Patrick Bertoletti
Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti is an American competitive eater from Chicago.
Competitive eating career
2007
On January 2, 2007, he became the first person to complete the Sasquatch Burger Contest at Bigfoot Lodge Cafe in Memphis, Tennessee. 679 people had tried to finish the burger and fries that starts with 4 lbs of hamburger meat on a homemade bun, Bertoletti finished the meal in 11 minutes and 5 seconds.[1][2]
On July 4, 2007, he finished third in the 92nd annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, having eaten 49 hot dogs and buns in that competition. Only two others have ever eaten more during the contest.[3]
On September 16, 2007, he defeated Sonya Thomas and Rich LeFevre at the La Costeña "Feel the Heat" Jalapeño Eating Challenge in Chicago, IL. This competition was marred when the event organizers ran out of jalapeños five minutes into the eight-minute competition.
On October 9, 2007, he upset points leader Joey Chestnut and held off a comeback by second ranked Takeru Kobayashi to win the chicken wing "Chowdown" in Las Vegas shown on Spike TV.[4]
On November 22, 2007, he won Spike TV Major League Eating "Turkey Bowl". Bertoletti consumed 6.91 pounds of (whole) turkey in 8 minutes, upsetting the previous year's winner Joey Chestnut. The feat earned a "Wow!" from 4th ranked Tim Janus after the competition when the total weight consumed was announced.
2008
On April 12, 2008, he won the ACME Oyster House 2008 World Oyster Eating Championships by downing 35 dozen raw oysters on the half shell in 8 minutes in New Orleans, Louisiana.
On July 4, 2008, he finished 4th at the Nathan's Famous contest, consuming 38 HDB (hot dogs & buns) in the 10-minute contest.
On September 1, 2008, he finished 3rd at the Skyline Chili Spaghetti Eating Contest, consuming 11 LB in the 10-minute contest.
On September 28, 2008, he finished in 2nd at the Krystal Square Off, eating 85 Krystal burgers, one more than Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi
2009
On March 16, 2009 he won the Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm, eating 16 3⁄4 8-ounce corned-beef sandwiches in the 10-minute contest.[5][6]
On July 4, 2009, Patrick placed 3rd in the Nathan's Famous contest, eating 54 HDBs.[7]
On September 2, 2009, Patrick won the Nugget Rib Eating Championship at the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off, eating 5.8 pounds of pork rib meat in 12 minutes.[8]
2010
In May, 2010, Patrick became the world poutine eating champion after scarfing down 13 pounds of gravy-and-cheese-soaked fries in a mere 10 minutes. He edged out 11 fellow stars of Major League Eating and three Canadian amateur eaters by consuming box after box of poutine at Toronto's BMO Field in the first World Poutine Eating Championship.[9]
On July 4, 2010, Patrick took third place in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating contest by eating 37 hot dogs in ten minutes.
On July 22, 2010, Patrick beat Joey Chestnut to win the Mars Bar eating competition. He ate 38 bars in just over 4 minutes.[10]
2011
On May 1, 2011, Patrick took first place in the La Costena "Feel the Heat" Jalapeño Eating Championship and set a world record by eating 275 pickled jalapeños in eight minutes.[11][12]
On June 5, 2011, Patrick took first place in the Acme Oyster House Oyster Eating Contest and set a Louisiana state record by eating 39 dozen (468 individual) oysters in eight minutes.[13]
On July 4, 2011, Patrick took second place in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating contest by eating 55 hot dogs in ten minutes.
2012
On January 23, 2012, Patrick took first place in The Isle Boonville World Boneless Buffalo Wing Eating Championship by eating 6.75 pounds of buffalo wings in 10 minutes.
On September 9, 2012, Patrick took first place in Wild Eggs National Pancake Eating Championship by eating 50 king pancakes in 10 minutes.[14]
2013
On February 3, 2013, Patrick took first place in Fat Tuesday King Cake Eating World Championship by eating 12 king cakes in 8 minutes.
On July 3, 2013, Patrick took first place in Z-Burger Independence Burger eating Championship by eating 28 burgers in 10 minutes.
On October 6, 2013, Patrick took second place in Canada's biggest pizza eating contest by eating 39 slices of pizza in 12 minutes.
2014
He set a record for most milk consumed in an hour by drinking 2.5 gallons.
2015
Won the 2015 Wing Bowl by eating 444 wings in 26 minutes.[15][16]
World records
- 16" pizza: 47 slices in 10 minutes[13]
- Blueberry pie (hands-free): 9.17 lbs in 8 minutes[13]
- Chicken wings: 4.1 lbs in 8 minutes
- Chocolate: 1 lb, 15.5 oz in 7 minutes[13]
- Corned beef and cabbage: 10.63 lbs in 10 minutes[13]
- Corned Beef Sandwiches: 11 8-ounce sandwiches in 10 minutes
- Date Nut Bread: 29.5 date nut bread and cream cheese sandwiches in 8 minutes[13]
- Doughnuts (cream-filled): 47 glazed and cream-filled doughnuts in 5 minutes[17]
- Grits: 21 lbs in 10 minutes[17]
- Ice cream (short form): 1.75 lbs (gallons) vanilla ice cream in 8 minutes[18]
- Jalapeño peppers (pickled): 98 after eating 47 donuts in 5 minutes
- Jalapeño peppers (pickled): 191 in 6.5 minutes[13]
- Jalapeño peppers (pickled): 275 in 8 minutes[13]
- Key lime pie: 10.8 lbs in 8 minutes[17]
- Kolaches: 44 cherry kolaches in 8 minutes[17]
- Oysters (short form): 34 dozen in 8 minutes[17]
- Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches: 42 sandwiches in 10 minutes[17]
- Posole: 9 lbs, 3 ounces in 12 minutes[13]
- Shoo-fly pie: 11.1 lbs in 8 minutes[13]
- Strawberry rhubarb pie: 7.9 lbs in 8 minutes[13]
- Strawberry shortcake: 15.25 lbs in 8 minutes[13]
- Waffles: 29 8-ounce waffles in 10 minutes[17]
- Whole turkey: 4 lbs, 12.8 ounces of roast turkey meat in 12 minutes
- Whole turkey (short form): 6.91 lbs of roast turkey meat in 8 minutes[17]
Media appearances
Bertoletti was featured on the cover of the Chicago Reader on Friday June 30, 2006. The story described his abilities and his ambitions for the summer competition.[19]
Bertoletti and food truck partner Tim Brown appeared as "Glutton Force 5" on a season 2 episode of the Food Network's Food Court Wars in March 2014. The pair won for their "Taco in a Bag" concept and were awarded free rent for one year for a location in the food court at Spring Hill Mall located in West Dundee, Illinois as part of their prize.[20][21]
Personal life
Bertoletti is a graduate of Morgan Park Academy[22][23] and Kendall College.[5] He is a co-owner and chef of the restaurant "Taco in a Bag" in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago.[24]
He is an avid reader of the Girl Talk series by author L.E. Blair.[25]
See also
References
- ↑ "Challenge Winner - 2007!". Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ↑ "The Kookamonga Challenge". Kookycanuck.com. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ↑ Sederstron, Jotham & Adam Lisberg. (July 4, 2007) American wins hot dog title over six-time champ Daily News (New York).
- ↑ Top-ranked chicken eater loses his crown; Ryan Nakashima; October 10, 2007; Retrieved October 10, 2007; Archived October 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 Riley, Marcus (March 17, 2009). "Chicagoan Creams Corned Beef Competition". NBC Chicago. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ↑ "NY hosts corned beef 'Sandwich Slamm'". WBBH-TV. March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ↑ Lucadamo, Kathlen; Xana O'Neill; & Bill Hutchinson. (July 5, 2009) Rain and Shine for 4th Daily News (New York).
- ↑ Pat Bertoletti Posts Shocking Rib Eating Contest Upset.
- ↑ ‘Deep Dish’ scarfs down 13 pounds of poutine to wear the crown of curds The Globe and Mail, May 23, 2010
- ↑ Comic-Con Day 1 Sign On San Diego, July 22, 2010
- ↑ "Jalapeño competition spices up Market Square". Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ↑ "Major League Eating & International Federation of Competitive Eating". Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Records". Major League Eating. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Wild Eggs National Pancake Eating Championship". Major League Eating. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Winner of 2015 Wing Bowl: 444 Wings Eaten in 26 Minutes". Daily Postal. January 31, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ↑ Albert, Andrew (January 30, 2015). "Wing Bowl 23: Patrick Bertoletti sets record, upsets Molly Schuyler". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Media Network. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Soverinsky, Jerry. (2008). Now That's Fast Food. Chicago Sun-Times (September 24, 2008) accessed August 16, 2009.
- ↑ Culinary student Patrick Bertoletti, 20, ate 1 3⁄4 pounds of ice cream in eight minutes to win the World Ice Cream Eating Championship. Ice Cream Reporter (June 20, 2006). accessed August 16, 2009.
- ↑ "Overeating for Fun and Profit", By Kabir Hamid, Chicago Reader, June 29, 2006. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ↑ Adkins, Lenore T. (June 29, 2014). "Despite Food Network win, food court taco stand struggles". Daily Herald. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- ↑ Pang, Kevin (July 30, 2014). "The Cheap Eater: Taco in a Bag". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Chef Patrick Bertoletti [03]" (pdf). Morgan Park Academy Magazine. May 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ↑ Nunn, Emily (May 24, 2006). "A lot to swallow". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
Although he travels around the country eating a lot of junk, Bertoletti, 20, a Morgan Park Academy grad, has elevated tastes.
- ↑ Sula, Mike (June 19, 2015). "Swallow your shame at Taco in a Bag". Chicago Reader. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ↑ Groeninger, Alissa (July 3, 2011). "Chicago man hoping to be top dog in Nathan's eating contest". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 25, 2015.