The contest will be taking place at 4 p.m. on Saturday on the Promenade at JFK Boulevard in Sea Isle City. Irish Weekend Festival begins at La Costa at 11 a.m. and runs until 9 p.m. There will be plenty of great things going on around the area, not the least of which is the opportunity to eat your last Bubba Dog of the year! My hot dog cart, before and after the contest, will be set up adjacent to La Costa. Looking forward to seeing everybody in Sea Isle.
Hot Dog Eating Contest Registration Form (click here)
Gentleman Joe, one of the best competitive eaters in the world, will be joining us for the hot dog contest. This guy can really eat. He’s won a number of competitions in his eating career and will be a worthy challenge on Saturday. Check out some of his accomplishments:
Joe Menchetti
Wallingford, CT
This Food Warrior is considered among the best Competitive Eaters in the World. He is currently ranked as a four star Eater by the Association of Independent competitive Eaters. Gentleman Joe is considered New England’s undisputed Competitive Eating Champion.
His Eating Resume includes world records in Beef Patties, Sweet Corn, Fried Cicada’s, Conch Fritters and Pumpkin Pie. In addition, he has many national eating titles and victories in chicken wings, Hot dogs, Pickles and Pizza, Bratwurst, Meat Pies, Pastrami, Paczki, Italian Subs and Italian Sausage, Hamburgers to name a few.
You may have seen him in the Glutton Bowl or on Ripley’s Believe it or Not where he consumed an amazing 41 Hot Dogs in just 10 minutes.
His quest for eating Stardom began as early as the 5th grade when he ate what other kids didn’t like. On one occasion he ate 16 servings of Baked beans and on another occasion he ate 12 servings of Green Bean Salad.
He uses no special training techniques and states that his normal diet is sufficient training for any contest that he may enter. When he is not Eating for prize money or emptying out his friends refrigerators he works as a Corporate Spokesperson and Ticket Broker. He is 6′2”, 300lbs and hails from Wallingford CT.
