Upcoming eating contests
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
A picture of the latke eating contest at Zan's Deli in Lake Grove, Long Island won by Don "Moses" Lerman appeared on the front page of The Times of Middle Country.
Buck Wolf has posted an AOL News video from September's cannoli eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro won by Crazy Legs Conti.
The Finger Lakes Times reports that Abbie Zubiel won a 9 inch cinnamon bun eating contest held as part of the "It's a Wonderfull Life" Festival in Seneca Fall, New York.
The Ithaca Courier has an article about the "Fat Chick" sandwich and other Ithaca, New York area eating challenges.
Ivy Bakery cupcake contest videos
Videos from last April’s cupcake eating contest at the Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn are now available on youtube: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3. A radio station interview with winner Nancy Cummings has also been uploaded. (Jo “Gavonne” Rose was another competitor in that contest).
The Ivy Bakery’s youtube page reports that its 2010 cupcake eating contest will take place on April 24.
Don Lerman wins Zan’s latkes
CompetitiveEaters.com reports that Don “Moses” Lerman won the latke eating contest at Zan’s Deli today. Paul “Pork Slap” Arcaria was second. According to the eatfeats database, this is Lerman’s first win in a sanctioned contest since the August 2004 Nathan’s qualifier in Saratoga Springs, NY.
update Don Lerman has posted a video announcing his retirement from competitive eating to his blog.
update Dec 15 Recent comments for this post not pertaining to the latke contest have been moved to the “Abuse Room” thread
The Major League Eating youtube channel has a video from last week's Slammin' Salmon Chowder Eating Contest. (via crawfish twitter)
According to ffidler's twitter the latke eating contest (purse $790) to be held during the Long Island Chanukah Telethon Sunday night is still accepting entrants.
Queens Chronicle has the prize winners of the Famous Famiglia pizza contest restricted to La Guardia airport workers. Israel “Big Iz†Jimenez received $2,000 for winning the contest by eating 12 slices of pizza in six minutes.
The Go! Go! Curry! twitter announces that an unnamed Japanese champion might be competing in a curry eating contest.
Notorious B.O.B. wins Slammin’ Salmon chowder
From the eatingcontest twitter:
1) “Notorious” B. O. B. Shoudt, 9.75 32 oz. bowls
2) Tim “Eater X” Janus 9.5
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker 5
4) Crazy Legs Conti 4.25
5) Allen “Shredder” Goldstein
update Full results are available on IFOCE.com
A video of one of the amateur contestants reversing after the contest is available
update #2 Philly.com has a column reporting that Shoudt consumed 2.4 gallons, which will be a total volume record.
update #3 A video of the entire contest is available
Applications are now being accepted from amateurs for the "Clash of the Clucks" wing eating contest. The first round will take place at 25 Long Island sites from January 29 to January 31.
Going.com lists Tim "Eater X" Janus, Crazy Legs Conti and Eric "Badlands" Booker as entrants in Thursday's Slammin' Salmon Chowder Eating Contest. Bob Shoudt has also been announced as a competitor. Amateurs will be selected to compete at the contest site.
The Nathan's finals in Coney Island appears in LIFE magazine's gallery of 35 must see sports events and venues.
It appears there will be two Long Island latke eating contests on December 13: one competition will be held at Zan's Deli in Lake Grove, the other will take place in conjunction with the Chabad of Mineola's Chanukah Telethon.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has posted a video of him eating a slice from a 24 inch pizza at Dani's pizza in 18 seconds.
twitter.com/gcshea: A chowder eating contest will be held at City Crab in New York City to promote the movie The Slammin' Salmon (poster | trailer)
Youtube has videos of the 30 inch meatlovers pizza challenge at Marco's Pizza in Poughkeepsie, NY in which a female team member apparently finishes her half of the pizza Part 1 | Part 2
Derek Jeter & Will Ferrell film movie at Nathan’s
The New York Post has a gallery of Derek Jeter filming the Will Ferrell movie “The Other Guys” at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island yesterday. The movie has the following plot summary:
In the comedy, Ferrell and notorious Red Sox fan Mark Wahlberg play cops who spend their careers as desk jockeys. The two are permanently benched after Wahlberg’s character wrongly shoots Jeter in the leg after seeing him walking around with a bat, sources said.
The scene shot at Nathan’s takes place years later, when a down-on-his-luck Jeter — wearing a filthy hobo’s jacket and sporting stringy gray hair — encounters the crime-fighting duo.
Todd's New York BBQ & Roadhouse in Bayside, NY has a 24 inch cheese steak challenge weighing about 5 pounds that is free if it is eaten in less than 30 minutes.
Man vs. Food November 11 (Brooklyn) episode links
Travel Channel episode guide | slideshow
Restaurants
- Buffalo Cantina challenge – Six suicide wings
Myspace | Citysearch | Yelp
Eat Me Daily blog entry by about the recording
Episode commercial about the challenge
Video of Adam Richman attempting the challenge in 2008
Picture of the wall of fame - Brennan & Carr meal – cheeseburger topped w/ roast beef
Citysearch | Yelp | Gothamist review - L&B Spumoni Gardens meal – Sicilian style pizza
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
List of New York City eating challenges in the eatfeats database
List of Long Island eating challenges in the eatfeats database
Stuck at the Airport reports that the Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest at La Guardia on November 19 will be for airport employees only.
The NYPost reports that the Chabad of Mineola (Long Island) will hold a kosher latke eating contest with a purse of $790 ($360 first prize) on December 13 as part of its Chanukah Telethon.
Go! Go! Curry, site of a curry eating contest, is mentioned in The New York Times restaurant blog and a WCBS segment due to the owner's devotion to World Series MVP Hideki Matsui.
Joshua M. Bernstein has a report in the New York Press about competing in the Chef One dumpling eating contest last month.
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