THESE SMOKE’S POUTINERIE POUTINE HEROES HAVE CONQUERED THE WILDEST, THE CRAZIEST AND MOST EPIC POUTINE CHALLENGES IN THE WORLD!
PATRICK “DEEP DISH” BERTOLETTI HAILING FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, IS A FORMER COMPETITIVE EATER WHO STARTED HIS EATING CAREER WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMPETITIVE EATING. DEEP DISH JOINED THE GRAVY & CHEESE-SOAKED ROSTER OF SMOKE’S POUTINERIE WORLD POUTINE EATING CHAMPIONSHIP (WPEC) TITLEHOLDERS IN 2010! IT’S NOT A SIMPLE FEAT TO DESTROY HALF-POUNDS BOXES OF FRIES, CURD & PIPING HOT GRAVY, BUT DEEP DISH PROVED HE HAD WHAT IT TOOK TO CONQUER THE BATTLE BETWEEN MANKIND AND POUTINE! ON MAY 22, 2010, BERTOLETTI SCARFED DOWN 13 POUNDS OF POUTINE IN 1O MINUTES! HE RETURNED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AND BECAME THE TWO-TIME SMOKE’S POUTINERIE WORLD POUTINE EATING CHAMPION! HIS NAME IS PROUDLY DISPLAYED ON THE TRULY EPIC, ONE-OF-A-KIND WPEC TROPHY. DEEP DISH IS MOST RECENTLY RECOGNIZED FOR EMBARKING ON A WEIRD, WILD & WACKY POUTINE EATING ADVENTURE WITH TWO OTHER POUTINE EATING AFICIONADOS, TIM “GRAVY” BROWN AND FURIOUS PETE CZERWINSKI. THE THREE WILDLY ENTERTAINING CHARACTERS HIT THE ROAD IN A PLAID-IFIED CARAVAN, FOR THE 2014 SMOKE’S POUTINERIE WORLD FAMOUS, GREAT-CANADIAN, CROSS-COUNTRY, PLAID GRAVY TRAIN, FRIES, CURD & GRAVY, WEIRD, WILD & WACKY POUTINE EATING TOUR, SPWFGCCCPGTFCGWWWPET FOR SHORT – STOPPING IN 17 CITIES IN 17 DAYS! THE TOUR FEATURED SUPER STUNTS, AND EATING THEATRICS BEYOND WHAT WAS THOUGHT HUMANLY POSSIBLE! DEEP DISH ENTERTAINED THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS IN A WHIRLWIND OF GRAVY, CHEESE CURD & POTATO GOODNESS….ALL IN THE NAME OF POUTINE!