Upcoming eating contests
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
Man Fuel has a blog entry by Mandy about her competitive eating history. She has completed two of the three New York burger challenges she has attempted.
All 33 members of the Albany Dutchmen minor league baseball team will attempt the burger challenge at J & A Prep Kitchen on June 2 in an event to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Pitopia in Manhattan will hold a falafel ball eating contest on June 2 awarding an iPad mini to the winner.
Nathan Famous' main Coney Island location reopened at 7 pm yesterday.
Sunday's episode of On the Run at the Brooklyn Half [Marathon] can be viewed on youtube. Yasir Salem's segment starts at 17:55.
Pat Bertoletti appears on a picture promoting a contest awarding 4 front row seats in the Nathan's finals.
NY1 has an article about the planned reopening of the main Coney Island Nathan's on Memorial Day weekend.
Yasir Salem will appear on this weekend's episode (ABC 7 Sunday 1:00 pm) of "NY RR on the Run at the Brooklyn Half [Marathon]" which will end near Nathan's Coney Island location. (Flashback: According to Mortimer Matz, Nathan's had the opportunity to be the main sponsor of the New York City Marathon in the 1976)
Pitcher Ryan Tatusko of the Syracuse Chiefs (Washington Nationals minor league team) has made a request for Bob Shoudt to do an eating exhibition in upstate New York.
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".
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