Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Ohio eating challenges and contests in database)
Bristol Republic in Columbus, OH will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 20 awarding $500 to the winner.
Cherish Brown wrote a post for Food Challenge News about qualifying for the Nathan's Famous finals at a Dayton Dragons game earlier this month.
Darrien Thomas wins Cincinnati Nathan’s qualifier
update Cincinnati.com has a gallery
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Official results: Men | Women
Video of last minute of contest
| 1st | 34.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 2nd | 33.5 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 3rd | 16 | Michael Doolin | |
| 3rd | 16 | Ben Lottman | |
| 5th | 14 | Dominic Mandato | |
| 6th | 11 | Gage Ulery | |
| 7th | 7 | Chris Wright | |
| 8th | 6 | Thomas Sand | |
| DQ | ? | Garret Dexter |
| 1st | 7.5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 2nd | 4.5 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
Dayton Dragons Nathan’s qualifier
Results from the Nathan’s qualifier at tonight’s Daytons Dragons game
| 1st | 40 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 2nd | 12 | Mark Enstrom | |
| 2nd | 12 | Jon Reed | |
| 4th | 8 | Joey “Dogs” Durham |
| 1st | 10 | Kelly Wong | |
| 1st | 10 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
Both Cherish Brown and Kelly Wong will receive a spot in the July 4 contest.
The Toledo Blade has a gallery of Joey Chestnut's appearance at Saturday's Mudhens minor league baseball game. He did a cotton candy eating exhibition and oversaw a ice cream eating contest between local celebrities.
Berea, OH Nathan’s qualifier
updateMay 28
Video by Sam Messenger
Official results
| 1st | 50 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 27.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 3rd | 18 | Andrew Krawczyk | |
| 4th | 16.75 | Mike Landrich | |
| 5th | 15 | A Kamenski | |
| 6th | 11 | N Moufid | |
| 7th | 10 | A Djuric | |
| 8th | 6 | Carmen Angelo | from WTAM’s The Bloomsdaddy Show |
| 1st | 15.5 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | will compete in finals for 13th year in a row, 2nd longest streak after Joey Chestnut |
| 2nd | 7 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 3rd | 6.5 | Brynn Szeles |
Fox 8 is currently running a live video
Joey Chestnut will appear at the May 27 Toledo Mud Hens game. He will do one minute eating exhibitions for both cotton candy and ice cream.
Pat's Pizza and Pub in West Jefferson, OH will hold a pizza eating contest on June 3 awarding $250 to the winner.
Registration open for 2023 Nathan’s qualifers
Registration is now open for four Nathan’s qualifiers awarding a spot in the July 4 contest to the top male and female finishers.
May 27 Berea, OH
June 9 Dayton, OH
June 17 Pleasanton, CA
June 24 Washington, DC
update Registration for a June 17 qualifier in Cincinnati will open May 6 at 9 am. This places 3 out of the 6 announced qualifiers in Ohio.
Nathan’s qualifier May 13 in Kissimmee, FL
A facebook event page claims that the first Nathan’s Famous qualifier of 2023 will take place May 13 at Old Town in Kissimmee, FL (south Orlando). BBQ in DC will also hold a qualifier in Washington, DC on June 24. The traditional New York Mets Father’s Day qualifier might also return. Nathan’s will sponsor the giveaway promotion for their June 18 game, which has previously been a hint that a qualifier will take place during the event.
update April 21 A press release says there will also be qualifiers in Cincinnati on June 17 (probably a Reds game) and Pleasanton, CA (probably a return to the Alameda County Fair)
Registration opens today (April 21) at noon eastern for the Kissimmee qualifier.
Flat Iron Cafe in Cleveland will hold a wing eating contest on February 8 awarding $100 to the winner.
On December 16, Piada Italian Street Food in Easton, OH will hold a spaghetti eating contest inspired by the movie "Elf". The pasta toppings will be maple syrup, chocolate syrup, marshmallows, M&Ms, rainbow sprinkles and a Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tart.
In an eating contest held during halftime of tonight's Cleveland Cavaliers game, Joey Chestnut ate 47 pierogis to defeat three amateurs who combined for a total of 33.
WLWT.com reports that Joey Chestnut ate 14 slices of pumpkin pie in 3 minutes at Frisch's Big Boy in Fairfax, OH yesterday. He hoped to eat 24.
Joey Chestnut will attempt to set a record for the most pumpkin pie eaten in 3 minutes at Frisch's Big Boy in Fairfax, OH on November 23.
Dan Kennedy has posted the top 3 for Saturday's professional eating contest at the Sandusky, OH Donut Fest: 1) Dan Kennedy 51.5 donuts in 8 minutes 2) Molly Schuyler 39 donuts 3) Andrew Puhl 34
The Sandusky, OH Donut Fest will hold a professional donut eating contest tomorrow awarding $1000/$750/$500. An amateur competition will pay out $500/$300/$150.
2022 Destination Outlets Pumpkin Pie
Full results from today’s pumpkin pie eating contest at Destination Outlets in Jeffersonville, OH (results in pounds, 8 minutes)
Videos: George Chiger | WZAA | ERB Sports
Katie Delzoppo on Good Day Columbus
| 1st | 13.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 13 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 12 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 10.75 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 5th | 9.5 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 6th | 8.75 | George Chiger | |
| 7th | 8.25 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 8th | 6.5 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 9th | 5.75 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 10th | 6 | John Gebhard | |
| 11th | 4.25 | Matthew Raible | |
| 12th | 2.75 | Katie Delzoppo |
Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Steve Hammond, Derek Jacobs, John Gebhard, Matthew Raible and Andy Krawczyk are expected to compete in the Destination Outlets World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship in Jeffersonville, OH on October 9.
2022 Oktoberfest Zinzinnati bratwurst
Official results 10 minute contest
| 1st | 76 | Geoffrey Esper | new record |
| 2nd | 70 | Nick Wehry | would have broken old record |
| 3rd | 60 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 60 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 5th | 42 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 39 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 7th | 33 | Andrew Krawczyk | |
| 8th | 30.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 9th | 25 | Michael Doolin | |
| 10th | 19 | John Gebhard |
The introductions have started. George Chiger is running a live video
Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, George Chiger, Derek Jacobs and Eric "Badlands" Booker are expected to compete in Sunday's bratwurst eating contest at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Cincinnati. Joey Chestnut, who has won the previous 10 contests, will apparently not defend his title. update Joey Chestnut says he will be having leg surgery on Thursday and will be out of competitive eating for a while.
ColumbusNavigaator has a list of central Ohio restaurant challenges.
CityBeat.com reports Joey Chestnut will do a hot fudge cake eating exhibition at Frisch's Big Boy in FairFax, OH as part of the restaurant's 75th anniversary.
WBCKFM reports that Nathan Klein is the first to finish the "Hungry" bowl cereal challenge at One Bowl "The Cereal Bar" in Fostoria, OH.
Destination Outlets pumpkin pie contest
| 1st | 16.75 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 15.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 10.75 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 10.75 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 9.125 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 6th | 7.4375 | George Chiger | |
| 7th | 7.25 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 8th | 6.125 | James Ball | |
| 9th | 4.75 | John Gebhard | |
| 10th | 4.125 | Matthew Raible | |
| 11th | 1.75 | Rene Rovtar |
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