Major League Eaters Gather in Dallas for the Waffle House World Waffle Eating Championship

Top Pro Eaters Compete for $7,500 in Cash Prizes

    DALLAS, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 7th, the world's finest
 competitive speed-eaters will gather at the State Fair of Texas for the
 Waffle House World Waffle Eating Championship. Top-ranked Joey Chestnut,
 who upset Takeru Kobayashi at the 2007 4th of July hot dog eating contest
 by downing an astounding 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes, will take on a
 star-studded field of professional eaters, most notably 3rd-ranked Pat
 "Deep Dish" Bertoletti of Chicago, a dessert specialist who recently beat
 Chestnut by a half-pound in a pork rib eating contest.
     The ten-minute all-you-can-eat waffle-eating contest will feature not
 merely an all-star cast of competitive eaters, but a virtual cornucopia of
 interesting characters to boot. Nipping at the heels of Chestnut and
 Bertoletti will be 26th-ranked Brad "Old School" Sciullo, a chef from
 Uniontown, PA, who can down a gallon of milk in 26 seconds. Sciullo
 recently upset a legion of higher-ranked gurgitators at the World Buffalo
 Wing Eating Championships. Also competing will be Brickhouse Braunstein
 from Bethesda, Dave "U.S. Male" Goldstein, and Walker "Texas Ranger" Duke,
 a waffle- specialist from Dallas, who has been boasting to everyone in
 earshot that he plans to upset Joey Chestnut in what he's billing as, "the
 gnosh heard around the world."
     "Waffles are an extremely challenging discipline that require jaw
 strength, stomach capacity, swallow timing, and extraordinary will power,"
 said Richard Shea, president of Major League Eating. "I expect this
 showdown between America's two preeminent speed-eaters to be so close we'll
 have to go to the scales."
     Waffle House(R) restaurants have offered the unbeatable combination of
 good food with outstanding service since 1955. This combination has made it
 a beloved icon of the South for the past 52 years. Waffle House(R)
 restaurants provide a unique dining experience where regular customers are
 greeted by name and enjoy social interaction with their servers and other
 customers. All food is prepared fresh, cooked to order and served on real
 china in a kitchen that is out front and in full view.
     Major League Eating (MLE), the world governing body of all
 stomach-centric sports, conducts more than 70 events annually, including
 the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest in
 Coney Island, N.Y. The competitive eating community, which numbers more
 than 8,000 veteran and rookie athletes, travels the nation in search of top
 titles and the glory that they provide.
     Event Info:
 
     WHAT:   2007 Waffle House World Waffle Eating Championship
 
     WHERE:  State Fair of Texas
             Main Stage
             3921 Martin Luther King, Jr.
             Dallas, TX  75210
 
     WHEN:   Sunday, October 7th
 
     TIME:   1 p.m.
 
 

SOURCE Waffle House(R); Major League Eating (MLE)