It’s a wrap! Winners and highlights of the Carnival

If you missed the Carnival O’ Pizza, because you were being corralled by a pack of wild boars, here’s how the contests shook out:

John Pennington wins largest pie thrown. Photo courtesy of reckus.com

 

Provence defending his endurance title. Photo courtesy of Susan Beth Sloan

The dough throwing contests size, speed and, endurance were all dominated by last year’s champs. Jose Aguilar from Home Slice won speed, John Pennington from Southside Flying Pizza won size and Mike Provence of Home Slice won endurance, all winning for the second year in a row.

Photo courtesy of Susan Beth Sloan

Down to the weigh in. Photo courtesy of Susan Beth Sloan

Big upset this year in the eating contest. The undefeated, 4 year champion Chris Floyd was taken out in a neck-and-neck battle to the tune of a mere 1/4 oz of crust by last year’s runner up Billy “Pork Chop” Chedsey.

The new champ, Billy "Pork Chop" Chedsey. Photo courtesy of Susan Beth Sloan.

Photo courtesy of Susan Beth Sloan

The Hands on an Eggplant Sub contest went a record 64 hours! The last 6 hours saw Sonia Arellano, the 2008 runner up and a determined Lauren Shugart both in it to win it. But shortly after dawn, Sonia accidentally removed her hand making Lauren this year’s champ.

We’d like to thank everyone who attended, volunteered, donated, competed, and performed at this year’s Carnival O’ Pizza. We are proud to announce that we raised over 15,000 dollars for Habitat Young Professionals! We couldn’t have done any of it without your support, good looks, talent, and giving spirit. You guys rule!

Super huge thanks to our sponsors Polycom, Dublin Dr. Pepper, Collings Guitars, Austinist, and Real Ale Brewing Co.

We couldn’t have had such a successful raffle without the generosity of each and every local business that donated prizes: COLLINGS Guitars, HOTEL HAVANA San Antonio, HOTEL ST CECILIA,  PERLA’S, THE WOODHOUSE DAY SPA, INNER SUN, Y& I, ECOWISE, JO’S, GREENLING, STORYVILLE, THE TURQUOISE DOOR, CREAM VINTAGE, MAYA STAR, FRANK, III FORKS , HOLY CACAO, STAG, ELIZA PAIGE, BEYOND TRADITION, CRU WINE BAR, IF&D, FREDDIE’S, PICK UP STIXX, GRILL HAVEN, LANGFORD MARKET, CURRAS GRILL, HOPDODDY BURGER BAR, GUEROS TACO BAR, PROTOTYPE VINTAGE DESIGN, TEXAS ROLLER GIRLS, PIE-FIVE, GAMERZ VIDEO GAME EXCHANGE, BIRDS BARBERSHOP, MAGNOLIA CAFE, SOUTHSIDE TATTOO, DOC’S, WET SALON, SNACKBAR, MILANO WATCH, III FORKS

See you guys next year!