When the movie The Hobbit was announced, competitive eater Jamie “The Bear” McDonald’s brother suggested he eat the entire special Hobbit menu at Denny’s, so he did and he captured it on video. Or did he? Due to technical challenges recording this feat on his own, he wound up eating the entire menu three times (separate occasions) before capturing the entire event on video. That video now has over 294,000 views. So with the next segment of The Hobbit movie about to be released and another special menu at Denny’s, Jamie was up for a new challenge.
Here it is from the press release:
“Jamie “The Bear” McDonald, Connecticut restaurant owner and the number one-ranked independent competitive eater in the world (All Pro Eating), single-handedly takes on multiple teams of New Haven Middle-earth fans in a timed eating challenge for charity – as many Radagast’s Red Velvet Pancake Puppies as teams (and Jamie solo) can eat in 15 minutes.”
The event took place at Denny’s, 1467 Whalley Ave. with two teams, a Denny’s home team and two Yale School of Forestry students.
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| Staff brought in plates of 25 Red Velvet Pancake Puppies. |
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| Using my own description, they’re like deep fried red velvet pancakes. |
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| Some last minute strategizing for School Of Forestry contenders, between Philip Kunhardt (left) and Sam McDonald (right). |
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| Jarod Morant, a chef at Denny’s, was one of the competitors on Team Denny’s and helped prepare the contest food. |
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| Santa, aka Carlos Privera, was another Team Denny’s contender. |
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| Jamie “The Bear” McDonald |
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| I think Santa may have had a late lunch as he was the first to slow down. |
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| Some good humor along the way, it was hard for the other contenders not to be impressed with how Jamie (left) packed them away. |
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| You can see the contestants beginning to slow down. |
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| More? |
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| Done! |
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| Jerod Morant appeared to be in second place, based on my observations, as the individual who ate the most. |
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| Phil (right) was the third biggest eater of the evening, based on my observations. |
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| Slowing down near the end. |
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| No team came close to beating Jamie, but it took four people do so and not by much. |