Location: Brooklyn, NY
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).