Winning Family Selected For VIP Vacation To Chattanooga
Ben Griffith and his family are headed to Chattanooga for the VIP Vacation Getaway.
Remember us telling you about Ben Griffith? He is the up-and-coming competitive eater from Covington, Ga., who was coming off an arm injury to train for this year’s Krystal Square Off V.
Perhaps you remember seeing him compete live on Fox’s Good Day Atlanta against Super Paul Barlow and Steve “The Pie Guy” Martin. Or maybe you even remember seeing him in Perry, Ga., and at the Gwinnett County Fair in 2006, hoping to secure a spot at the Krystal Square Off III final table.
Well, unfortunately, even despite his hard work and training this past year, Griffith was not able to secure a spot at the over-crowded Atlanta qualifying table. So his chance of seeing the Krystal Square Off V finals live and meeting Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi, his favorite competitive eating superstars, seemed slim.
But, as fate would have it, Griffith and his entire family now have perhaps the best seat in the house at this year’s World Hamburger Eating Championship Event as they were selected out of 750 entrants to receive the VIP Family Vacation Getaway to Chattanooga for the Krystal Square Off V.
That’s right. After being featured on Good Day Atlanta, Griffith’s wife, Brittany, began searching online for footage of her husband’s television appearance that morning. That search lead her here to us, where she read about and registered for the exclusive Family Vacation Getaway Package.
Now, the entire Griffith family is packing their suitcases for a once-in-a-lifetime weekend in Tennessee’s Scenic City where they’ll spend two nights at the fabulous Sheraton Read House, receive VIP treatment at one of Chattnooga’s area attractions and then enjoy the luxury suite “sky box” at the Krystal Square Off V complete with catered food and beverages as well as the best view of the contest.
And even though they haven’t decided yet what area Chattanooga attraction they’ll visit first, what they do know is what famous competitive eater they’re most excited to meet: Kobayashi.
“He’s the only eater my husband hasn’t met yet, and we are just so excited,” exclaimed Brittany. “We can’t wait!”
*photo courtesy of The Newton Citizen.
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