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WIVB.com reports that Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas won a pumpkin pie eating contest at the Clarence, NY Fall Festival by eating 25 pieces of pie in 8 minutes.
Ed "Cookie" Jarvis will compete in a wing eating contest at Manny's on Second in Manhattan on Monday night. This might be Jarvis' first contest since his cancer surgery last year.
The facebook for Daurizios FatBoy Style Pizza in Schenectady, NY announces that Joel Podelsky and Mike Longo will attempt today to be the first pair to finish the Fat Boy Challenge and win $500.
Yeah New York has a video from last month's cannoli eating contest at the San Gennaro Festival containing interviews with Crazy Legs Conti, Larell Marie Mele and winner Dave Goldstein.
NorthJersey.com has an article about Susan Borthwick, winner of the amateur eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival.
Kobayashi will appear at The Festival of The Japanese Artists in New York on November 13 or 14.
Wok To Walk in Manhattan will hold an eating contest tomorrow awarding 4 VIP tickets to an advanced screening JackAss3D.
Joel Podelsky's twitter announces that he won the wing eating contest at the Kettle Black in Brooklyn by eating 37 wings in four minutes. Will Millender was 3rd.
The Village Voice twitter reports that Elliot Maruffi won a pickle eating contest held at Black Rabbit Bar in Brooklyn by eating 6 jars of pickles in 15 minutes. update NYCin60 has a blog entry
Steamy Kitchen, MSG Food Blog and Blast Magazine have reports on the eating contests held at the New York City Dumpling Festival last Saturday. A video of the women's contest is also available.
TheMadH reports that Gianni Russo, who appeared in The Godfather, served as the celebrity judge for the cannoli eating contest at the San Gennaro Festival. (The blog entry says that Russo played singer Johnny Fontane, but he was actually Carlo Rizzi, Don Corleone's son in law.)
The New York Times Freakonomics blog notices that the price per hot dog increases with the number ordered at Nathan's Famous hot dogs.
The facebook page for the Buffalo Wing Festival has been updated with galleries from the contests held during Labor Day weekend, including the hot wing contest that Sonya Thomas competed in after defeating Joey Chestnut in the IFOCE wing eating contest.
Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn, site of a spring cupcake eating contest, seeks 8 entrants for a cookies & milk eating contest on October 3.

Joe Menchetti 6-peats NYC Dumpling Festival contest

update 8:48 NY1 has a video and DNAInfo has an article and slideshow

2:11 Will Millender also has the top 2 of the women’s division.

1) Floria Lee 38 dumplings, has won 5 out of 7 dumpling contests
2) Olia Zaitseva 34, 2009 winner
3) Shanei McMulley, won eat off

1:54 Will Millender has the top 5 of the men’s contest

1) Joe Menchetti 55, wins for 6th year in a row
2) Pat Viviano 40
3) Dave St. Fort 37
4) “Sunshine” 35
5) Will Millender 34

1:40 Will Millender reports that Pat Viviano won the first heat of the eating contest at the NYC Dumpling Festival with 40. The winner of the first women’s heat ate 23.

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Brooklyn Brine announces that the Black Rabbit Bar in Brooklyn will hold a whiskey sour pickle eating contest on October 1 awarding a $100 bar tab.
NoHeroHere has a video of today's pizza eating contest and awards ceremony at the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy. One of the co-champions was female. Will Millender competed in the contest.
Kluckr has a video of a wing eating contest held at the Village Pourhouse during the Ravens-Jets Monday Night Football game. Aaron Foss was the winner and Sarah was the runner-up.
Bill Cammack has a video about the burger challenge at Smashiess Grocery in East Harlem which requires a diner to eat a one pound burger in under 5 minutes
Maria "The Incredible Sulk" reports that she set the record for the Land Lubber's BBQ challenge at Port Royal Grille in Islip, NY, the site of Adam Richman's seafood challenge in the Long Island episode of Man vs. Food.
KatieDidntDoIt has a picture of a competitor (whose face is cropped out) reversing in the San Gennaro cannoli eating contest.
BuffaloBills.com announces that a 40 ounce steak eating contest between Bills fans and Green Bay Packer supporters will take place tomorrow at Prime Quarter in Green Bay.

US Male wins 2010 San Gennaro cannoli contest

update Sept 18 The Wall Street Journal also has a video

update Sept 17 #2 The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about the contest.

update Sept 17 DNAInfo has an article and slideshow about the contest. Conti was not disqualified even though he reversed onto his shirt (picture #12). Dave Goldstein is called a second year competitive eater even though he competed in the 2007 Wing Bowl and Buffalo Wing Festival.

update 3:53 The rest of the top 4:
1) Dave “US Male” Goldstein 13 cannolis
2) Crazy Legs Conti 12.75
3) Sean “Flash” Gordon 11.5
4) Larell Marie Mele 9.5

update 3:49 The MLE facebook announces that Dave “US Male” Goldstein won the contest by eating 13 cannolis in 6 minutes.

update 2:53 The contest is over

The contest is expected to start at 2pm eastern. Crazy Legs Conti, in his first contest since the Nathan’s finals, will attempt to defend his title. Sean “Flash” Gordon, Dave “US Male” Goldstein and Larell Marie Mele are also expected to compete. Ed “Cookie” Jarvis will serve as a judge.

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The Cream Cheese Festival in Lowville, NY (Syracuse area) will hold an eating contest awarding $350 ($200 to the winner) for two person teams on Saturday. One person will prepare the food, the other will consume it.
Daurizio's FatBoy Style Pizza & Catering in Schenectady, NY has a Fat Boy challenge that will award $500 to a two person team that can finish a Fat Boy Pizza, 20 wings, and orders of Garlic and Cinni Knots in under an hour.
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