Upcoming eating contests
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
Man vs. Food September 15, 2010 (Niagara Falls) episode links
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Restaurants
- Mick & Angelo’s Eatery & Bar challenge – 10 course pasta feast
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Episode clip about constructing the challenge
Bodybuilding.com forum thread about “Furious” Pete Czerwinski completing the challenge in 2008. - Riverstone Grill meal – “Bone in the Stone” 3.5 pound steak
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WKBW news video segment about the “Bone in the Stone”
Buffalo News article about recording at the Riverstone Grill - The Silo meal – “Haystack” sandwich
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Buffalo News blog entry about recording at The Silo
List of Buffalo / Western New York eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database
Registration for Thursday's cannoli eating contest at the Festa di San Gennaro will open at 11am eastern today.
Kalbi vs. Naan has a report by the top amateur (3rd overall) in the pancake eating contest at Jo's in New York City on Labor Day. The two unnamed pros ate 35 and 25 pancakes to claim the top two spots.
Peta has a press release criticizing the Buffalo Wing Festival mentioning Sonya Thomas' victory in the wing eating contest (via Rhonda Evans) and This Dish is Veg has a blog entry finding fault with Cincinnati for holding a festival celebrating International Bacon Day with a picture of "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder competing in the bacon eating contest won by Mark Lyle.
The Sag Harbor Express has a report on Matt "MegaToad" Stonie's victory in the Bay Burger lobster roll eating contest on Labor Day.
A web page has been set up for the Chef One dumpling eating contest at the NYC Dumpling Festival on September 25 . The registration deadline is September 17 and the payouts will be $1000/$500/$300 for both the men and women's divisions as in previous years. A press release announces that Joe Menchetti and Olga Zaitseva will return to defend their titles.
The lobster roll contest at Bay Burger in Sag Harbor, NY can be viewed online starting at 4:30 pm. update Matt "MegaToad" Stonie won the contest by eating 11 lobster rolls in 5 minutes. update Matt Stone has uploaded a video.
Sonya Thomas defeats Joey Chestnut in Buffalo Wing Festival Championship
update Sept 14 Salon.com article about Teresa Guido winning the bobbing for wings contest (via Stephanie Wu).
update Sept 6 WNYMedia has a video clip about the contest.
Yahoo News has over 400 comments to the AP article about the contest.
Buffalo News reports that Susan Borthwick won Saturday’s amateur wing eating contest.
update #2 WKBW has an article and video
Buffalo News has a video
Joe Cascio has a gallery and a picture of the result announcement. (You would never know that Sonya had just eaten almost 5 pounds looking at the picture.)
WNYMedia has an interview with Joey Chestnut before the contest
update WIVB has a short article
SonyaTheBlackWidow has been updated with a contest report
4:16 Results announced
1) Sonya Thomas 4.86 pounds, record for 12 minute contest
2) Joey Chestnut 4.55
3) Bryan Beard 2.89
4) Eric “Badlands” Booker 2.84
4:04 The contest is over
3:52 The contest starts
3:46 Sonya walks through the crowd to enter the stage
The contest should start at 3:30 and can be viewed online.
SkunkPost has a video interview with Joey Chestnut.
Bertoletti breaks Black Widow’s Buffalo streak
update #2 SonyaTheBlackWidow.com lists Brian Subich as the #4 finisher
update Bill Myers has posted full results on his twitter
1st Patrick Bertoletti 5.26 lbs (finished in 5 Minutes 56 seconds)
2nd Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas 5.26 lbs in (7 minutes 31 seconds)
3rd “Buffalo” Jim Reeves 3.96 lbs (all subsequent times 10:14)
4th Eric “Badlands” Booker 3.5 lbs
5th Bryan “Big Sexy” Beard 3.46 lbs
6th Dave Solomon 3.28 lbs
7th Dave “US Male” Goldstein 3.1 lbs
8th “Big” Brian Subich 3.04 lbs
9th “Wild” Bill Myers 2.73 lbs
10th Mike Landrich 2.12 lbs
11th Andrew Kossuth 1.66 lbs
Pat Bertoletti’s victory ends Sonya Thomas Buffalo Wing Festival streak at 6 contests.
The Buffet Bowl at the Buffalo Wing Festival should start at 6pm and can be viewed online. The festival website has the contest roster.
Bay Burger in Sag Harbor, NY will hold an amateur-only lobster roll eating contest on Labor Day. The first prize is $500 and the entrance fee is $100.
Takeru Kobayashi did an interview with PecoPecoNY.com, a Japanese-language website about New York City restaurants. Topics discussed include Kobayashi's arrest, his move to New York City, the recent pizza contest in Canada and contest techniques for eating various foods.
The facebook page for the Habitat in Brooklyn announces that Will Millender defended his wing eating crown at that restaurant Tuesday night. update Habitat's facebook page has a contest gallery.
Buffalo Spree has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in the Buffalo Wing Festival this weekend.
Man vs. Food September 1, 2010 (Syracuse) episode links
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Restaurants
- Mother’s Cupboard challenge – 6 pound frittata
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video of Joe Wait setting the challenge record in January - Dinosaur BBQ meal – Port-Sket Platter
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Syracuse.com article about recording at Dinosaur BBQ - Heid’s of Liverpool meal – Heid’s Double Dog
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Episode clip recorded at Heid’s co-starring Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim
List of Syracuse area eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database
The new poll asks how you think the Wall of Fame mural at the original Nathan's will be altered to reflect that Takeru Kobayashi's departure from the IFOCE.
VillageVoice.com announces that Jo's in New York City will hold the F*cking Delicious Pancake Eating Contest on Labor Day, September 6. The winner will receive a $250 American Express gift card.
BuffaloWing.com has a roster of the expected entrants in the U.S. Chicken Wing Eating Championship. Three of the top 5 IFOCE are listed: Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Pat Bertoletti.
The facebook for the Buffalo Wing Festival announces that Joey Chestnut will compete in two contests on Labor Day Weekend. On Saturday, September 4, he will compete against teams of five amateurs in a contest sponsored by Pepto Bismol. On September 5, Joey Chestnut will try to break Sonya Thomas' streak of three wins in the United States Chicken Wing Eating Championship.
A facebook page has been set up for the NYC Dumpling Festival which announces the 7th Chef One Dumpling Contest will take place on September 25.
Mortimer Matz: Nathan’s hot dog contest 1916 start a fabrication
The New York Times has an interview with Mortimer Matz, who was Max Rosey’s partner in promoting the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest in the 1970’s. Matz says that there is no basis for the claimed origin of the contest during World War I:
We said this was an annual tradition since 1916. In Coney Island pitchman style, we made it up.
After being contacted by the New York Times, a Nathan’s spokesman said the company had no evidence of pre-1970s competitions. (A Nathan’s contest held in 1967 in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the creation of the hot dog was reported by the UPI. Walter Paul reportedly won the contest by eating 127 hot dogs in an hour).
Matz also says that Nathan’s turned down the opportunity to be the sponsor for the New York City Marathon in 1976.
update Aug 20 Gothamist has a blog entry about Matz’ admission. Matz is featured in a 1979 New York Magazine article about press agents. The article does not bring up Matz’ work for Nathan’s, but the restaurant is mentioned in Godfather author Mario Puzo’s cover story about Coney Island.
The Buffalo News reports that Man vs. Food will record at The Silo in Lewiston, NY tomorrow. update Buffalo News has a report on the filming. The other two Buffalo area restaurants in the episode will be the Riverstone Grill on Grand Island and Mick & Angelo's Eatery and Bar in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Cabrito's in New York City has started a taco challenge that will award free tacos to a diner who breaks the house taco record. The current record is 14 tacos in an hour. update the record is now 20 tacos
Gothamist reports that the BK Whopper Bar in Times Square will offer the NY Pizza Burger, a quadruple burger on an oversized bun topped with mozzarella, marinara sauce and "Tuscan Herb" mayonnaise. update The Stir has more details: the sandwich on a 9.5 inch bun will cost $12.99 and have one pound of hamburger meat.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski reports that he repeated in Dani's House of Pizza eating contest in Queens despite non-competitive eaters receiving a 50% bonus in that competition. update Aug 16 NYPizzaKing has a video of the contest
Wings on the Water in Syracuse will hold a wing eating contest August 21 that will award $250 to the winner.
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