning a veggie dog event held in conjunction with the opening Nathan's qualifier on the Coney Island boardwalk on March 23. Lola claims the counter-contest will be "more of a performance to make vegetarianism look sexy & appealing... And make their gluttonous contest look extra appalling in contrast"
Nathan’s qualifier circuit to open March 23 on Coney Island Boardwalk
update March 8 Crain’s New York has an incorrect claim that the March 23 qualifier will be the first Coney Island Nathan’s contest held on a date other than July 4. Erik Denmark won a Coney Island qualifier on July 3, 2006.. In the 1970s, contests were held at various days in the summer, including Labor Day and Memorial Day weekend.
BrooklynPaper.com reports that the 2013 Nathan’s qualifier circuit will open on March 23 at the Nathan’s location on the Coney Island Boardwalk. Expected competitors include Tim “Eater X” Janus, Eric “Badlands” Booker, Crazy Legs Conti and “Michelle” [sic] Marie Mele. The Nathan’s location on the boardwalk will open March 18 and the main restaurant at Surf & Stillwell is hoping to complete post-Sandy reconstruction by Memorial Day.
update Registration is now open for the boardwalk qualifier. The first qualifier of the Hooters circuit in Panama City, FL is also accepting entrants.
IFOCE.com lists the qualifier cities as Las Vegas, Boston, Miami and Naples, FL, Atlanta and Savannah, GA, St. Paul, MN, Queens, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Calgary and East Rutherford, NJ.
update #2 2012 qualifer sites which are not listed include Garden City, MI, Atlantic City, Concord, NC, Thackerville, OK and Tempe, AZ. If no qualifiers are added, there will be one qualifier each in the central (St. Paul), mountain (calgary) and Pacific (Las Vegas) time zones.
update #3 A press release says the finals will start at noon and be televised on ESPN.
The Syracuse University student newspaper has an article about Eric "Badlands" Booker accompanying ToTs, a peformer who bills himself as the "potato rap pioneer".
Lola Star announces she is planning a "sexy, fabulous veggie hotdog eating contest/performance" in Coney Island and she has asked a Nathan's finalist to cross over to her competition.
2013 El Al Hamantaschen eating contest
update Feb 27 Jornoblogs has a contest report listing Nathaniel Siev as the amateur winner.
update Feb 26 TabletMag has a contest report and video Rake and Herald also has a contest report.
Jamie McDonald ate a record 48 hamantaschen at the National Hamantaschen Eating Championship
Amateur results from Kayla Epstein
1) Nathaniel Siev 34.5
2) The Ukraine Train 33
3) Kevin Sloan 24
4) Jake Zach just under 24
El Al Airlines’ second annual National Hamantaschen Eating Championship will take place on Sunday at the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun synagogue in Manhattan. update Don "Moses" Lerman offers competitive eating tips to hamantaschen competitor Adam Chandler in Tablet Magazine
The Binghamton University student newspaper has an article about competitive eater / bodybuilder Jerry Yang.
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