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Downtown Atlantic Cheesecake-Eating Contest

Date: 09/26/2004
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Winner: Eric Booker, 7 Pounds Cheesecake/6 Minutes
Total Prizes: Romance weekend at Marriott Hotel Brooklyn Bridge/ Place on Wall of Fame

Recap
Eric Badlands Booker won the World Cheesecake-Eating Championship at the Downtown Atlantic Restaurant during Brooklyn's 30th annual Atlantic Antic Festival.

Booker consumed 1 4/5 nine-inch cheesecakes (approximately 7 pounds) in six minutes. Placing second was the mysterious Eater X (some say his real name is Timothy Janus), who consumed 1 1/3 cheesecakes (5.5 pounds) during the contest. In third place was Allen Goldstein with 1 ¼ cheesecakes (5 pounds).