Location: West Palm Beach, FL
OJI DEFENDS SWEET CORN TITLE!
Major League Eating is proud to announce the return of the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship to our 2021 season of sanctioned eating championships. The event is a true mainstay of the MLE circuit. We are honored to return after last year’s pause due to public safety considerations.
As is tradition, the contest will be held at the Yesteryear Village at the South Florida Fairground as part of the Sweet Corn Fiesta celebration of all things corn-based and good. This year marks the Fiesta’s 21st anniversary. Major League Eaters from near and far are warmly encouraged to sign up for their chance to test themselves against ear of Florida sweet corn after ear of Florida sweet corn over 12 minutes of arduous competition.
At the 2019 event, the great Gideon Oji ate 57 ears of Florida sweet corn in 12 minutes to claim the title. Darron Breeden would finish second with 43, while Nick Wehry came third with 35.5. At this year’s event, Carmen Cincotti’s world record of 61.75 ears in 12 minutes will be on the line.
Who will be named king or queen of corn? Will you set a new world record? Will you finish seventh, neither doing well nor poorly? Do you simply want to watch the best corn eaters in the world do what they do so well? This is the 2021 National Sweet Corn Eating Championship—at the table or in the crowd, don’t you ever miss it!
FULL RESULTS! 1 - Gideon Oji - 57 ears of sweet corn in 12 mins 2 - Darron Breeden - 52 3 - Crazy Legs Conti - 39 4 - George Chiger - 32 5 - Jocelyn Walker - 20 6 - Katie Prettyman - 18 7 - Moose Perez - 17 8 - Dr. Rene Rovtar - 12
This contest took place at 3pm on Sunday April 25th, 2021, at the Sweet Corn Fiesta, held in the Yesteryear Village at the South Florida Fairgrounds, 9067 Southern Boulevard West Palm Beach, FL 33411
About The South Florida Sweet Corn Fiesta The South Florida Sweet Corn Fiesta is presented by the Western Palm Beach Farm Bureau, is buttered with a family festival of children’s games, music, a national eating competition and, oh yes, mouth-watering and locally grown sweet corn.
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