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Devouring cannolis — an offer they couldn’t refuse

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Contestants were shoving in sweets at Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market’s first Cannoli Eating Contest on Aug. 27. They were vying for prizes such as Tampa Lightning Bay and Busch Gardens tickets, and gift cards to the family-owned Italian market in Wesley Chapel, as dozens of onlookers and friends and family watched. Dan DeMarco won after eating six cannolis in his round.

Land O’ Lakes resident Trinity Boyle tries to keep down a cannoli during Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market first-ever Cannoli Eating Contest in Wesley Chapel on Aug. 27. (Mike Camunas)
Allen Sciloi, left, and Eric Shavez, both of Wesley Chapel, try to devour as many cannolis as they can at Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market first-ever Cannoli Eating Contest in Wesley Chapel on Aug. 27.
Land O’ Lakes resident Christa Boyle eats a cannoli as fast as she can during Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market first-ever Cannoli Eating Contest in Wesley Chapel on Aug. 27.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ken Boyle, of Land O’ Lakes, downs a cannoli at Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market in Wesley Chapel during its inaugural cannoli eating contest on Aug. 27. Boyle would come in third and take home prizes like gift cards to the market and a spa.
Wesley Chapel resident Chris Baron scarfs down cannolis at Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market first-ever Cannoli Eating Contest in Wesley Chapel on Aug. 27.
Andrea Coleman, of Wesley Chapel, can’t figure out how to eat more cannolis during an eating contest on Aug. 27.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wesley Chapel resident Richard Colhauer attacks a cannoli at Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market.
New Tampa resident Alan Hadaway takes a big bite of a cannoli at Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market in Wesley Chapel.
Wesley Chapel resident John Walsh tries to keep down a cannoli.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liam Tighe, of Lutz, bites into a cannoli on Aug. 27 at Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market’s cannoli eating contest in Wesley Chapel.
Spring Hill resident Vinny Albanese, center, can’t keep in a laugh trying to eat a cannoli and neither can Daniela Matinez, of Wesley Chapel, left, during an eating contest at Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market.
Up to 25 contestants tried to outdo one another eating the most cannolis on Aug. 27 at Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market in Wesley Chapel.