2025 Mushroom Eating Contest
Hosted by WXTU's Jeff Kurkjian and Frank Pastella!
This is a professional and amateur event, which puts the FUN in FUNGI when a group of brave contestants see how many fried mushrooms they can eat in 12 minutes!
Buona Food's, The Original Fried Mushrooms, are a Festival favorite every year! But only a few have the opportunity to eat copious amounts of crunchy, mouth-watering snacks during this years' Fried Mushroom Eating Contest.
Join us to watch the show and cheer on the contestants as they challenge past records!
Walk on's may be considered the day of event when space allows.
Limited to 16 contestants!
Prizes:
$1000 for 1st
$600 2nd
$400 3rd
$300 4th
$200 5th
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE BREADED MUSHROOM EATING CONTEST, we will hold the EN FUEGO! Mushroom Eating contest!!
Can you take the heat?? How high can you go on the Scoville scale??
Limited to 10 contestants.
6 Levels of heat
Prize: Bragging rights!!!