Asahi.com has an article about Takeru Kobayashi, who says he would like to open a restaurant.
THE MLE facebook announces that a curly fry eating contest awarding $2,500 will be held at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, NJ (Cape May area) on Memorial Day (May 31).
ELPastino lists four entrants in the April 17 rib eating contest to be held at the Isle of Capri casino in Lula, Mississippi: Bob Shoudt, Tim Janus, Nate Biller & Brian Seiken.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of his schnitzel record attempt televised by Kabel 1 of Germany.
RXMuscle has videos of the "Whack Pack" visiting the Heart Attack Grill and J & R's Steakhouse in Islip, NY: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Trevor Iordanides has a blog entry about competing in December's Jose's Flauta Eating Championship in La Jolla, California.
On March 17, Greg "the Great Moomsi" Maloomian will attempt to break the chicken finger record at The Chicken Shack in Hamden, CT.
Baltimore Eats has the field for Sunday's corned beef and cabbage eating contest sponsored: "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Joe Menchetti, Jay Gorman, Will Millender, Joel Podelsky
Bryan Sentiere reports he will film Pat Bertoletti attempting the Lucky's sandwich challenge, seen on the Chicago episode of Man vs. Food
The Faster Times has a diary of Crazy Leg's Conti's appearance in Rick the Manager's entourage in Wing Bowl 18.
VegasNews.com reports that Hash House A Go Go in Las Vegas will hold a corned beef eating contest on March 17. First place will receive $100 and a weekly breakfast at Hash House A Go Go for a year.
MyFoxMemphis has a video about the six pound pork BBQ sandwich challenge at the Bar-B-Cue Pit in Southaven, MS. No customers have completed the sandwich without assistance and received it for free. (via derric26)
CE News on Cookie Jarvis’ cancer
CompetitiveEatingNews has been updated with a report on Cookie Jarvis’ thyroid cancer treatment. (via crawfish twitter)
HugeEaters.com has been updated with the following message: “ED ” COOKIE ” JARVIS IS NOW RECOVERING FROM SURGERY AND DOING WELL. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR KIND THOUGHTS!”
Bar Louie Dearborn announces that it will hold a tater tot eating contest on April 22. All Bar Louie locations have held tater tot eating contests in late April the previous two years.
Atwood's Tavern in Cambridge, MA (Boston-area) will hold its annual bacon eating contest on March 13.
Adam Richman of Man vs. Food will appear on ESPN2's First Take today to rank the top 8 breakfast cereals.
The MLE facebook lists five entrants in the St. Patrick's Day corned beef eating contest at TooJay's in South Florida: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt and Ben Monson.
A Hamburger Today has a blog entry about the 5 pound burger at Ed Walker's Drive-In Restaurant in Fort Smith, billed as the largest burger in Arkansas.
Kobayashi meatball record attempt
DumboNYC has a picture of Takeru Kobayashi at the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn where he attempted to break the Guinness eating record of 26 meatballs in 1 minute.
update Gothamist has a blog entry with pictures.
update #2 DumboNYC has a blog entry and gallery. A video is also available.
Lansky's Old World Deli in New York City has a "Jackpot" deli sandwich challenge that awards a free T-shirt to finishers.
Tucson Weekly has a video of Chad Rowland, recordholder for the OFMG burger at Lindy's on Fourth (4 minutes), attempting to eat 2 OFMG burgers in less than 20 minutes.
Johnny Juliano says he will pay $100 to the first person to someone who eats 4 Triple Whoppers in under 20 minutes and records it on video.
Don "Moses" Lerman has started a new blog at http://thelermanreport.com/ update Lerman has also started a twitter page at http://twitter.com/thelermanreport
Howard has a picture of the 88 ounce steak challenge at Cattleman's Steakhouse in Lindenhurst (Long Island), New York.
Masako Hozumi, a member of the Japanese Olympic speed skating team, won an eating contest in high school by eating 23 cups of ramen noodles in 3 minutes (via R Suzuki)
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