LOS ANGELES Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship

Saturday, August 17, 2019

13th Annual Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship

Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) Plaza
Los Angeles Little Tokyo
244 S. San Pedro Street
LA, CA 90012
Free, facebook.com/GyozaChampionship

• Little Tokyo Eating Championship amateur contest 2 p.m.
• Crazy Cuizine Ninin Baori contest  2:15 p.m.
• LAPD vs. LAFD Gyoza Showdown  2:30 p.m.
• 13th Annual Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship 3 p.m.

On Saturday, August 17, 2019, the 13th Annual Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship—the West Coast’s premiere eating competition—will host Major League Eating top competitive eaters including Joey Chestnut. They will devour as many Day-Lee Pride gyoza (Japanese potstickers) as possible in ten minutes. Chestnut holds the current world record in the discipline, which he set in 2014 when he ate 384 gyoza in competition.

Taking place during the 79th Los Angeles Nisei Week Japanese Festival, the eating championship is hosted by the Nisei Week Foundation and sanctioned by MLE and the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE). Admission is free; limited seating and ample standing room will be available. Event will feature food, vendor booths, the Nisei Week Beer Garden, and post-contest entertainment.

Admission is free; limited seating and ample standing room will be available. Event will feature food, vendor booths, the Nisei Week Beer Garden, and post-contest entertainment. Day-Lee Foods will be again partnering with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and donating a case of product for every plate of 25 gyoza consumed in the contest. For every pound of gyoza eaten, twenty pounds of food will be donated to help alleviate hunger in Los Angeles.

• #1 Joey Chestnut consumed a mind-blowing 384 gyoza—which adds up to about 15 pounds of potstickers
• #2 Stonie came in second with 377 gyoza.
• #4 Miki Sudo 
• #6 Erik Denmark
• #7 Adrian Morgan
• #8 Michelle Lesc
• #9 Juliet Lee
• #12 Eric "Badlands" Booker
• #13 Pablo Martinez
• #14 Steve Hendry
• #25 "Nasty" Nate Biller 

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.