Great LI Tomato Challenge winners through the years
2019: Dr. William Bouziotis
Credit: David L. Pokress
Dr. William Bouziotis, of Northport, shows off his 3-pound, 11.5-ounce tomato during the 13th annual Great Long Island Tomato Challenge at Farmingdale State College on Aug. 23, 2019.
2018: Anthony Maltese
Credit: Johnny Milano
Anthony Maltese, 86, of North Massapequa, won with his 3-pound, 8.5-ounce tomato during the 12th annual Great Long Island Tomato Challenge on Aug. 30, 2018.
2017: Alberto Oppedisano
Credit: Danielle Finkelstein
Alberto Oppedisano, of Franklin Square, holds his winning 3-pound, 7-ounce tomato at Newsday's Great Long Island Tomato Challenge in Melville on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017.
2016: Peter Notarnicola
Credit: Bruce Gilbert
Peter Notarnicola, of Massapequa, poses with his winning 3-pound, 6.5-ounce tomato at Newsday's Great Long Island Tomato Challenge in Melville on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.
2015: Vera DiCocco
Credit: Danielle Finkelstein
Vera DiCocco's tomato was the largest of the night, weighing in at 3 pounds, 9.5 ounces, at Newsday's 2015 Great Long Island Tomato Challenge on Aug. 27, 2015. DiCocco shows off a tomato hat given to her by another community member.
2014: Gary Schaffer
Credit: Daniel Brennan
Gary Schaffer of Lindenhurst holds up his record-breaking giant tomato after weighing it during the 2014 Great Long Island Tomato Challenge at the Newsday auditorium in Melville on Aug. 22, 2014. The winner weighed 5 pounds, 4 ounces.
2013: Dr. William Bouziotis
Credit: Ed Betz
Dr. William Bouziotis holds up his 3-pound, 5-ounce winning tomato in the size category at the Great Long Island Tomato Challenge in Melville on Aug. 23, 2013.
2012: Gary Schaffer
Credit: Nicole Horton
Lindenhurst's Gary Schaffer, a lifelong gardener, displays his prize as winner of the 2012 Newsday's Great Long Island Tomato Challenge on Aug. 24, 2012. The winning tomato weighed 3 pounds, 6 ounces.
2011: Peter and Angel Notarnicola
Credit: Bruce Gilbert
At the Great Long Island Tomato Challenge held at Newsday in Melville on Aug. 26, 2011, contestants vie for the heaviest, smallest and ugliest tomato. Here, the grand winners of the heaviest tomato were siblings 16-year-old Peter and 18-year-old Angel Notarnicola of Massapequa. Their tomato weighed in at 3 pounds, 11.5 ounces.
2010: Billy King
Credit: Danielle Finkelstein
Billy King of Mastic Beach poses for the camera with his winning tomato at the 2010 Great Long Island Tomato Challenge held in the Newsday auditorium in Melville on Aug. 27, 2010. The winner weighed 2 pounds, 9 ounces.
2009: Harold Politano
Credit: Newsday /Ana P. Gutierrez
Harold Politano of Deer Park weighs-in the winning tomato of 4 pounds, 9 ounces during the 3rd annual Great Long Island Tomato Challenge at Newsday in Melville on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009.
2008: John Salvador
Credit: Newsday/Ken Sawchuk
Port Jefferson's John Salvador, with his wife, Maria Ellen, displays his winning entry at the 2008 Great Long Island Tomato Challenge held at Newsday in Melville on Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. His tomato weighed in at 3 pounds, 1 ounce.
2007: Vincenzo Domingo
Credit: Newsday/Daniel Goodrich
Vincenzo Domingo poses with 2007's Great Long Island Tomato Challenge's winning tomato, weighing 3 pounds, 14 ounces, at his Deer Park home on Aug. 28.
