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Article: Oyster eating champ slurps down 35 dozen.(NEWS)
The Record (Kitchener, Ontario);  April 14, 2008 ;     474 words ... ... away only by beer. The Acme World Oyster Eating championship belt hung on Bertoletti ... minutes. Bertoletti holds the endurance oyster-eating record, having downed 53 1/2 dozen ... Louisiana oysters during the Acme World Oyster Eating Championship held in the French Quarter ...

Article: First Oyster Festival to slip into York ; The first-time event ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  October 3, 2007 ;     645 words ... ... first-time event will feature an oyster-eating race and a shucking contest among chefs ... event will feature a cooking contest, oyster eating races and a silent auction. A pig ... event." Other highlights include an oyster-eating race pitting teams of two against each ...

Article: Oyster-eating champ slurps down 35 dozen
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  April 13, 2008 ;     636 words ... ... defeat could be washed away only by beer. The Acme World Oyster Eating Championship belt - leather, with a silver dish featuring ... charbroiled," said Bertoletti, who holds the endurance oyster- eating record, having downed 53 1/2 dozen in 2007 before calling ...

Article: World oyster eating contest returns to the French ...
New Orleans CityBusiness;  April 12, 2008 ;     397 words ... ... descend on the French Market at today for the 2008 Acme World Oyster Eating Championship. This marks the first time the event, which ... which begins at 1:15 p.m., the Louisiana Dignitaries Oyster Eating Contest will take place for firefighters, police officers ...

Article: New champion crowned at World Oyster Eating contest
AP Worldstream;  April 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... only be drowned with several swigs of beer. The Acme World Oyster Eating championship belt _ a massive leather affair featuring a ... broiled, said Bertoletti, who also holds the endurance oyster eating record, having downed 53 1/2 dozen in 2007. Although ...

Article: 2003 Acme Oyster House World Oyster Eating ...
National Fisherman;  August 1, 2003 ;     335 words ... ... crowned champion at the 2003 ACME OYSTER HOUSE WORLD OYSTER EATING COMPETITION. Bulot set a new world record by downing ... Louisiana oysters in 10 minutes to win the Belt of Oyster Eating Greatness at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans ...

Article: Virginia woman sets world record in annual ...
Seafood Business;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Sonya Thomas ate 36-dozen Louisiana oysters in 10 minutes to capture the 2004 Acme Oyster House World Oyster Eating Championship. The contest was held in mid-April at the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. Thomas, of Alexandria, Va ...