nyc.metblogs.com has a report about the undercard of Vending Machine Challenge II, won by amNY and gizmodo has a blog entry with a video about the second contest, won by Pocket Change. The blogger from metblogs only covered the first contest because s/he left between contests:

To be fair, I left before the main event, so bored and annoyed was I. It could have taken a turn for the awesome, but I doubt it. Also, I should mention how incredibly sweet the organizers were. There was a mix-up with my tickets (which happened to be totally my fault), but the long and short of it was that they let me in with very little proof that I’d actually paid. It’s a rare occurrence for people to be so kind. Finally, the booze was free (or came with the cost a $22 ticket, but I drank my money’s worth). Okay so, all in all, it wasn’t bad. But it wasn’t awesome, and it should have been.

update lvhrd.org and nymag.com have recaps of the evening. Lance Bass (NSYNC) and Jaime Lynn-DiScala (Meadow Soprano) were in attendance.

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Several new videos have been uploaded to majorleagueeating.com, two about Cookie Jarvis, one about Badlands Booker.

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A video clip of Natsuko “Gal” Sone attempting to exceed the 15000 calories that it is believed Elvis Presley consumed daily near the end of his life is available at http://youtube.com/watch?v=nNP7rf2WVCg

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There are two new videos on http://www.spiketv.com/#shows/mle/index.jhtml, the Pro vs. Joes segment in which Crazy Legs Conti took on three novices in donut eating and a “Sexy Eating Competition” which was not televised.

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(Thanks Liz K) Pat Michels has a report about the rattlesnake meat eating contest in Sweetwater, Texas. He also has an article about competitive eating from 2003 focusing on Chicago eater Shawn Quaid and his own participation in a cheesesteak eating contest. There are two articles available about Shawn Quaid’s career, one from a 2001 oyster eating sprint and another from a 2003 Frank’s Red Hot wing eating contest.

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NYTimes.com reports that Takeru Kobayashi will appear in Coors Light’s new advertising campaign:

The [Silver Bullet] train shows up at the end of the commercials that are to begin running next week, which present men of superlative achievement offering humorous endorsements of Coors Light as “the world’s most refreshing beer.”

The endorsers include Michael Johnson, identified as “the world’s fastest man,” and Takeru Kobayashi, identified as “the world’s fastest eater.”

The commercials are in a funny way a counterpoint to a successful radio campaign for Bud Light beer, sold by Anheuser-Busch, which offers mock salutes to “real men of genius” who are actually imaginary magnates of dubious achievement.

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Brian Seiken has emailed me that he is producing a “State of IFOCE/MLE Address” video for beautifulbrian.com to express his frustrations with that organization. He believes that the video might result in the termination of his involvement with IFOCE/MLE and possibly the end of his website altogether.

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As mentioned by megamunch, mediabistro.com reports that LVHRDs Vending Machine Challenge II will take place tonight. Teams from The Onion, MoMA, amNY and Pocket Change will attempt to consume the contents of an entire vending machine. Tickets are $22 (?) and the location has yet to be disclosed.

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Jim Driscoll attended the Saint Patrick’s Day Chowdown and wrote a blog entry about it and filmed a video of the final contest between Patrick Bertoletti and Joey Chestnut.

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estockton.com has a preview of next month’s Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA

The now-established and nationally-acclaimed Deep-Fried Asparagus Eating Competition will return for its fourth straight year, produced by the International Federation of Competitive Eaters and sponsored by Washington Mutual. IFOCE champs will compete against others for the asparagus title at 12 noon Saturday at the main stage at Weber Point. This year’s contest promises to be especially competitive with two-time winner Joey Chestnut returning to defend his title.

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Reuters blogs has an entry and a video about a hands free pasta eating contest held in Tel Aviv, Israel last Friday.

Though he won a year’s supply of pasta, it’s likely the winner will have to remove it from his house. The Jewish holiday of Passover is celebrated in just over two weeks time and those who celebrate the holiday are not allowed to have foods made from flour and bread in their homes.

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Steve DePino photographed the Eat the Meat wing eating competition held in New Haven, CT Saint Patrick’s Day and placed his pictures in a slideshow. Apparently Joe Menchetti did not compete (the winner wore a bird costume), nor does he appear in the finalists list, so he might have been banned for being a professional.

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Deresque was disappointed to learn that a picture of himself at a contest was placed on the back of the candy endorsed by Nobuyuki Shirota and Tomoko Miyake without his permission and more upset when he realized that the candy manufacturer had obtained the legal right to do so without his awareness:

When… with you think, the occasion where it occurs to the certain conference

‘All image photographs of the conference revert to the conference. ‘

With applying, you say, you sign to the letter of consent.

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From AICE News:

1. Tom Goose Gilbert, 38.00 Meatballs
2. Bob “Killer” Kuhns 31.75
3. Pat “Dr. Delicious” Bruss 31.50
4. Ian “The Invader” Hickman 25.75
5. Mark “The Human Vacuum” Lyle 23.50
6. Johnny “The Human Garbage Disposal” Castillo 22.0

The northeastern snowstorm must have interfered with Joe Menchetti’s travel plans 😉

From the commentary about these results:

“The Goose” has established himself as America’s #1 Competitive Eater and should be given strong consideration as the World’s Best Food Warrior. AICE Chairman, Arnie “Chowhound” Chapman who emceed the event stated that, ” Gilbert is the best competitive Eater in the World……….why else would Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chesnut refuse to compete against the “Green Beret of Grub” . Also, states Chapman, “AICE has now established itself as the best group of Food Warriors on the planet Earth, and you can hear the grumbling of fear in the stomachs of our competitors…”

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Shawn Allison has a flickr gallery of the Savannah Saint Patrick’s Day festivities which includes a lot of pictures of the Chowdown.

There has not been many articles about day 2 of the Chowdown. This entry from a San Jose Mercury blog about Joey Chestnut is the only news coverage I have been able to find.

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The bajanreporter reports that Barbadians (residents of the Caribbean island of Barbados) will attempt to break the Guinness record for eating a twelve inch pizza, which is claimed to be 2 minutes and 58 seconds. A qualifier will be held at Sheraton’s Pizza man Doc restaurant on March 24, and all eaters who finish their pizzas in under four minutes will appear at a contest at the Barbados World Records festival on March 31.

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The new poll asks if you think Pat has done enough to grasp the #1 US ranking from Joey and who do you think should be ranked #3.

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(Thanks Liz K) Patrick Michels has some great pictures from contests in Texas and Oklahoma, including last weekend’s rattlesnake meat eating contest, on his home page and flickr gallery.

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The Saint Patrick Day episode of Brian Seiken’s TV show can be viewed at http://hometown.aol.com/beautifulbrian43/patrick.html

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The Saint Patrick’s Day Chowdown will rerun at 2pm eastern tomorrow on Spike. A 15 second commercial for that showing with Sonya Thomas and Tim “Eater X” Janus can be seen at sonyajanusstpatspromo.wmv (.7 MB)

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AICE news reports that Tom “Goose” Gilbert ate 38 meatballs at a contest in Midlothian, IL. No other information is provided.

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(from afoodfanatic) MajorLeagueEating.com has launched with a Flash-heavy website with profiles of about 20 eaters and several videos. The upcoming contest list looks the same as the list on IFOCE.com.

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St. Pats Chowdown results

Finals – jalapeno peppers
1) Pat Bertoletti
2) Joey Chestnut

Semi Finals – green doughnuts
1) Pat Bertoletti
2) Joey Chestnut
?) Sonya Thomas
?) Chip Simpson

1st Round
1 tie) Joey Chetnut
1 tie) Pat Bertoletti
3) Sonya Thomas
4) Chip Simpson
5) Tim Janus (originally listed as 4th place finisher)
?) Rich LeFevre
?) Bob Shoudt
?) Eric “Badlands” Booker

Hopefully the ratings will be good enough to have other future non-Kobayashi contests televised.

updated elfarren has a livejournal entry with some pictures

teleblog is available after the jump

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If you would like something competitive-eating related to watch while you are waiting for the St. Patrick’s Day Chowdown to air, spikedhumor.com has a clip of the pie eating/vomiting contest from “Stand By Me” at http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/90517/Stand_By_Me_Pie_Eating_Contest.html I am not sure if the clip is copyright compliant, so it might be removed in the near future.

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Don “Moses” Lerman reports that a new restaurant in Yaphank, NY (Long Island), The Black Rock Tavern, will offer a 5 pound burger and a Wall of Fame for finishers of that sandwich. They use a picture from Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in their ad. (You can read “Denny’s” on the menu) In addition to the burger challenge, the restaurant’s menu says they will offer all you can eat wings on Thursday for $20. The tavern’s myspace page says that it will open some time in April. They are hiring next weekend.

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