A Week of Competitive-Eating Contests in Philadelphia

There are two contests this week that may entice you.

One is the Cupcake Eating Contest at Flying Monkey Patisserie in Reading Terminal Market. It takes place tomorrow, and while it's too late to enter, the eight competitors may inspire you for next time and we think it'll be a lot of fun to watch. It starts at noon and whoever consumes the most cupcakes in three minutes is champion and winner of one cupcake per day per year. Not a bad deal. Costumes are strongly encouraged.

There's still time to enter Burgerdelphia, PYT's Burger Eating Contest that will take place in the Piazza on Saturday during Philadelphia Restaurant Weekend. It'll all go down on the Piazza stage at noon. Find out how many burgers a Philadelphia can eat in five minutes for some burger nerd prizes:

Grand Prize: $250 Cash, $100 PYT Gift Certificate & "Burgerdelphia Championship Trophy"
2nd Place: $$100 PYT Gift Certificate
3rd Place: $50 PYT Gift Certificate

To sign up, let them know in 50 words or less why you should be one of the 10 contestants (contestants will be notified this week): http://app.mobilestorm.com/cp/viewRsvpForm.php?q=NzI5OQ==

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