Watch as local foodies gather to celebrate the taco eating contest at Jimboy’s

Sacramento Jimboy’s Tacos celebrated its 70th anniversary in business on Wednesday by hosting a taco eating contest between local media personalities and dignitaries who competed against Jimboy’s CEO Eric Freeman.

Participants, including Sacramento Bee food writer Benjy Egel, competed to be the first to taste seven tacos.

ABC’s Mark S. Allen took first place, licking his tray after cramming all seven tacos into his suit and tie at the Folsom-based restaurant.

Egel placed second in a category that also included Good Day Sacramento’s Big Al, KCRA’s Tamara Berg, Folsom Times’ Adam Frick, Style Magazine’s Emiley Mohr and Comstock’s Judy Farah.

“I wasn’t cute about it. There’s fat everywhere, but I ate six of the seven. I feel pretty good about it,” Egel said. “Mark S. Allen is a machine.”

The company began in Kings Beach in 1954 and has more than 40 locations in California and Nevada.

From left: Emcee, Patrick Harbison, Good Day Sacramento’s Big Al, ABC10’s Mark S. Allen, Sacramento Bee’s Benjy Egel, KCRA’s Tamara Berg, Folsom Times’ Adam Frick and Comstock’s Judy Farah stand before the Jimboy’s tacos eating contest, featuring local media personalities and dignitaries competing against the CEO on Wednesday at Jimboy’s in Folsom.

Sacramento Bee food writer Benjy Egel puts on a bib alongside Style magazine’s Emiley Mohr ahead of the Jimboy’s Taco Eating Contest on Wednesday in Folsom.

Sacramento Bee food writer Benjy Egel eats six of seven tacos during the Jimboy’s Taco Eating Contest on Wednesday at a Folsom location. He took second place, beating other local media personalities.

ABC’s Mark S. Allen licks his tray after taking first place in the Jimboy’s Tacos 70th Anniversary Taco Eating Contest at the Folsom restaurant on Wednesday.

Jimboy’s Tacos CEO Erik Freeman stands for a photo ahead of a taco eating contest between local media personalities and dignitaries on Wednesday in Folsom.