Patrick Bertoletti

Patrick Bertoletti
Bertoletti fills his mouth with hot dogs in the 2010 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
Born (1985-06-06) June 6, 1985 (age 39)
Palos Heights, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationCompetitive eater

Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (born June 6, 1985[1]) is an American competitive eater from Chicago. He takes part in a variety of different eating competitions—notable wins include the 2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and the first-ever world poutine eating competition in Toronto. He also holds numerous world records, including the most milk consumed in an hour.

Competitive eating career

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2007

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On January 2, 2007, Bertoletti 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 pounds (1.8 kg) of hamburger meat on a homemade bun, Bertoletti finished the meal in 11 minutes and 5 seconds.[2][3]

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.[4]

On September 16, 2007, he won the La Costeña "Feel the Heat" Jalapeño Eating Championship in Chicago, Illinois. This competition was marred when the event organizers ran out of jalapeños before the end of the competition.[5][6]

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.[7]

On November 22, 2007, he won Spike TV Major League Eating "Turkey Bowl". Bertoletti consumed 6.91 pounds (3.13 kg) of (whole) turkey in 8 minutes, upsetting the previous year's winner, Joey Chestnut.[8]

2008

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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 eight minutes in New Orleans, Louisiana.[9]

On July 4, 2008, he finished 4th at the Nathan's Famous contest, consuming 38 HDB (hot dogs and buns) in the 10-minute contest.

On September 1, 2008, he finished 3rd at the Skyline Chili Spaghetti Eating Contest, consuming 11 pounds (5.0 kg) 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.[10]

2009

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On March 16, 2009, he won the Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm, eating 163⁄4 8-ounce (230 g) corned-beef sandwiches in the 10-minute contest.[11][12]

On July 4, 2009, Patrick placed 3rd in the Nathan's Famous contest, eating 55 HDBs.[13]

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 (2.6 kg) of pork rib meat in 12 minutes.[14]

2010

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In May, 2010, Patrick became the world poutine eating champion after scarfing down 13 pounds (5.9 kg) 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.[15]

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 four minutes.[16]

2011

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On May 1, 2011, Patrick took first place in the La Costeña "Feel the Heat" Jalapeño Eating Championship and set a world record by eating 275 pickled jalapeños in eight minutes.[17][18]

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.[19]

On July 4, 2011, Patrick took second place in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating contest by eating 53 hot dogs in ten minutes.

2012

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On January 23, 2012, Patrick took first place in The Isle Boonville World Boneless Buffalo Wing Eating Championship by eating 6.75 pounds (3.06 kg) of Buffalo wings in 10 minutes.

On July 4, 2012, Patrick took third place in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, eating 51 HDB in ten minutes.[20]

On September 9, 2012, Patrick took first place in Wild Eggs National Pancake Eating Championship by eating 50 king pancakes in 10 minutes.[21]

2013

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On February 3, 2013, Patrick took first place in Fat Tuesday King Cake Eating World Championship by eating 12 king cakes in eight minutes.[22]

On July 3, 2013, Patrick took first place in Z-Burger Independence Burger eating Championship by eating 28 burgers in ten minutes.[23]

On October 6, 2013, Patrick took second place in Canada's biggest pizza eating contest by eating 39 slices of pizza in 12 minutes.[24]

2014

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He set a record for most milk consumed in an hour by drinking 2.5 US gallons (9.5 L).[25]

2015

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He won the 2015 Wing Bowl by eating 444 wings in 26 minutes.[26][27]

2022

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After a 10 year retirement from the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Bertoletti returned to the competition, eating 33.5 HDB in ten minutes to finish fifth.[28]

2024

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After not competing in 2023, Bertoletti returned to the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2024. He captured his first victory in the event by eating 58 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes for the Mustard Belt title.[29]

World records

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  • 16 inches (41 cm) pizza: 47 slices in 10 minutes[19]
  • Blueberry pie (hands-free): 9.17 pounds (4.16 kg) in 8 minutes[19]
  • Chicken wings: 4.1 pounds (1.9 kg) in 8 minutes
  • Chocolate: 1 pound 15.5 ounces (890 g) in 7 minutes[19]
  • Corned beef and cabbage: 10.63 pounds (4.82 kg) in 10 minutes[19]
  • Corned beef sandwiches: 11 8-ounce (230 g) sandwiches in 10 minutes
  • Date Nut Bread: 29.5 date nut bread and cream cheese sandwiches in 8 minutes[19]
  • Doughnuts (cream-filled): 47 glazed and cream-filled doughnuts in 5 minutes[30]
  • Grits: 21 pounds (9.5 kg) in 10 minutes[30]
  • Ice cream (short form): 1.75 pounds (0.79 kg) vanilla ice cream in 8 minutes[31]
  • Jalapeño peppers (pickled): 98 after eating 47 donuts in 5 minutes
  • Jalapeño peppers (pickled): 191 in 6.5 minutes[19]
  • Jalapeño peppers (pickled): 275 in 8 minutes[19]
  • Key lime pie: 10.8 pounds (4.9 kg) in 8 minutes[30]
  • Kolaches: 44 cherry kolaches in 8 minutes[30]
  • Oysters (short form): 34 dozen in 8 minutes[30]
  • Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches: 42 sandwiches in 10 minutes[30]
  • Posole: 9 pounds 3 ounces (4.2 kg) in 12 minutes[19]
  • Shoo-fly pie: 11.1 pounds (5.0 kg) in 8 minutes[19]
  • Strawberry rhubarb pie: 7.9 pounds (3.6 kg) in 8 minutes[19]
  • Strawberry shortcake: 15.25 pounds (6.92 kg) in 8 minutes[19]
  • Waffles: 29 8-ounce (230 g) waffles in 10 minutes[30]
  • Whole turkey: 4 pounds 12.8 ounces (2,180 g) of roast turkey meat in 12 minutes
  • Whole turkey (short form): 6.91 pounds (3.13 kg) of roast turkey meat in 8 minutes[30]

Media appearances

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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.[32]

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.[33][34]

Personal life

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Bertoletti is a graduate of Morgan Park Academy[35][36] and Kendall College.[11] He was a co-owner and chef of the restaurant "Taco in a Bag" in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago.[37]

He is an avid reader of the Girl Talk series by author L.E. Blair.[38]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Evans, Maxwell (10 July 2024). "Hot Dog Champ Patrick Bertoletti: 'It Just Makes Sense That The Winner … Was A Guy From Chicago'". blockclubchicago.org. Block Club Chicago. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Challenge Winner - 2007!". Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "The Kookamonga Challenge". Kookycanuck.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  4. ^ Sederstron, Jotham & Adam Lisberg. (July 4, 2007) American wins hot dog title over six-time champ Daily News (New York).
  5. ^ "La Costena "Feel the Heat" Jalapeno Eating Challenge". Major League Eating. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  6. ^ Watson, Adam (2010). "It's Black Widow vs. Deep Dish on eating contest". ESPN. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  7. ^ Top-ranked chicken eater loses his crown; Ryan Nakashima; October 10, 2007; Retrieved October 10, 2007; Archived October 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Chestnut settles for 2nd in turkey-eating contest". Vallejo Times Herald. November 24, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  9. ^ "Acme World Oyster Eating Championship". majorleagueeating.com. Major League Eating · International Federation of Competitive Eating, Inc. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  10. ^ Gallagher, aileen (29 September 2008). "Joey Chestnut Wins Krystal's Burger-Eating Contest". grubstreet.com. Vox Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  11. ^ a b Riley, Marcus (March 17, 2009). "Chicagoan Creams Corned Beef Competition". NBC Chicago. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  12. ^ "NY hosts corned beef 'Sandwich Slamm'". WBBH-TV. March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  13. ^ Lucadamo, Kathlen; Xana O'Neill; & Bill Hutchinson. (July 5, 2009) Rain and Shine for 4th Daily News (New York).
  14. ^ Pat Bertoletti Posts Shocking Rib Eating Contest Upset Archived 2010-01-18 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ ‘Deep Dish’ scarfs down 13 pounds of poutine to wear the crown of curds The Globe and Mail, May 23, 2010
  16. ^ Comic-Con Day 1 Sign On San Diego, July 22, 2010
  17. ^ "Jalapeño competition spices up Market Square". Mysa. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  18. ^ "Major League Eating & International Federation of Competitive Eating". Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Records". Major League Eating. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  20. ^ "Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas are Nathan's Hot Dog Eating World Champs". July 4, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  21. ^ "Wild Eggs National Pancake Eating Championship". Major League Eating. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  22. ^ "Showboat's Fat Tuesday King Cake Eating Contest". majorleagueeating.com. Major League Eating · International Federation of Competitive Eating, Inc. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  23. ^ Tschida, Stephen (3 July 2013). "Patrick Bertoletti wins hamburger eating contest at D.C. Z-Burger". wjla.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Takeru Kobayashi defends his pizza eating title at Pie Wood Fired Pizza Joint". gettyimages.com. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  25. ^ Eakin, Marah. "Competitive Eater Patrick Bertoletti on hot dogs, vomit, and cold hard cash". avclub.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  26. ^ "Winner of 2015 Wing Bowl: 444 Wings Eaten in 26 Minutes". Daily Postal. January 31, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  27. ^ 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.
  28. ^ "Full Results From The 2022 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest". July 4, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  29. ^ Moniuszko, Sara (4 July 2024). "Patrick Bertoletti wins Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Here's how many calories he consumed". cbsnews.com. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  30. ^ a b c d e f g h Soverinsky, Jerry. (2008). Now That's Fast Food Archived 2008-10-29 at the Wayback Machine. Chicago Sun-Times (September 24, 2008) accessed August 16, 2009.
  31. ^ Culinary student Patrick Bertoletti, 20, ate 13⁄4 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.
  32. ^ Hamid, Kabir. "Overeating for Fun and Profit", Chicago Reader, June 29, 2006. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  33. ^ Adkins, Lenore T. (June 29, 2014). "Despite Food Network win, food court taco stand struggles". Daily Herald. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  34. ^ Pang, Kevin (July 30, 2014). "The Cheap Eater: Taco in a Bag". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  35. ^ "Chef Patrick Bertoletti [03]" (pdf). Morgan Park Academy Magazine. May 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  36. ^ 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.
  37. ^ Sula, Mike (June 19, 2015). "Swallow your shame at Taco in a Bag". Chicago Reader. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  38. ^ Groeninger, Alissa (July 3, 2011). "Chicago man hoping to be top dog in Nathan's eating contest". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
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