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Bertoletti and Joey "Jaws" Chestnut at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2011 |
Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti is an American competitive eater from Chicago. He is ranked second[1] in the International Federation of Competitive Eating. Bertoletti is known as one of the "young guns" of competitive eating.
Bertoletti graduated from Morgan Park Academy high school on the south side of Chicago in the Beverly neighborhood.
Bertoletti is a graduate of Kendall College in downtown Chicago as a Culinary major.
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Bertoletti is a frequent guest on the Steve Dahl Podcast. 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.[2]
Bertoletti appeared on WAGA Atlanta's Fox 5 News on June 24, 2006 after winning the qualifier at Zoo Atlanta, where he ate 33 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs.
Bertoletti is a Kendall College Graduate with a Bachelor's Degree in Culinary Arts. He's currently a chef at Chef Freddy's Catering.[3]
Patrick Bertoletti is an avid reader of the Girl Talk series by author L.E. Blair and enjoys collecting VHS tapes from the 1990s.
Fans of the competitive eater often ask him what he listens to when he wears his trademark headphones during contests. The answer: Jesse and the Rippers.
Patrick cites his personal heroes as being Charles Bronson and Burt Reynolds.
When Patrick is not training for the next big contest, he spends his time collecting rubber bands to add to his rubber band ball.
On January 2, 2007, he became the first person to complete the Sasquatch Burger Contest at Bigfoot Lodge Cafe in Memphis. 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.[4]
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.[5]
On September 16, 2007, he cemented his position as the undisputed jalapeño eating champion of the world, defeating 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.[6]
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.
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 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
On March 16, 2009 he won the Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm, eating 16¾ 8-ounce corned-beef sandwiches in the 10-minute contest.
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]
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]
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.
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.
16" Pizza: 47 slices big apple pizza / 10 Minutes
Blueberry Pie (Hands-Free): 9.17 lbs blueberry pie / 8 minutes
Chicken wings: 4.1# / in 8 Minutes
Chocolate: 1 lb, 15.5 oz Chicago Chocolate Hearts / 7 minutes
Corned Beef & Cabbage: 10.63 lbs Corned Beef & Cabbage / 10 Minutes
Corned Beef Sandwiches: 11 8-ounce Corned Beef Sandwiches / 10 minutes
Date Nut Bread: 29.5 Chock full o'Nuts Date Nut Bread and Cream Cheese Sandwiches / 8 minutes
Doughnuts, Cream-filled: 47 Glazed and Cream-filled Doughnuts / 5 minutes[11]
Grits: 21 lbs of Grits / 10 minutes[11]
Ice Cream, Short form: 1.75 pounds (gallons) Brooklyn Vanilla Ice Cream / 8 minutes[12]
Jalapeños, Pickled: 98 Pickled Jalapeño Peppers after 47 donuts / 5 Minutes
Jalapeños, Pickled: 191 Pickled Jalapeño Peppers / 6.5 Minutes
Jalapeños, Pickled: 263 Pickled Jalapeño Peppers / 15 Minutes
Key Lime Pie: 10.8 pounds Key Lime Pie / 8 minutes[11]
Kolaches: 44 Cherry Kolaches / 8 Minutes[11]
Oysters, Short Form: 34 dozen Acme oysters / 8 Minutes[11]
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches: 42 PB&J / 10 minutes[11]
Posole: 9 lbs, 3 ounces Posole / 12 Minutes
Shoo-Fly Pie: 11.1 Pounds Shoo-Fly Pie / 8 Minutes
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie: 7.9 lbs Strawberry Rhubarb Pie / 8 minutes
Strawberry Shortcake: 15.25 lbs Strawberry Shortcake / 8 Minutes
Waffles: 29 Waffles (8 oz.) / 10 Minutes[11]
Whole Turkey: 4 pounds, 12.8 ounces roast turkey meat / 12 minutes
Whole Turkey, Short Form: 6.91 lbs roast turkey meat / 8 Minutes[11]